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You're here, you're breathing, you are the recipient of an extraordinary act of generosity called life.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Generosity
Breathing
Extraordinary
Called
Life
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Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But in the process we discover a new tomorrow, one we never would have imagined otherwise.
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There are moments when we have to return to our roots.
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We need a childlike trust that God is good... ultimately we are OK. That is a simple, beautiful pure thing that can be complicated ferociously by all sorts of intellectual categories.
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Your life is a gift. Before anything else can be said about you, for some reason the universe (or God, or being, or force, or reality, or whatever you name it) chose to give you life.
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Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective
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It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.
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When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.
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The great German scholar Helmut Thielicke once said that a person who speaks to this hour’s need will always be skirting the edge of heresy, but only the person who risks those heresies can gain the truth.
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Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.
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Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.
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I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.
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People received, affirmed and experienced grace in many different forms.
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People have a view of a God who is terrible that they can't even imagine being loving or wanting anything to do with.
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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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One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.
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A good sermon is going to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. It inspires you. It provokes you. It should make your soul soar.
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It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.
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Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right now, while the people most concerned with the hells on earth right now seem the least concerned about hell after death.
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