Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes

I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

Rachel Grace Held

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• I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

  

  Rachel Grace Held
  • Mean
  • Bible
  • Trouble