Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.
Rob Bell[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isnโt interpreted, then it canโt 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 BellMany people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.
Rob BellJesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and he continually disrupted whatever conventions or systems or establishments that existed in his day. He will always transcend whatever cages and labels are created to contain and name him, especially the one called "Christianity.
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