“You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest. People who will tell you the truth about it. Over the years I've picked up some friends and I know who to show what to and they'll give me the proper read.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingYearsShowsFansHonestGive MeBelieverSupporterHonest PeopleGreat Fans Author:Rob Bell
“To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to know God, and they are sick of a system that is hung up on a bunch of things that have nothing to do with the love of God.” PeopleKnowsWantJesusHonestSickPassionateBunchBeing HonestGod LoveHungKnowing God Author:Rob Bell
“Being a pastor for 20 years I realized that the labels, agnostic, atheist, believer, everybody's human and everybody wants to know what kind of universe we're living in, and everybody's living according to a story.” KnowsWantYearsHumansKindStoriesUniverseAtheistBelieverI RealizedLabelsPastorAgnostic Author:Rob Bell
“Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.” KnowsWayIdeasSufferingTurnsHurtBloodSkyLike YouArgumentCrossesAngryExcuseFleshTendenciesBitterNo IdeaShakesMidstClueFistsTurn-onAccusationFlesh And Blood Book:Sex God Source: Sex God
“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.” IfsKnowsShouldTogetherLinesPartyClassicWorking TogetherMidnight Book:Love Wins and The Love Wins Companion Source: Love Wins and The Love Wins Companion
“Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after person...May you experience this vast, expansive, infinite, indestructible love that has been yours all along. May you discover that this love is as wide as the sky and as small as the cracks in your heart no one else knows about, and may you know, deep in your bones, that love wins.” KnowsYearsHeartMayPersonsHas BeensJesusWinningLove IsSkyAnd LoveInfiniteBonesWideCracksGod Is LoveIndestructible Author:Rob Bell
“I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.” KnowsPracticeMysticismMilitant Author:Rob Bell
“As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.” PeopleKnowsMomentsEventsHospitalsFuneralPastorInvitedPoignantVisits You Author:Rob Bell
