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What makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in.

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Rachel Held Evans
Age: 37 †
Born: 1981
Born: June 8
Died: 2019
Died: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Religious Writer
State of Alabama
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