Author: Rob Bell

Quotes

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.

- Rob Bell

My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good.

My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good.

- Rob Bell

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

- Rob Bell

The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.

The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.

- Rob Bell

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

- Rob Bell

Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.

Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.

- Rob Bell

No one has the last word other than God.

No one has the last word other than God.

- Rob Bell

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

- Rob Bell

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.

- Rob Bell

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