Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ).
Rob BellIf your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it?
Rob BellWhat does happen constantly with all kinds of people I meet is they say "I had this encounter with Jesus, can you help me understand it..." The labels, more than ever, simply aren't big enough to contain what the cosmic Christ is up to in the world.
Rob BellYou can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.
Rob BellHope. 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