Showing posts with label Rachel Held Evans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rachel Held Evans. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Southern Baptist Abuse Report, Next Installment: "Preying on Teens"

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The third installment in the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News investigation of abuse in Southern Baptist churches is ou...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

"In Every Case, 'Wives Submit to Your Husbands' Appears in the Same Context As 'Slaves Obey Your Masters'": A Twitter Conversation for You

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In every case, "wives submit to your husbands" appears in the same context as "slaves obey your masters." And yet I...
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Two More Queer Catholics Fired, "Progressive" Evangelicals "Discern" Whether Queer Folks Should Be Treated Equally, CBF Discriminates Against Queer Employees: What's This All About?

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Mark Guevarra writes , "In early December 2017, a representative from the Archdiocese of Edmonton called me in for an invest...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Alan McCornick on Cardinal Marx, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on LGBTQ Employees, Heated Debate About Progressive Evangelicals and LGBTQ Lives: News

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Trump's Statement on Alleged Abuser #RobPorter : 'Him-He-Him-Him-He-He-He-He-Him-He-He-He-He-He-He-Him-Him-He-He' - https://t...
Friday, February 2, 2018

"Excluding Women from the Gospel — in Jesus' Name": Twitter Hosts a Necessary Conversation Many Churches Don't Intend to Have

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#T4G18 Excluding women from the Gospel - in Jesus’ name. pic.twitter.com/GIX8doKrPl — Kate WallaceNunneley (@KateWallace1313) February 1...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Long and Short of It: Evangelical Mulligans and Idiot Winds — Religion in the News

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“Family Research Council head says that evangelical conservatives are willing to overlook Trump’s past behavior so long as he delivers fo...
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rachel Held Evans on White Evangelical Roots of Trump's Decision to Ditch Paris Climate Agreement: My Response

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I try not to blame white evangelicals for everything, but their rejection of mainstream science did the world no favors today. — Rachel H...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Rachel Held Evans Responds to Rev. Mike Huckabee's Defense of Trail of Tears: White Male Christian Leaders Pounce on Her

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Hard to believe there are some like @GovMikeHuckabee who see the Trail of Tears as a bright spot in American history. https://t.co/4M9xEa...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Catholic "Liberals" Continue to Go on Record with Sympathy for Kim Davis — But Not for Her Victims: Continuing to Assess the "Francis Effect"

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As I've predicted in several previous postings about the Kim Davis case, Catholic "liberals" are now steadily going on ...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Liberty Counsel's Faux Religious Liberty Stunt Involving Kim Davis: Commentary Worth Reading

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No one's being jailed for practicing her religion. Someone's being jailed for using the government to force others to practice her...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Rachel Held Evans on Faux Persecution Complex of Conservative Christians, and Betraying the Gospel

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Rachel Held Evans argues that when the Christian brand becomes assertion of the "right to refuse" service rather than serv...
Monday, June 29, 2015

"The Easiest Way to Make Oneself Righteous Is to Make Someone Else a Sinner": The Churches and LGBT People Today — Grace or No Grace?

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"the easiest way to make oneself righteous is to make someone else a sinner." @rachelheldevans #searchingforsunday pic.twitter...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Thought for Day: "Jesus Didn't Die on the Cross to Preserve Gender Complementarity"

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In a hard-hitting essay published last fall, Rachel Held Evans looks at the false gospel of gender binaries and how that false gospe...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Same Day, Another Quote: Rachel Held Evans on How LGBT People Have a Lot to Teach Christians

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Same day, another quote (for the day): evangelical blogger and author of the new book Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Find...