Isaiah 55 provides an entirely different framework for thinking about God's justice, because it suggests that we have it backward - the mystery lies not in God's unfathomable wrath but in his unfathomable mercy. God's ways are higher than our ways because his capacity to love is infinitely greater than our own. Despite all that we do to alienate ourselves from God, all that we do to insult and disobey, God abundantly pardons again and again.
We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of destroy, how to love instead o… - Rachel Held Evans
We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of destroy, how to love instead o…
- Rachel Held Evans
Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one anot… - Rachel Held Evans
Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one anot…
Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out … - Rachel Held Evans
Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out …
But the gospel doesn't need a coalition devoted to keeping the wrong people out. It needs a family of sinners, saved by grace, committed to tearing d… - Rachel Held Evans
But the gospel doesn't need a coalition devoted to keeping the wrong people out. It needs a family of sinners, saved by grace, committed to tearing d…
One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering … - Rachel Held Evans
One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering …
No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new. - Rachel Held Evans
No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.
Sometimes you have to be forced away from your work to realize youve made too much of it, to remember it doesnt define you. - Rachel Held Evans
Sometimes you have to be forced away from your work to realize youve made too much of it, to remember it doesnt define you.
Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people. - Rachel Held Evans
Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people.
What makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in. - Rachel Held Evans
What makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in.
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