Jesus Wants to Save Christians Quotes

“Most of the Bible is a history told by people living in lands occupied by conquering superpowers. It is a book written from the underside of power. It’s an oppression narrative. The majority of the Bible was written by a minority people living under the rule and reign of massive, mighty empires, from the Egyptian Empire to the Babylonian Empire to the Persian Empire to the Assyrian Empire to the Roman Empire.

This can make the Bible a very difficult book to understand if you are reading it as a citizen of the the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. Without careful study and reflection, and humility, it may even be possible to miss central themes of the Scriptures.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

“This is how you remember God: you bless those who need it the most in the same way that God blessed you when you needed it the most.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: Learning to Read a Dangerous Book

“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understood as an act of worship. This was God's desire at Sinai - that everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was God"s desire at Sinai - thst everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other.”
― Rob Bell , Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

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― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: Learning to Read a Dangerous Book

“A church is an organization that exists for the benefit of nonmembers.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

“If a sermon can be resolved in the time it took to deliver it, then it missed something central to what a sermon even is, which is connected with what the Eucharist is.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

“The measure of a sermon is not whether it affirms what you already believe. A sermon is not a product to be consumed and then evaluated according to how good it was or whether it was pleasing or enjoyable.”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

“And then, most of all, I hope you see Jesus’s invitation to be a force for good in the world, to wake up to our calling, to be saved in all of the ways that matter most. —Rob Bell     November 2011”
― Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: Learning to Read a Dangerous Book