To Jesus, "by faith alone" did not mean "by belief alone." To Jesus, faith was invariably linked to obedience.

Rachel Held Evans
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More Quotes By Rachel Held Evans
  1. Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.

  2. God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.

  3. What a comfort to know that God is a poet.

  4. Caring for the poor, resting on the Sabbath, showing hospitality and keeping the home–these are important things that can lead us to God, but God is not contained in them.

  5. (About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.

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