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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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Famous Rob Bell Quotes

“It's absurd and quite tragic the way people have managed to pit science against faith. They aren't in conflict at all - they're long lost dance partners. I don't divide the world up into Christians and other people - we are all human beings, brothers and sisters, and we embrace truth wherever we find it, whether that's in a lab, a field or a cathedral. Because sometimes you need a scientist and sometimes you need a poet.”

“We need to return to the simplicity that God is love.”

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“I believe our world desperately needs Good News.”

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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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“Many people need a new rewiring of their heart and mind.”

People Needs Mind Heart Heart And Mind

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“What is God like? Because millions and millions of people were taught that the primary message - the center of the Gospel of Jesus - is that God is going to send you to hell, unless you believe in Jesus. And so, what gets, subtlely, sort of caught and taught is that Jesus rescues you from God. But what kind of God is that; that we would need to be rescued from this God? How could that God ever be good; how could that God ever be trusted? And how could that ever be good news.”

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“Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.”

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Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

“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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Book:What We Talk About When We Talk About God: A

Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About God: A

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

People Thinking World Needs Church

Author:Rob Bell

“This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus' message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our world desperately needs to hear.”

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

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

“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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“The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all things- that's what the world needs.”

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“I have been told that I need to believe in Jesus. Which is a good thing. But what I am learning is that Jesus believes in me.”

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Book:The Complete Rob Bell: His Seven Bestselling Books, All in One Place

Source: The Complete Rob Bell: His Seven Bestselling Books, All in One Place

“I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for a world that desperately needs to hear it.”

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“We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are gay. And we need to love, affirm and all of us together work on the real problems that we have in the world.”

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Author:Rob Bell