Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. Rob Bell More Quotes by Rob Bell More Quotes From Rob Bell If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get somewhere else, you could possibly end up with a world in which millions of people were starving, thirsty, and poor; the earth was being exploited and polluted; disease and despair were everywhere; and Christians weren’t known for doing much about it. If it got bad enough, you might even have people rejecting Jesus because of how his followers lived. That would be tragic. Rob Bell christian somewhere-else jesus We shape our God, and then our God shapes us. Rob Bell shapes For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in trouble. Rob Bell our-world believe people 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. Rob Bell visits-you funeral people Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong. Rob Bell strong weak jesus It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you. Rob Bell letdowns 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. Rob Bell uncles real brother No one has the last word other than God. Rob Bell last-words lasts There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy them. They're nouns that mean something only in conjunction with verbs. That's why wealth is so dangerous: if you're not careful you can easily end up with a garage full of nouns. Rob Bell verbs use mean The Bible itself is a book that constantly must be wrestled with and re-interpreted. ... Bible interpretation is colored by historical context, the reader's bias and current realities. The more you study the Bible, the more questions it raises. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. Rob Bell historical book reality 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. Rob Bell differences reality jesus Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it. Rob Bell crave able When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal. Rob Bell noble goal thinking God has spoken, and everything else is commentary. Rob Bell commentary 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. Rob Bell christian winning numbers [The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people. Rob Bell decision mean people The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it. Rob Bell atheist missing ideas Christian' makes a poor adjective Rob Bell adjectives poor christian The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true. Rob Bell too-good-to-be-true done facts 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. Rob Bell taught-us heaven jesus
