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 BellYour job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.
Rob BellFor 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