UPDATE # 1: I've been encouraged to see
some evangelical leaders like Al Mohler speak out against Rush Limbaugh's comments: http://www.dennyburk.com/albert-mohler-weighs-in-on-limbaugh-apology/
A lot of pro-life conservatives, as well as
evangelical leaders like James Dobson, adamantly oppose such a move.
Obama has reached out to
evangelical leaders like Rick Warren, seen here praying at Obama's inauguration, but many still doubt his faith.
Not exact matches
Since then, DeMoss has helped
evangelical leaders not only become more comfortable with the idea of a Mormon in the White House but also with Romney's evolving position on issues
like gay marriage and abortion.
Today's
Evangelicals leaders need to get back to being preachers of the word
like they were called upon to do and leave the judging to the ONLY ONE who has the authority to sit at the right hand of God.
But they had all built loyal ranks of followers well beyond their social networks — they were
evangelical Christian
leaders whose inspirational messages of God's love perform about 30 times as well as Twitter messages from pop culture powerhouses
like Lady Gaga.
Recently, I joined
evangelical leaders across North America including friends
like Tim and Kathy Keller, Bill and Lynne Hybels, John Perkins, Ann Voskamp, Sandy Willson, John Yates, Max Lucado, Eugene Cho and many others, by adding my signature to this petition to our president.
Billy Graham's son and protége is among a handful of
evangelical leaders who,
like Trump, have praised Putin.
And I suspect this explains why, in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, so many
evangelical leaders responded
like Job's friends, eager to offer theological explanations for what happened instead of simply sitting down in the ashes and weeping with their brothers and sisters.
Recently, I joined
evangelical leaders across North America including friends
like Tim and Kathy Keller, Bill and Lynne Hybels, John Perkins, Ann Voskamp, Sandy Willson, John Yates, Max Lucado, Eugene...
And I speak up when a few vocal
evangelical leaders say hateful things about LGBT people or encourage bullying or condone misogyny because I feel
like I have this investment in the community and it's important for those invested in the community to speak up when its
leaders are hurting our witness to the world... But I'm not sure I can do that anymore.
Understood in this sense, «revivalism» is not properly to be associated with great
evangelical leaders of the eighteenth century
like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, or John Wesley.
But many
evangelicals wound up feeling betrayed by Carter's liberalism, and Reagan's courtship of first - generation Christian right
leaders, as well as his conservative rhetoric on issues
like abortion, sent hordes of
evangelicals to the GOP.
If they truly believed in it, you'd never see anything
like opening prayers at the GOP convention (I assume the Democrats will do the same, so this isn't a knock against the right specifically), and you wouldn't have presidents and candidates kowtowing to «
evangelical leaders» all the time, which to me is no different than a president or candidate consulting with the Pope, the only difference being the
evangelical leaders are Americans.
ad is signed by dozens of Christian
leaders, including
evangelicals like David Beckman, president of the charity Bread for the World, and author Brian McLaren.
The vacuous - brained
evangelical sheep will be lead
like a compliant simpleton to do whatever the latest slick - talking
leader tells them they should.
The
Evangelical Immigration Table, including
leaders like National Association of
Evangelicals (NAE) president Leith Anderson and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) president Russell Moore, wrote the President and congressional
leaders this week to tell them that Dreamers are «leading in our churches and our communities» and to «find solutions that allow these young people to stay in our country long - term and continue to be a blessing to our communities.»
Sadly, in many cases, when it comes to restoring a fallen
leader, the offender's depiction of
evangelical denominational or church discipline, feels more
like John 19 where the Jewish
leaders request for all the men next to Jesus on the cross to «have the legs broken [as well].»
The Nine masquerades as a standard
evangelical conference, not a complementarian / fundamentalist one, attracting middle - of - the - road
leaders like Rick Warren and «emergent» Dan Kimball.
Wide Open Spaces Jim Palmer With Divine Nobodies, emerging church
leader Palmer touched a nerve with readers who gravitate toward cutting - edge
evangelical writers
like Brian McLaren and Donald Miller.