I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.

Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.

Artists are the best theologians. They feel things that are true before theologians can jargonize them into obscurity.

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

Rise up, you suckers, and go out and do the work of Jesus!

I’ve got to push everything out of mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for as long as fifteen minutes, until I find my soul suspended in what the ancient Celtic Christians called a “thin place”–a state where the boundary between heaven and earth, divine and human, dissolves. You could say that I use the name of Jesus as my koan.