From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is The Daily.

Today.

In a brief but prolific career, a young writer asked whether evangelical Christianity could change.

In doing so, she changed it.

My colleague Natalie Kichoev speaks to Religion Reporter Elizabeth Dias about the legacy of Rachel Held Evans.

It's Monday, June 3rd.

It's always interesting to me as the Religion Reporter for The New York Times,

which spiritual figures break out into the mainstream.

And I think the last time I wrote in Obituary was for Billy Graham.

And the word redemption means to buy back. Why do you need to be bought back?

Because the Bible says you're the slave of sin.

He was this giant of evangelical culture. He died at 99 and defined generations of evangelical culture.

You must make a choice tonight. Are you going to continue down the broad road that leads to destruction or will you change and go the narrow road that leads to eternal life?

This is the choice that only you can make.

Asking one question about your faith will undoubtedly lead to another.

Rachel Held Evans was a 37 year old writer.

Changing your mind about one idea means you will likely scrutinize others.

Who didn't always even seem totally sure that she was a Christian.

And allowing yourself to have doubts about Christianity or about your present version of Christianity

puts your sense of safety, security, certainty at risk.

And yet it is absolutely 100% worth it.

She almost single handedly brought together an entirely new kind of community that is defining Christianity for the next generation.

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