When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“God has to punish sinners, because God is holy, but Jesus has paid the price for our sin, and so we can… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
You can be very religious and invoke the name of God and be able to quote lots of verses and be well… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“As obvious as it is, then, Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That's how love works. It can't be forced, manipulated, or coerced.… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“This is because conviction and humility, like faith and doubt, are not opposites; they’re dance partners. It’s possible to hold your faith… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams ... that is being naked. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The vibrant, real historic Christian faith is very wide and leaves lots and lots of room for varying perspectives. It's very diverse… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
For many people, God is primitive, behind, trying to drag everything back to some prehistoric era as opposed to spirit, force, love,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“This story... blasts to pieces our biases and labels with a declaration that God is on everyone's side, extending grace and compassion to everyone,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line. I don’t see all of the passages in the Bible sitting equally side by side… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The modern world has created airports and hospitals and put 10,000 songs in our pocket. It has built gleaming buildings and computers and advances… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
