“So this is reality, this forgiveness, this reconciliation, is true for everybody. Paul insisted that when Jesus died on the cross, he was reconciling "all things, in heaven and on earth, to God." All things, everywhere. ...This reality then isn't something we make come true about ourselves by doing something. It is already true. Our choice is to live in this new reality or cling to a reality of our own making.” RealityEarthChoicesJesusHeavenAll ThingsCrossesDiedReconciliationOur Choices Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“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.” PeopleStoriesRealityJesusHeavenDifferencesHellDiedVersionsThis LifeGod LoveForgiven Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.” ActionEarthChristianChoicesHeavenReligiousHellConversationChristian InspirationalCommentInvitesFoundersPastorPower Of ChoiceFreedom To ChooseChoose WiselyHeaven Or Hell Author:Rob Bell
“For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the life beyond this one.” WayLittlesRealityJesusHeavenHellHere And NowHeaven And Hell Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven to earth right now, as Jesus taught us to pray: 'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' At the same time, it often appears that those who talk the most about relieving suffering now talk the least about heaven when we die.” DoneEarthSufferingDiesJesusHeavenTaughtPrayingRight NowTaught UsGoing To Heaven Author:Rob Bell
“When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God desires things to be. Famine, debt, oppression, loneliness, despair, death, slaughter--they are all hell on earth. Jesus' desire for his followers is that they live in such a way that they bring heaven to earth. What's disturbing is when people talk more about hell after this life than they do about Hell here and now. As a Christian, I want to do what I can to resist hell coming to earth.” PeopleWayWantMeanI CanUseEarthChristianDesireJesusHeavenSituationHellEventsLonelinessDespairDebtOppressionThis LifeFollowersDisturbingAbsentHere And NowFamineSlaughterHell On Earth Author:Rob Bell
“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.” SufferingHeavenProcessTomorrowAngryRageAwfulShakesFists Author:Rob Bell
“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.” LoveInspirationalMomentsEarthHeavenJudgingJudgmentForgivenessForgivingInjusticeGenerosityGenerousThat MomentLove And Forgiveness Author:Rob Bell
“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.” BelieveImportantHeavenHellHeaven And HellWho God Is Author:Rob Bell
