clara roark

“When I finally stepped down, it wasn’t directly because of my beliefs about hell. Mostly it was because I couldn’t stomach evangelicalism’s embrace of Donald Trump and Christian nationalism.”
― Brian Recker, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love

“I don’t do spiritual activities out of guilt anymore. I have absolutely no reason to do that, because I don’t believe in a God who is out to punish me.”
― Brian Recker, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love

“You’re a river, Bones,” he said, squeezing my hands hard to get my attention. “You don’t break, you bend. If someone tries to control you, you find a new way around. People might think you’re just water, might think they have you contained, but you’re strong enough to cut a path through mountain rock and wild enough to wash everythin’ away when you rage.”
― K.L. Speer

“This focus on hell doesn’t just make conservative evangelicals ignore social welfare—it frequently causes them to actively oppose it.”
― Brian Recker, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love