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November 15th, 2016
Rachel Held Evans' piece on Life After Evangelicalism speaks powerfully to me.
The comments are as you would expect, though: concern trolls, mansplainers, HillaryButs, and #NotAllEvangelicals. 90% of them far more concerned with the state of their own reputation and (self-)righteousness than the wounded hearts of others.
I think that what I like is that she doesn't blanket advocate leaving the Evangelical movement in the essay, just lets the broken and hurting people know they're not alone and that they don't have to give up Jesus in giving up the Evangelical church - no matter what the Evangelical church claims.
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The comments are as you would expect, though: concern trolls, mansplainers, HillaryButs, and #NotAllEvangelicals. 90% of them far more concerned with the state of their own reputation and (self-)righteousness than the wounded hearts of others.
I think that what I like is that she doesn't blanket advocate leaving the Evangelical movement in the essay, just lets the broken and hurting people know they're not alone and that they don't have to give up Jesus in giving up the Evangelical church - no matter what the Evangelical church claims.
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