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Rob Bell is an American author recognized for his contemporary Christian theology and his popular books on spirituality. Born on August 23, 1970, Bell has authored numerous books that have ignited discussions on faith, religion, and culture.

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“My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.”

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Author:Rob Bell

“Culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from two thousand years ago as their best defense. When you have in front of you flesh and blood people who are your brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, co-workers and neighbors and they love each other and they just want to go through life with someone.”

“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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Author:Rob Bell

“At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and love, in the end, wins and all will be reconciled to God.”

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Author:Rob Bell

“Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your goodness, your rightness, your church attendance, and all of the wise, moral, mature decisions you have made and actions you have taken.”

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Author:Rob Bell

“Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a doubt, or raised a question, only to be told by their family, church, friends, or tribe: "We don't discuss those things here." I believe the discussion itself is divine. Abraham does his best to bargain with God, most of the book of Job consists of arguments by Job and his friends about the deepest questions of human suffering, God is practically on trial in the book of Lamentations, and Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question.”

Source: Love Wins: At the Heart of Life’s Big Questions

“I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.”

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Author:Rob Bell

“The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.”

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Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

“I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. I think the ship has sailed and I think the church needs -- I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.”

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Author:Rob Bell

“If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen when the church surrenders its desire to convert people and convince them to join. It is when the church gives itself away in radical acts of service and compassion, expecting nothing in return, that the way of Jesus is most vividly put on display.”

Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

“If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.”

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Author:Rob Bell