Rob Bell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I am for love, whether it's a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man.”

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

“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 in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins.”

“Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as I do with the theologian. I'm in an odd world where I make things and share them with people.”

“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.”

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

“For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in trouble.”

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

“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 like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.”