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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 a world that desperately needs to hear it.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
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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.
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This breath, and this moment, and this life is a gift and we are all in this together. We all have countless choices every day to close down or stand up straight and open up, and take a big breath and say YES to the gift.
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People received, affirmed and experienced grace in many different forms.
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The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, Me too.
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That breath that you just took, that's a gift!
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Something is profoundly wrong and we are desperate for justice, for restoration and for somebody somewhere to do something about this.
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We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.
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Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.
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The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.
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I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.
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I believe that God is with you, that there is a presence. I believe this God is for you. I don't think the universe is a cold, dead place that is indifferent.
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You can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.
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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 flesh and turning it back into words.
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It's as if Thomas Kinkade and Dante were at a party, and one turned to the other sometime after midnight and uttered that classic line You know, we really should work together sometime.
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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.
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God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see people make unbelievably destructive choices.
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And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full of people God loves, whom Jesus died for. Hell is full of forgiven people God loves, whom Jesus died for. The difference is how we choose to live, which story we choose to live in, which version of reality we trust.
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Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.
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My interest is in what's true, where is the life, where is the heart and what inspires.
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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.
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