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“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”

Book:Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

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Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

This book is a candid account of the author's transformation from a confident girl who believed she had all the answers to a person who learns the value of questioning and seeking understanding. more

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Rachel Held Evans

Rachel Held Evans, born on June 8, 1981, is a well-known American columnist. Her work focuses on issues such as religion, gender, and social justice, and she has gained a wide readership with her insightful and accessible writing style. more

“What I love about the ministry of Jesus is that he identified the poor as blessed and the rich as needy...and then he went and ministered to them both. This, I think, is the difference between charity and justice. Justice means moving beyond the dichotomy between those who need and those who supply and confronting the frightening and beautiful reality that we desperately need one another.”

Source: A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'

“When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.”

Approach Weapons Economics Response Biblical Womanhood Adjectives

Book:Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions

Source: Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions

“I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.”

Mean I Can Trouble Havens Claims Regard Assuming Suspicion

Book:A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'

Source: A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'

“My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not because of the beliefs I held but because of how I held them: with a death grip. It would take God himself to finally pry them out of my hands. (p.17-18)”

Thinking Hands Belief My Friends Fundamentalism Palms Fundamentalist Fingernails

Author:Rachel Held Evans

“The Proverbs 31 woman is a star not because of what she does but how she does it—with valor. So do your thing. If it’s refurbishing old furniture—do it with valor. If it’s keeping up with your two-year-old—do it with valor. If it’s fighting against human trafficking . . . leading a company . . . or getting other people to do your work for you—do it with valor. Take risks. Work hard. Make mistakes. Get up the next morning. And surround yourself with people who will cheer you on.”

Source: A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'

“You can't get too far into the Gospels without noticing that Jesus made a pretty lousy apologist.”

Made Jesus Noticing

Book:Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

Source: Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

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