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Beliefs Are Not Set in Stone, Except for When They're on Tablets

July 2nd, 2013 | 7 min read

By Derek Rishmawy

Rachel Held Evans believes we shouldn't be too scared about changing our minds on religious questions, as these things aren't always "set in stone." Addressing religious believers in light of the SCOTUS decisions on gay marriage, she encourages us to realize it's possible to shift your beliefs without being a culturally-accommodating flip-flopper. Her biblical paradigm for this? Peter and Cornelius.

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Derek Rishmawy

Derek Rishmawy is the RUF campus minister at the University of California-Irvine, and is a systematic theology PhD student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He contributes to Christ and Pop Culture, Christianity Today, and writes at his own blog, Reformedish. He also co-hosts Mere Fidelity. You can follow him on Twitter @dzrishmawy.