All Rob Bell Quotes
- Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore. Anymore
- Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong. Actually Quite
- Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. Affirm
- What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like. Believe
- When we get to what happens when we die, we don't have any video footage. So let's at least be honest that we are speculating,… Any
- A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin… Becomes
- As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit,… Center
- For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it… Bad
- I embrace the term 'evangelical,' if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for… Actually Work
- I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for… Beautifully
- We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are gay. And we… Affirm
- Doctrine is a wonderful servant and a horrible master. Doctrine
- What you believe about the future shapes, informs, and determines how you live now. Believe
- There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy them. They're nouns… Careful
- Christian' makes a poor adjective Adjective
- The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God. Dealing
- Missions then is less about the transportation of God from one place to another and more about the identification of a God who is already… Already Present
- God has spoken, and everything else is commentary. Commentary
- If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. Anybody
- Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and an archaeologist and… Archaeologist