Quotes by Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

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God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionat — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
What a comfort to know that God is a poet. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on t — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
You can't get too far into the Gospels without noticing that Jesus made a pretty lousy apologist. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we' — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
Invariably, I will be referred to Gleason Archer's massive Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, a heavy volume that seeks — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
Perhaps being a Christian isn’t about experiencing the kingdom of heaven someday but about experiencing the kingdom of h — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
Those who say that having childlike faith means not asking questions haven't met too many children. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
The yoke is hard because the teachings of Jesus are radical: enemy love, unconditional forgiveness, extreme generosity. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
I'm afraid that just as wealth and privilege can be a stumbling block on the path to the gospel, theological expertise a — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
I don't know which Bible stories ought to be treated as historically accurate, scientifically provable accounts of facts — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
I would argue that healthy doubt (questioning one's beliefs) is perhaps the best defense against unhealthy doubt (questi — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
To Jesus, "by faith alone" did not mean "by belief alone." To Jesus, faith was invariably linked to obedience. — Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions