2 Quotes by Deborah Jian Lee

For example, the Bible does not directly say that you have the right to bear arms, yet I have found at least one hundred passages that talk about caring and showing justice for the alien and immigrant among us,” Rah said. He wondered why the “typical evangelical church” seemed to have more members of the NRA than people advocating for immigration reform. “Is that cultural Christianity or biblical Christianity?

As for my faith, I did not return to evangelicalism. I have traveled too a great distance theologically. But much of the time, my sense of faith feels strong, if vagrant and nameless. Of course, some of the namelessness comes from how conservatives have defined what it means to be a “true Christian.” In recent years, I have decided that they do not have the authority to disqualify me from the faith.