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Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author who challenged evangelicals, dies at 37
Washington Post ^ | May 4 ,2019 | Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Posted on 05/04/2019 6:15:26 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Rachel Held Evans, a best-selling Christian author who was unafraid to wade into fierce theological battles over issues such as the role of women, science, LGBT issues and politics on her blog and social media, died Saturday, after spending weeks in the hospital for an infection. She was 37.

Her husband Dan, who has been writing health updates, wrote on her blog on Saturday that she had been weaned from an induced coma, but swelling in her brain was not survivable.

The hashtag #PrayforRHE became a trending topic on Twitter for Evans, who had two young children, ages 3 and almost 1. Her friends set up a GoFundMe account to cover medical expenses.

Evans drew a large following in the evangelical community in both progressive and conservative circles. She criticized widespread evangelical support for President Trump, encouraged women in church leadership and questioned a literal reading of the Bible, among other issues.

Her books — including “A Year of Biblical Womanhood,” “Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again” and “Searching for Sunday” — pushed theological boundaries for many conservative evangelicals, but they gave voice to many progressive evangelicals who had become frustrated with their churches. In 2012, she was named one of Christianity Today magazine’s “50 Women to Watch.”

Ms. Evans was born June 8, 1981, in Birmingham, Ala., and moved to Dayton, Tenn., when she was a teenager.

Dayton has long been famous for the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a case about teaching evolution in schools that caused many fundamentalist Christians to feel alienated from the American mainstream. She began to question her college’s teachings that shunned evolution when she published her first book on it in 2010 called “Evolving in Monkeytown..."


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To: MNDude

She now KNOWS if the Bible is to be taken literally.


21 posted on 05/04/2019 6:51:47 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON)
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To: HighSierra5

Otherwise known as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”


22 posted on 05/04/2019 6:53:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Why do you describe her death as a ‘stunning loss’?


23 posted on 05/04/2019 6:53:57 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
1. Never heard of her. Media tends to hype people to fit their narrative.
2. Sad situation, she was under 40 and leaves a young family.
3. Seems like she was contrarian just because. Her position on LGBT, evolution, etc. seem to be counter to spite.
4. No winners here.
24 posted on 05/04/2019 6:55:01 PM PDT by Callan ("I love old fags like you." - Vermont Lt)
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To: bramps

Every death is a “stunning loss” to someone.


25 posted on 05/04/2019 6:55:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

It’s all about the ‘tude.


26 posted on 05/04/2019 6:57:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: DLfromthedesert

Democrats have gone well past “a woman’s body” with killing babies that are born alive. No longer a part of a woman’s body and any Christian who does not recognize infanticide and extremism is blind.


27 posted on 05/04/2019 7:00:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: thecodont

The Episcopal Church does not believe in the authority of Scripture. It also does not believe in the concept of sin. It teaches that those who are water baptized in its church are assured of going to Heaven, and there is no requirement for an amendment of life or any other requirement.


28 posted on 05/04/2019 7:02:21 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Rachel Held Evans, a best-selling Christian author who was unafraid to wade into fierce theological battles over issues such as the role of women, science, LGBT issues and politics on her blog and social media, died Saturday, after spending weeks in the hospital for an infection. She was 37.

Saw that elsewhere. She's someone who I only know by reputation. Our lives are fragile.

My oldest daughter is almost her age.

29 posted on 05/04/2019 7:03:34 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("How can there be peace when the sorceries and whordoms of your mother TBN are so many?")
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To: DLfromthedesert

That just does not compute.

Cannot happen to be truly pro-life and vote dem.


30 posted on 05/04/2019 7:08:23 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Gay State Conservative
She criticized widespread evangelical support for President Trump

She was apparently OK with Lefty Democrat judges being appointed to the Federal courts.

Therefore, she was a Democrat.

My only problem with dead Democrats is that they continue voting.

31 posted on 05/04/2019 7:08:28 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: a fool in paradise

There is literally no connection between the baby in the womb and the mother. The nutrients are passed from the mother’s blood vessels and the babies in the placenta. It is NOT her body. The baby is a separate human being. They LIE!


32 posted on 05/04/2019 7:14:30 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

She seems to have done her best to cause and proliferate more confusion who would come across her “works.” Prayers for a deeply disordered and misguided soul.


33 posted on 05/04/2019 7:14:48 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: HighSierra5

Episcopal = Church of the High Holy Anus and Sainted Rectal Prolapse.


34 posted on 05/04/2019 7:16:10 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: grey_whiskers

Just wonderin’ — was she an anti-vaxxer by any chance? Oh, the irony, were it so.

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My wife passed away Oct.27, 2018 of a blood infection.


35 posted on 05/04/2019 7:19:14 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Christian who believed in evolution ...... came down on the left wing side of things. Lolwut? Christian pro-lifer Hillary supporter. Huh? Sounds like a very confused young woman. Sad that she might have died in this state of confusion.


36 posted on 05/04/2019 7:21:35 PM PDT by cdcdawg (If white, western culture makes you feel out of place, THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“She advocated for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the church and analyzed her own complicity in racial bias after the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri...

...As an adult, she became a vocal critic of “shame-based purity culture.”...”

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/05/rachel-held-evans-the-hugely-popular-evangelical-writer-is-dead-at-37.html

She also argued pro-life people should vote for Hillary. In her own words

https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/pro-life-voting-for-hillary-clinton

Hadn’t heard of her before today. Would much rather have heard she had repented instead of died. But she was working for the other side. Maybe she was just STUPID, but she was working for the wrong Boss.


37 posted on 05/04/2019 7:22:34 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’ve never heard of her....but she sounds absolutely apostate !


38 posted on 05/04/2019 7:23:04 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: kaehurowing
This should scare any Christian, the contemplation of what happens to those who fall away from the Christian faith.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Hebrews, Catholic chapter four, Protestant verse one,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

39 posted on 05/04/2019 7:23:54 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: dfwgator

Every death is a “stunning loss” to someone.

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If you’re a family member, close friend, etc. I would see the point. But my quick take on her is that she was one of the millions who have made themselves their own god and are leading folks away from Christ. Not exactly someone I would expect a freeper to consider a stunning loss.


40 posted on 05/04/2019 7:24:53 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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