"When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that donâ€™t quite fit our preferences and presuppositions. In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bibleâ€™s cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more committed to what we want the Bible to say than what it actually says."

-- Rachel Held Evans

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