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Why I Don’t Witness to People on Airplanes (A Post in 3 Acts) (rachelheldevans.com)
1. Mark spoke in chapel every other year, usually in the spring, which was about the time I’d accumulated too many absences to cut. A former college basketball player with an imposing six-foot-seven frame, bald head, and booming voice, Mark travelled...
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Rachel Held Evans | Some words for Christians on both sides of the Chick-fil-A war (rachelheldevans.com)
Just some thoughts from a retired veteran of the culture wars— To Christians speaking out against Chick-fil-A: I understand. I too believe marriage is a civil right in this country, and I too get frustrated when Christians appeal to their faith to w...
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Rachel Held Evans | Christian bookstores and their chokehold on the industryChristian bookstores and their chokehold on the industry (rachelheldevans.com)
A lot of folks have been expressing outrage and surprise over the fact that LifeWay Christian bookstores recently banned the movie
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Rachel Held Evans | From Waging War to Washing Feet: How do we move forward? (rachelheldevans.com)
Wednesday’s post, “How to win a culture war and lose a generation,” shattered every record in my blogging history. In two days, the site received over 105,000 visits, and readers shared the post a whopping 35,000 times on Facebook. I say this not to b...
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Rachel Held Evans | Submission in Context: Christ and the Greco-Roman Household Codes (rachelheldevans.com)
This is the third post in our series, One In Christ: A Week of Mutuality, dedicated to discussing an egalitarian view of gender—including relevant biblical texts and practical applications. The goal is to show how scripture, tradition, reason, and exp...
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Rachel Held Evans | 12 Signs You Need a Break from the Internet (rachelheldevans.com)
1. You’ve “pinned” more meals than you’ve made. 2. You’re pretty sure that slinkies are getting more treadmill time than you are. 3. Your explanation to your husband about why you had a bad day begins with, “Well, some guy tweeted...” 4. You have nigh
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Rachel Held Evans | How to win a culture war and lose a generation (rachelheldevans.com)
When asked by The Barna Group what words or phrases best describe Christianity, the top response among Americans ages 16-29 was “antihomosexual.” For a staggering 91 percent of non-Christians, this was the first word that came to their mind when asked ...
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Rachel Held Evans | It’s not complementarianism; it’s patriarchy (rachelheldevans.com)
Russell Moore is concerned that too many evangelical marriages are complementarian in name only. The dean of the School of Theology and senior vice president for academic administration at Southern Baptist Seminary recently said this at the Together f...
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Rachel Held Evans | The Mainline and Me (rachelheldevans.com)
I never expected my posts “15 Reasons I Left Church” and “15 Reasons I Returned to The Church” to make such waves, but I’m still hearing from people who loved them, people who hated them, people who resonated with them, and people incredibly frustrate...
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Rachel Held Evans | Ask a Pacifist...(Response) (rachelheldevans.com)
Last week, over 100 questions rolled in for the latest installment of our interview series, “Ask a Pacifist...” These were tough questions, but our friend Tripp York responded with wit, wisdom, and grace. Tripp teaches in the Religious Studies Depar...