Quote by Rachel Held Evans Download Open image ““rules that left people guilt-ridden, exhausted, and confused were not really from God.”” — Rachel Held Evans ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Most people I knew defied religious rules; faith seemed to matter to them only in times of need.” — Zohreh Ghahremani Copy Share Image
“Who made up all these rules anyway? If you think God’s got rules, then you need another view of God.” — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
“It made no sense to him, this idea that some people got God and some people didn't.” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“Are you going to judge God by the circumstances you don’t understand or judge the circumstances in the light of the character of God?” — Linda Dillow Copy Share Image
“We have judged God and found Him guilty of those things we do not understand.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“God’s rules and expectations aren’t meant to limit and frustrate us but instead to benefit us:” — Paul Kent Copy Share Image
“Religion to me almost like when God leaves – and people devise a set of rules to fill in the space.” — Bono Copy Share Image
“That night I no longer believed that God was the perfect judge. So, in a way, I lost God too.” — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
“So what did God say to me in the silence that morning? I’m not sure, but I think God said something like, Don’t try… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Some rabbis say that, at birth, we are each tied to God with a string, and that every time we sin, the string breaks.… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering we worship… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“My robust lexicon notwithstanding, I struggle to find the right words to describe just how much I despise, hate, abhor, revile, detest and categorically… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
This is what God's kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“I don’t know for sure, but I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Whenever we show others the goodness of God, whenever we follow our Teacher by imitating His posture of humble and ready service, our actions… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“In the years preceding the Civil War in America, Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery.” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image