What you believe about the future shapes, informs, and determines how you live now. Rob Bell More Quotes by Rob Bell More Quotes From Rob Bell Like a mirror, God appears to be more and more a reflection of whoever it is that happens to be talking about God at the moment. Rob Bell mirrorsreflectiontalking We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial. Rob Bell generositycompassionreal 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. Rob Bell drawingtryingpeople Before anything else, you have received breath - the gift of life itself. The first word about you is GIFT. Rob Bell gifts-of-lifebreathsfirsts Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers. Rob Bell believerfollowinghave-faith The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove. Rob Bell hardestprovelessons I believe that God is with you, that there is a presence. I believe this God is for you. I don't think the universe is a cold, dead place that is indifferent. Rob Bell coldbelievethinking Look at the size of the universe and look at what we're discovering about string theory. There's a wide-eyed sense of we're just getting started here. Rob Bell stringssizelooks Doctrine is a wonderful servant and a horrible master. Rob Bell doctrinemasterswonderful 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. Rob Bell givingpeopleyears I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human. Rob Bell meanpeopleart When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our existence, we end up living like angels. And both ways are destructive, because God made us human. Rob Bell angelspiritualanimal Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian. Rob Bell christianitychristianpeople Hope. People want hope. We crave hope. We long for hope. Hope has been present since the very beginning. And almost in the worst situations of human history, you often find the greatest amount of hope. The very nature of the situation, the way stepped-on people created within them even more hope than when things were going fine. Hope has always been around. Rob Bell worst-situationlongpeople Do we get what we want? Yes, we get what we want. God is that Rob Bell yes-we-candespairwinning Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ). Rob Bell guiltyfeelschrist I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are. Rob Bell churchpeoplethinking We often rush through the experiences that have the greatest shift. Rob Bell inspiring The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick. Rob Bell marketingsickchurch The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. Rob Bell argumentwayjesus
