“My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.” PeopleStoriesSongChurchProfoundEtcAmbivalence 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
“And a lot of times, the religious discussion is almost a masquerade for the real question, is what stories that we tell ourselves and that we tell each other and what convictions and beliefs actually have the capacity to make us the kind of people who together can make the world the kind of world we all want it to be?” PeopleWorldWantKindRealStoriesTogetherBeliefReligiousCapacityConvictionDiscussionMasqueradeReal Questions Author:Rob Bell
“For many people, God is primitive, behind, trying to drag everything back to some prehistoric era as opposed to spirit, force, love, drawing us into a better future, which to me is - that story has done something in me and I've seen it do things in other people.” PeopleTryingDoneStoriesSpiritForceBehindsDrawingErasDragPrimitiveBetter FuturePrehistoricLove Drawings Author:Rob Bell
“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
“The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.” WorldStoriesThis WorldFundamentalsPassionateArcsRestoring Author:Rob Bell
“The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in.” StillsPlayStories Book:Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith Source: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.” PeopleGivingBelieveStoriesI BelieveSinRefuseVersionsRejectsBelieve In God Author:Rob Bell
“A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins.” IfsHas BeensStoriesProblemChristianJesusSinTaughtChaptersGenesis Author:Rob Bell
“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.” WorldNeedsStoriesJesusLanguagePaintingMetaphorExplanationCompelling Author:Rob Bell
