Sentences with phrase «evangelical churches as»

Through the vitality perceived within evangelical programs, a viewer who is dissatisfied with the functioning of his present church may come to associate vitality with evangelical churches as a whole.

I went to 12 years of Catholic School and had a Baptist Grandma who took me to Sunday school every Sunday during the summers (eventually moving to more evangelical churches as we grew older), and two of the overwhelming messages I remember that was past down by Jesus were «LOVE one another!»

He entered the Evangelical Church as a convert and received the name Heinrich Marx.

M.d religion is about man there is alot of man in the evangelical church as well as other churchs however the Holy spirit is the one we lean on to teach us Gods word he reveals the scriptures just as though Jesus was teaching his disciples in his day.Often after speaking in parable his disciples would ask what he meant and he would give them insight into the messages.I find for me if i struggle understanding a topic i ask the holy spirit to help me if you havent received him just invite him into your life if you have already confessed Jesus as your Lord and savior.We can not live a christian life without him.He is the one who empowers us to live righteously rather than according to our old nature.In the last year or so he has been showing me extraordinary insight into the word its new its fresh he is amazing.brentnz

Here's an equation that outlines some of the problems that we find within the Evangelical church as it relates to this abuse.

While I ended up fully committing to an evangelical church as a pastor, I still carry rich lessons that the Jesuits challenged me with during those formative years.

Not exact matches

Mainline Protestants (Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and the like) and evangelical / fundamentalist Protestants (an umbrella group of conservative churches including the Pentecostal, Baptist, Anabaptist, and Reformed traditions) not only belong to distinctly different kinds of churches, but they generally hold distinctly different views on such matters as theological orthodoxy and the inerrancy of the Bible, upon which conservative Christians are predictably conservative.

He brought his background as an evangelical Lutheran to the Catholic Church and thought each had much to contribute to the other.

As an atheist, I prefer Catholicism to evangelical / fundamentalism, the Catholic church while having some rough spots with science, arts, and literature in the past has made strong efforts to co-exist with the science / educated community (they were some of the best scientists, writers, artists, etc).

What the Evangelical church needs is a fresh outpouring of the Holy Ghost, just like in the book of Acts, where daily, thousands recognized their need for Jesus Christ as the only person who could save them from a Christ-less eternity.

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).

And it is true that I have rejected the church institution as currently practiced among the extreme Evangelical Protestants in the US.

As a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristicAs a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristicas the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristics.

Evangelical Catholicism also encourages regular Eucharistic adoration, in which the friends of the Lord look upon him and he looks upon them, as this Eucharistic fellowship of believers prays for the Church and its needs.

For Evangelicals, the Church as the one body of Christ extending through space and time includes all the redeemed of all the ages and all on earth in every era who have come to living faith in the body's living Head.

Moreover, Evangelical Catholicism takes the liturgical laws and rubrics of the Church seriously, as barriers against the deterioration of the liturgy into a communal celebration of ourselves.

$ 23 In a now familiar genre that combines heavy doses of self - pity with unbridled polemic against an allegedly homophobic society and church, Mel White, an evangelical Protestant who now works with a gay church in Dallas, capitalizes on his brush with fame as ghostwriter to the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

The government department responsible for religious affairs has refused to recognise the Sudanese Evangelical Presbyterian Church's (SEPC) own building committee as the legitimate overseer of its land and property, recognising the now illegal committee instead.

At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.

As far as faith is concerned, there are a lot of Captain Amazings in the Evangelical churcAs far as faith is concerned, there are a lot of Captain Amazings in the Evangelical churcas faith is concerned, there are a lot of Captain Amazings in the Evangelical church.

I have spent time in both evangelical and liberal circles in the church and encountered fundamentalist liberals who were just as militant in their views as Phelps (ok, maybe not quite as extreme).

As Todd Brenneman argues in his recent book, Homespun Gospel: The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism, sentimentality may be a defining characteristic of religious life for many Americans, and so most readers in the dominant Evangelical culture, outside a few hip and urban churches, are more likely to encounter the treacly poetry of Ruth Bell Graham than the spiritually searing work of R. S. Thomas or T. S. Eliot.

As a Catholic in my late 20's, NOT a Bible pusher (none of my churches have ever promoted that), an open minded and respectful human - You all that are shouting for closure are just as bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throatAs a Catholic in my late 20's, NOT a Bible pusher (none of my churches have ever promoted that), an open minded and respectful human - You all that are shouting for closure are just as bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throatas bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throatas the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throats.

After all, John Wesley was perhaps the major figure in what came to be known as the «Evangelical Revival,» and the heyday of the evangelical experience in American life is often described by American church historians as the «Age of Methodism in AmerEvangelical Revival,» and the heyday of the evangelical experience in American life is often described by American church historians as the «Age of Methodism in Amerevangelical experience in American life is often described by American church historians as the «Age of Methodism in America.»

The Lutheran groups most likely to identify as evangelical are small and functionally free - church (the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ).

During this year's convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, Blair, an NAE member, launched a group called Evangelicals Concerned, which is described as «an educational task force for ministry with homosexuals and their families and churches.»

Obama is a Christian and his actions as president are very much in line with the teaching of the new testament, yet I couldn't dare say that at my Evangelical church where the ACA has literally saved the life of our pastors child but here is so much hate for Obama it's down right scary.

There are no liturgical and non-liturgical wings, even though some members of liturgical churches identify as evangelicals.

As a former evangelical, I put some faith in the fact that I was in a church that was part of a mainline, liberal denomination.

Formed by those who'd left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, a mainline body, and who weren't quite so conservative as to join the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the NALC recently held its third annual convention, and a good time was had by all.

The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.

Evangelicals insist I MUST believe in the Trinity and JW's don't want to touch me with a barge pole, so I'm stuck in the middle; but you are like a breath of fresh air as you prize away people from orthodoxy of «religion» and a dependence on institutions to the true Church, the Body of Christ.

The majority of these belong to the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; the rest primarily to Protestant denominations such as the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Makane Yesus (which recently broke ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over theological concerns).

This is definitely a cultural issue in the US evangelical church (it's been a horrible place for women), and the emergent boys brought it with them as they left their evangelical posts.

Now at almost 600 comments, the one thing I hope for outside of the apologies that Julie (and others) so richly deserve is an end to the evangelical / pomo / dispensational / Calvinist / church - growth / emergent / author / leadership / Christian conference scene (pick one or more categories as YMMV).

As happy as I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loveAs happy as I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loveas I am about shorter sermons on Sunday mornings that pull the attention away from the pastor and onto the Table, I still long for the intense Bible study and training so common in the evangelical churches I've loved.

CNN: Jeremy Lin emerges as emblem of burgeoning Asian - American Christianity Lin, who had been baptized into an evangelical Chinese church near San Francisco in ninth grade and had come to value Christian fellowship through his youth group, was part of the Harvard - Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship group, regularly attending Bible study.

That document had a number of well - known evangelical signatories and, Wilkinson argues, served as a «watershed document» in setting the tone for current climate change discussions in the evangelical church.

Having grown up as part of a conservative evangelical church, I was taught as far backas I can remember to tell people about Jesus, to tell them that by inviting Him intotheir hearts, they would be saved from the fires of Hell and instead spend eternity inheaven with Him.

I will also say that if the sort of research program represented by postliberalism has a real future as a communal enterprise of the church, it's more likely to be carried on by evangelicals than anyone else.

Roman Lunkin, an expert in Russian church - state relations, told Time that it's unlikely the government would use the extremist label against evangelicals» literature, since they tend to use the same Bible translations as the Orthodox.

The first line says it all: «Most American evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical by some of the most important councils of the early church.»

My hope is that as evangelicals move beyond the modern paradigm of individual autonomy (particularly as it applies to biblical interpretation), we will begin to appreciate church tradition as an undeniable foundation for our faith.

No doubt there is some justification for their belief that the lessening of knowledge and conviction about these doctrines has left a void that leads to lack of evangelical fervor in the church as a whole.

But evangelicals give time and attention to these dimensions of faith, many of which have been lost in much of the church as piety was redefined as pietism and rejected.

As a kid growing up in Evangelical churches, I would occasionally hear about the ultimate in Christian travel — the Holy Land tour.

Having grown up in the conservative evangelical subculture that cast salvation as little more than a ticket out of hell that you cash in on Judgment Day, I've personally been enthralled and challenged by the emerging church's perspective on the Kingdom of God.

The teaching that men are to be the «spiritual leaders» of their homes is found nowhere in Scripture, and yet I — along with far too many young evangelical women — spent hours upon hours fretting over this in college, worrying I'd never find a guy who was more knowledgeable about the Bible than I, who was always more emotionally connected to God than I, who was better at leading in the church than I, and who consistently exhibited more faithfulness and wisdom than I. (In fact, under this paradigm, I came to see many of my gifts as liabilities, impediments to settling down with a good «spiritual leader»!)

Today's evangelicals rightly identify the loss of conviction about Biblical authority as a major source of the decline of evangelical fervor in the United Methodist Church.

i do nt think you can simply label «x church» as the solution to the church planting, evangelical explosion, or even evangelical upkeep of America.