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My interest is in what's true, where is the life, where is the heart and what inspires.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Life
Inspires
Inspire
Interest
True
Heart

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When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.
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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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Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.
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The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.
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The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.
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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.
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We embrace truth wherever we find it from whoever says it however we come across it. It's a big beautiful exotic heartbreaking mysterious world we live in and it's our home and we get to explore and learn and affirm truth wherever we find it.
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