Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever Iโm angry or excited or surrounded by other people who understand what Iโm saying. And itโs the language in which I most often hear Godโs voice on the rare occasion that it rises above the noise.
Rachel Held EvansThe truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether sheโs wearing a bikini or a burqa. We donโt stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.
Rachel Held EvansPerhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about โacting like menโ and โacting like women,โ and more time acting like Jesus.
Rachel Held EvansDoubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.
Rachel Held Evans