Lauren

“Sometimes the Bible is like a Rorschach test: our interpretation of the text reveals more about ourselves than about God.”
― Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News

“Evangelical culture primes women to repress their sexuality but then turns around and chastises them when they are married for doing that very thing.”
― Sheila Wray Gregoire, The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended | Restore Passion in Christian Marriage | Biblical Relationship Book for Couples

“Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name. If He was willing to turn Judaism upside down, don't think for a moment our institutions are safe from a divine revolt.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, Unleashed: Release the Untamed Faith Within

“Most Christians I know are only interested in winning arguments, converts, and elections. Somewhere along the way the gospel had gotten buried under a massive pile of extras: political positions, lifestyle requirements, and unspoken rules that for whatever reason came with the Christian territory. Sometimes Jesus himself seemed buried beneath the rubble.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions