Sentences with phrase «by evangelicals for»

Evangelicals of a social - justice bent have mounted like - minded projects on a smaller scale, such as the Crossroads Program sponsored by Evangelicals for Social Action (seeded by Pew Trust money in 1992) and its ongoing series of publications on faith and public policy.

PRISM, the monthly published by Evangelicals for Social Action, has called the series «the most pro-family, God - preoccupied, home - based program on television.»

There is a small but growing movement among evangelicals against unique friendship for Israel, embodied by the recent «Impact Holy Land» conference hosted by Evangelicals for Social Action in Philadelphia.

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For instance, the SPLC documents its decision to include the Family Research Council by citing the evangelical lobbying group's promotion of discredited science and unsubstantiated attacks on gay and lesbian people.

On a personal level, Pence and his wife, Karen, who are both devout evangelical Christians who have advocated for conservative «family values» for decades, were shocked and disturbed by the video.

Roy S. Moore, who won a special Republican primary runoff for an Alabama Senate seat on Tuesday, is a staunch evangelical Christian, and his often - inflammatory political beliefs are informed by his strongly held religious views.

A sprawling 44 - bedroom house surrounded by towering brick walls that was once the home base for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been converted into a sober living center by Evangelical missionaries.

So, is the Army not the responsibility of the federal government, and wouldn't their support for a faith specific event such as this (it doesn't even cater to all Christian groups, only the evangelicals) be seen as an endorsement of evangelicalism by the federal government?

He's not exactly another philosopher - pope, but there are other ways of being an inspirational, evangelical, and poetically theological pope: For Augustine, the joy promised by the Lord to his followers is given and lives in spe, in hope.

Later, DeMoss talks about being turned off by the evangelical street preachers he'd seen on the street corners there, preaching to Mormons in town for the church's annual general assembly.

I describe myself as a «former evangelical» for many reasons, not the least of which is I have an adult gay son who is not welcomed in lots of churches (neither is he welcomed by Muslims or those who practice B'hai Faith).

If the GOP would quit trying to take away women's rights (as confirmed by the Supreme Court) and concentrate on FREEDOM for all, the party would gain more votes from women than they would lose from evangelicals who must have other concerns that are just as important as taking away a woman's right to chose.

Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).

Christianity Today: Evangelical Leaders Split Over Violence Against Women Act The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorized by Congress Wednesday removes protections for immigrant women who are victims of violence.

A Rebirth for the Reborn: American Evangelicals and American Culture at the Cross Tuesday, April 17 Join The Witherspoon Institute and the James Madison Program at Princeton for the 2018 Simon Lecture, delivered by Russell D. Moore.

I daresay some Evangelicals ardor for Romney might have been dampened a bit by the fact that he is not, in fact, a Christian.

But the distortion created and workshipped by today's fake Evangelical Christianity is nothing more than a «god for profit».

For one thing, the religious revival of the 70s - 90s was fading, and the successes of the 1990s political marshalling of evangelical votes by the Religious Right had provoked an emotional counter-reaction, one documented by the many books sold by the «New Athiests» and more scientifically by various sociologists.

Evangelical Catholics know what «all that» is by reference to what is taught by the bishops of the Church in full communion with the bishop of Rome, the vital center of the Church's unity, who bears a special responsibility for preserving the integrity of the truth Christ left to his Church.

All the added ritual and laws by the Catholic Church and politicized evangelical for example followed the footprint of the Jewish leaders of Jesus day that brought darkness, hate and division rather than unity and love.

Rekindling the Christic Imagination: Theological Meditations on the New Evangelization, by Robert P. Imbelli (Liturgical Press): For those who've watched (as every sentient Catholic should have watched) Father Robert Barron's Catholicism series, here's the next step — a theologically rich, entirely accessible walk through the great themes of Evangelical Catholicism, keyed to four masterpieces of Christian art.

The new initiative has been developed by Care for the Family, CCPAS (The Churches» Child Protection Advisory), and the Evangelical Alliance.There are 4,000...

Those of us who believe that what is true for me (what I experience as good for my soul) may not be true for you are so far off base from the evangelical camps that we are reviled and despised by them.

Reflect on this a little: Many of the inspirations of the threefold system of political economy derive from evangelical inspirations such as personal creativity, personal responsibility, freedom, the love for community through association and mutual cooperation, the aim of bettering the condition of every person on earth, the cultivation of the rule of law, respect for the natural rights of others, the preference for persuasion by reason rather than by coercion, and a powerful sense of sin.

Joseph Bayly, a widely read evangelical author, confesses honestly: «For years I have been troubled by a strict application of the Bible's strong condemnation of homosexuality, and total judgment of the homosexual person....

For some years now, a raft of distinguished scholars (Heiko Oberman, David Yeago in this journal, Bruce Marshall, Christine Helmer, and Paul Hinlicky) have been showing how Catholic the real Luther was» contrary to the portrait of Luther used for polemical purposes by too many evangelicals and even LutheraFor some years now, a raft of distinguished scholars (Heiko Oberman, David Yeago in this journal, Bruce Marshall, Christine Helmer, and Paul Hinlicky) have been showing how Catholic the real Luther was» contrary to the portrait of Luther used for polemical purposes by too many evangelicals and even Lutherafor polemical purposes by too many evangelicals and even Lutherans.

As mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - century.

One might look, for example, at From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate, by neoliberal Protestants Don Browning, Bonnie Miller - McLemore, Pamela Couture, Bernie Lyon and Robert Franklin; Gender and Grace: Love, Work, and Parenting in a Changing World, by evangelical Protestant Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen; and Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics, by Catholic Lisa Sowle Cahill.

Your very statement is contradicted by the fact that you are afraid of doing any kind of RESEARCH and education for yourself... such as researching what the word «evangelical» means.

I would venture to guess many of the evangelical pastors she speaks to (as described in this essay) don't «get» what she's arguing, because they take for granted that she's an evangelical in essence, just an edgy one; whereas, by her own admission, she is talking about «not a change in style but a change in substance.»

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor The Story of Christianity, Volumes I & II by Justo Gonzalez Take This Bread by Sara Miles Remember Who You Are by Will Wilimon The Sacred Meal by Nora Gallagher Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail by Robert Weber

«While there are small marginal groups within evangelical Christianity who are often quoted in the press in opposition to climate change action, almost all major global evangelical bodies including the Lausanne Movement have declared their commitment to care for God's creation and to serve the poor affected by climate change impacts.»

What Meacham observes instead is dwindling fervor for the notion that the U.S. should be governed by certain interpretations of the Bible or by Christian theology, an approach common among evangelicals.

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN)- The ex-wife of a Republican politician alleges her then - husband asked if they could have an open marriage, so evangelical «values voters» rethink their support for him, right?

For a more scholarly look at the tern «evangelical,» check out this interesting piece from the Centre for Research on Candadian Evangelicalism, shared by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blFor a more scholarly look at the tern «evangelical,» check out this interesting piece from the Centre for Research on Candadian Evangelicalism, shared by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blfor Research on Candadian Evangelicalism, shared by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blog.

Known by many in UK charismatic and evangelical circles for its contributions to the worship scene, Life Church's latest album, Dance Again, featured in the Top 40 secular charts.

By almost every standard for measuring such things the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America stands on the conservative side of mainline Protestantism.

Therefore in this column we will also report on such developments and events from within the Evangelical tradition and beyond for example discussions funded by the Templeton Foundation, as described in our Cutting Edge column in this issue.

It was because we were advocating for other victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community, crimes which had been perpetrated by people in the church and whose abuse had been enabled, very clearly, by prominent leaders in the evangelical community.

When I left evangelicalism for a Mainline church, I was teased by some evangelicals who informed me I'd picked the losing team.

For many, the word has nothing to do with a spiritual context... I embrace the term evangelical, if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outloFor many, the word has nothing to do with a spiritual context... I embrace the term evangelical, if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlofor change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlofor the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlook.

«A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent» by Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 5.

Christians should burn their copies of the NT for the 2000 year old con job that has been perpetuated on them by popes, bishops, priests, ministers and evangelicals such as Osteen.

Wheaton administrators spent several months preparing for a 2006 visit from Soulforce, a group aiming to change religious leaders» minds on gay issues that was co-founded by Mel White, who was a ghost writer for some evangelical leaders, including Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell.

That has been done and done well by others (note, for example, this online series by Tim Challies, or the book - length treatment by Craig Blomberg, Can We Still Believe the Bible: An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions [Brazos, 2014]-RRB-.

• Hanging on the wall of an office here is a flyer, made up in the very earliest days of Evangelicals and Catholics Together, for Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Movie, a production distributed by Miramaximaculpa and rated PG - 65.

The search for the type of power that aligning with political candidates promises — and that some evangelical leaders seem to be seeking — is the same temptation that caused Christianity to be co-opted for political gains in the third century by the Roman emperor Constantine.

Nearly half of evangelical voters go for one guy — the most rabid conservative in the bunch — despite the fact that he is highly unelectable by every reasonable measure.

Maybe it's just because I've lived in the Bible Belt my whole life, but when Smith writes that, among evangelicals, Jesus often gets «sidelined by the interest in defending every proposition and account as inerrant, universally applicable, contemporarily applicable, and so on in ways that try to make the faith «relevant» for everyday concerns,» I totally get it.