Quotes By Author: Rob Bell

“And whenever people claim that one group is in, saved, accepted by God, forgiven, enlightened, redeemed- and everybody else isn’t- why is it that those who make this claim are almost always part of the group that’s “in”?”

“Often times when I meet atheists and we talked about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god either.”

“If it is true, if it is beautiful, if it is honorable, if it is right, then claim it. Because it is from God. And you belong to God.”

“Jesus is God’s way of refusing to give up his dream for the world.”

“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.”

“Freedom is not having everything we crave, it’s being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it. ”