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A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story

A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins.

Rob Bell
Christian, Jesus, Stories
"Hello, Rob Bell - The Interview". Interview with Skye Jethani, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.

In one of the accounts of Jesus's death we read that the curtain in the temple of God-the one that kept people out of the holiest place of God's presence-ripped.One New Testament writer said that this ripping was a picture of how, because of Jesus, we can have new, direct access to God.A beautiful idea.But the curtain ripping also means that God comes out, that God is no longer confined to the temple as God was previously.

Rob Bell
Beautiful, Jesus, Mean

Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

Rob Bell
Jesus, Strong, Weak

Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.

Rob Bell
Jesus, Mean, Difficult Questions

This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus' message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our world desperately needs to hear.

Rob Bell
Jesus, Our World, Joy
Rob Bell (2011). “Love Wins: At the Heart of Life’s Big Questions”, p.3, HarperCollins UK

If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get somewhere else, you could possibly end up with a world in which millions of people were starving, thirsty, and poor; the earth was being exploited and polluted; disease and despair were everywhere; and Christians weren’t known for doing much about it. If it got bad enough, you might even have people rejecting Jesus because of how his followers lived. That would be tragic.

Rob Bell
Christian, Jesus, Somewhere Else
Rob Bell (2011). “Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived”, p.11, Harper Collins

I would hope that wherever I go I bring good news - that's what that word means, right? It began with the first followers of Jesus taking a Roman military propaganda term and co-opting it for their own subversive purposes, insisting that the world isn't made better through coercive military violence but through sacrificial love. How great is that!? Unfortunately this word has been hijacked in several years for other purposes but no worries, we're taking it back.

Rob Bell
Jesus, Military, Mean
Source: missionaryrenegade2013.blogspot.com

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