I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.
Rob BellSuffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.
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 BellFreedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.
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