Alice

“when you get married, you get another set of eyes. If you aren't careful, this other set of eyes that sees the world differently can become a constant source of tension and conflict - with each of you endlessly trying to get the other to see everything like you do and win them over to your view”
― Rob Bell, The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage

“it is written in the scriptures that God gives grace to the humble, and one of the ways you see this most vividly is when you're in a heated argument and your brain is in full defense mode and the accusations are flying and you're both pulling triggers left and right...then one of you pauses and says I'm sorry- and something shifts”
― Rob Bell

“This is why so many people are so confused when it comes to the Bible. They were taught by their pastor or parents or authority figures to submit to the authority of the bible, but that's impossible to do without submitting first to whoever is deciding what the Bible is even saying. And that requires trust. Because authority is a relational reality. Someone told you, This is how it is. The problem, of course, is that the folks who talk the most about the authority of the Bible also seem to talk the most about things like objective and absolute truth, truth that exists independent of relational realities.”
― Rob Bell, What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

“If you imagine the way railway lines run parallel but never meet, well that is how many dispensationalists believe Israel and the Church remain separate.”
― stephen seizer