A few days ago I finished our 9 part series critiquing Rachel Held Evans’ new book Inspired chapter by chapter. I appreciated Monergism.com has also shared this on their website here. Thanks to Alf C. for getting me started to review this book.
I thought I have a post to have it all in one place as a table of content for convenience of the readers:
As a bonus here’s also a response to one of her Tweet: Rachel Held Evans: A Biblical Woman will drive a tent peg through your skull?
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Excellent review Jim. I don’t understand how someone who obviously has spent some time in the Scriptures, can then deliberately go about to mislead others, contrary to what the Scriptures indicate, even at a basic level of understanding. The liberties taken would have to indicate a total rejection and respect for the Scriptures and of course, God, it’s author. But then to actually use those same Scriptures to further one’s own agenda, displays a coldness that is indeed troubling. Deliberate disregard not only for one’s self but also others, for personal monetary gain and recognition. There are some who know no boundaries, have no draw the line limits, will go to any lengths to achieve their goals. That is cold. Grace and blessings.
I think you said it well Bruce. Evans is not just someone that merely doubt God’s Word, she’s deliberately taking the most extreme interpretation and even then doesn’t interact with the Word of God properly. I”m praying for her.
Thanks for the recap!
Was busy this past Sunday. How was your weekend Wally?
Saturday was work….bleh
Sunday was great I got to teach our young adults Sunday night and we talked about the Sin into Death
Are you resting some today?
Yes I am resting today; not meeting with people (unless death and major sickness of course). Going to spend time with my wife teaching our daughters how to ride their bikes! Also I’m going to read for my own spiritual life and not for any of our Bible studies prep. Thanks for asking, and praise God you got to teach Sunday school, do you guys record them and have them online?
We don’t but would like to do something like that. The guy who services our sound system is going to demo a camera system one of these days he says but has not yet
Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging.
Thanks for the reblog!
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Great review Jim. Thanks for reading her books so we don’t have too 🙂
I’m sure glad I didn’t read it after reading some of these posts. Slim did give a beat down though
Thanks for the listing! I appreciated your reviews of this troublesome book.
You’re welcome, I appreciate your support. Judging from the incredible popularity of Rachel Held Evans from social media and how many people tweeting good things about her book I think my post is going against the grain. But I’m thankful for those who have shared this series such as Monergism.com and many different brothers and sisters. Some battles are worth fighting for, including justification by faith alone and defense of that being attacked by Roman Catholicism.
Yeah, Held Evans seems to be so popular because she is the model for many people who still seek an attachment to (c)hristianity without having to believe.
Your capacity for pain is amazing
Thanks! But I need to take a break and read more sound stuff now…lol. But I imagine you are a glutton for punishment too with your analysis of things!
I have found that too much with bad theol
Theology is like drinking poison
– read something good!
Sounds interesting!
Thanks Jessy! Also thank you for your comments and also all the likes of posts on my blog sister!
My pleasure!
does an analysis of cynthia westfall’s book “paul and gender”, please.
[…] Finally, Presuppositional Apologist, Jim, from The Domain for Truth has done an excellent nine-part series on the book. I encourage you to read it HERE […]
[…] A few months ago I posted Analysis of Rachel Held Evan’s Book “Inspired” Series: Table of Contents. […]
Tragic! RHE has passed away….
May 4th, 2019 Update
Rachel was slowly weaned from the coma medication. Her seizures returned but at a reduced rate. There were periods of time where she didn’t have seizures at all. Rachel did not return to an alert state during this process. The hospital team worked to diagnose the primary cause of her seizures and proactively treated for some known possible causes for which diagnostics were not immediately available due to physical limitations.
Early Thursday morning, May 2, Rachel experienced sudden and extreme changes in her vitals. The team at the hospital discovered extensive swelling of her brain and took emergency action to stabilize her. The team worked until Friday afternoon to the best of their ability to save her. This swelling event caused severe damage and ultimately was not survivable.
Rachel died early Saturday morning, May 4, 2019.
This entire experience is surreal. I keep hoping it’s a nightmare from which I’ll awake. I feel like I’m telling someone else’s story. I cannot express how much the support means to me and our kids. To everyone who has prayed, called, texted, driven, flown, given of themselves physically and financially to help ease this burden: Thank you. We are privileged. Rachel’s presence in this world was a gift to us all and her work will long survive her.
Wow this is sad and thank you for sharing this as I didn’t know about it until you commented. I’m praying for her family and her fans
Wow frightening
If she continued living she would have continued her blasphemy and straying people from the truth. Sad to say but true. You did what you could by refuting her.
Her funeral is this Saturday and starts at 2 p.m. Eastern time at First-Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga, TN. It is sad she mocked the truth found in God’s Word during her life. I grieved reading her last book Inspired.
This is an exhaustive study of Evan’s criticism of the Bible that her followers could care less about.
I do hope some do care and change their minds to be more biblical
I tried to convince Rachel of the error of her her way’s about a year ago, but to no avail. Hearing of her death was a shock to me, but what is troubling is what her husband said; “Rachel’s presence in this world was a gift to us all and her work will long survive her.”
Peter answered what is now the question, Why did she encounter such “swift disaster”? “Among you also there will be false teachers who will struggle in pernicious heresies. They will go so far as to deny the Master Who acquired them for His own, thereby bring on themselves swift disaster. Their lustful ways will lure many away. Through them, the true way will be made subject to contempt” (2 Pt 2:1-2). This is further evidenced by what Paul said: “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”
So pray,. “Pray that we may be delivered from confused and evil men” (2 Thes 3:2). Thanks
I’m glad there were believers like you who spoke up and went against what was popular to warn her while she was living.
Our young people need to be warned about the danger of popular Ms Evans
Thanks for your like of my post,”17 Israel – Shabbat – May 31, 2019; I appreciate your kindness..