by Leroy Seat | Jun 8, 2021 | Opinion
Rachel Held Evans would have turned 40 today, and it seems appropriate to take some time to remember her life and legacy. I’m greatly saddened she didn’t live to celebrate the big 4-0, as she died on May 4, 2019. Rachel Grace Held was born in Alabama but moved with...
by Mandy McMichael | May 1, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on August 2, 2013. At the time of publication, McMichael was assistant professor of religion at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. It is re-published today, with the one-year anniversary of Rachel Held Evans’ death...
by Jim Somerville | Nov 21, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. November 17, 2013 The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost It hadn’t occurred to me when I named this two-part sermon series that some of you might think I was resigning. I was only thinking that...
by Mandy McMichael | Aug 2, 2013 | Opinion
Rachel Held Evans recently posted a brief piece on CNN’s belief blog about why millennials are leaving the church. If you haven’t taken time to read her insights, I commend them to you. Essentially she argues that millennials are not leaving evangelical...
by Keith Herron | Jun 27, 2013 | General
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 7:36-8:3 June 16, 2013 1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14), 15-21a; Psalm 32; Galatians 2:15-21 In the past few years, I’ve become a big fan of blogger Rachel...
