The phrase
"evangelical movement" refers to a group of Christians who strongly believe in sharing and spreading the Christian message, or "evangelizing." They emphasize personal faith, the authority of the Bible, and the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The movement is characterized by passionate worship, missionary work, and a desire to convert others to Christianity.
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And, these reactions are
from evangelical movement insiders — people who've spoken at your conferences or have written in your magazines.
For all of the religious rhetoric that became inflamed during the rise
of Evangelical movement, I think it is time for these people to go back into their church.
In light of the last few weeks, the American conservative
evangelical movement as a whole has been exposed as theologically thin in its doctrine and historically eccentric in its priorities.
Do you think that, in criticizing certain expressions of the
modern evangelical movement for being political / anti-intellectual, some of us have simply become (as Mike said in a comment at the end of my post) «total snobs»?
The author and pastor predicts the label will soon fall out of use: «When our successors write a history of these times, I suspect the modern
American evangelical movement will rest neatly within the lifespan of Billy Graham.»
As a nonbeliever, there was a bit of a struggle over including covenant marriages — a type of marriage born out of the
conservative evangelical movement that makes marriage harder to get into and out of — into The New I Do.
God's terminal illness — which Harrington believes is not being stayed by the so -
called evangelical movement or other manifestations of a renewed religiosity — has given rise to other liturgies which are not as well developed as that of what Hegel called revealed religion.
The convenient and specious separation of form and content in worship often lies at the heart of the
broader Evangelical movement as a means of facilitating inter-church alliances and building consensus has, I suspect, spilled over into other Christian traditions too.
But that is the problem of the entire
evangelical movement over the past 150 years or so, and not just the crusade / megachurch phenomenon.
Finally, it is very
very evangelical movement, so it requires a large school of apologetics many of which, like any religion in with new converts are highly zealous and incredibly hostile towards anything outside of the boarders of their particular brand of faith.
If Jesus» immediate followers were not instructed to fight for the political power to accomplish Jesus» goals, why is the modern
evangelical movement so determined to take on that fight?
Because of this hostility toward postmodern ways of thinking, neo-fundamentalists have little tolerance for diversity of opinions among evangelicals on any issues they perceive as essential doctrines — which are most of them — as opposed to the broader
evangelical movement which historically has allowed for a much wider range of disagreement on disputable matters.
I've also noticed that while some people in the so - called
emergent evangelical movement are reaching out to these young people the leaders of the mainline denominations both locally and nationally often seem blind to a huge new opportunity for growth and renewal staring them in the face.
I wanted Governor Perry to explain his relationship with David Barton, the founder of the
WallBuilders evangelical movement, who preaches that America should have a government «firmly rooted in biblical principles» and that the Bible offers explicit guidance on public policy — for example, tax policy.
As Carl Henry has so trenchantly warned us, the disintegration of the
renewed evangelical movement of the Graham era is one of the most serious threats to the completion of a potential awakening.
During 1895 Our Hope magazine, which became a bulwark in the fundamentalist -
evangelical movement under the editorship of Arno C. Gaebelein, carried the subtitle «A Monthly Devoted to the Study of Prophecy and to Messianic Judaism.»
According to the article's subtitle, Steubenville was «a base for the
teen evangelical movement, where I saw fundamentalist Christianity's power, and its danger.»
As late as the 1980s, the notion that God was not indifferent to America was not only widespread; it was an ingredient in the politically
vibrant Evangelical movement that helped elect Ronald Reagan and the elder Bush.
The story of what happened on that January day in 1956 - first told in newsweeklies and Life magazine and then in numerous books and documentaries - became a primary narrative for the
young evangelical movement, reinforcing and illustrating to the world our core ideals.
As Newsweek bluntly summarized in March 2003, George W. «assembled his career through contacts with ministers of the then -
emerging evangelical movement.»
In fact, Promise Keepers» ethnic diversity and its efforts to bridge racial chasms set the organization apart from many
other evangelical movements.
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His broad brush often covers the
whole evangelical movement, but here and there he suggests that «in the ecumenical community of the church the evangelical tradition is an honored member» and that «its views of conversion, of personal salvation and so on constitute a source of riches.»
I actually do a presentation when I seek to explain the
modern evangelical movement, particularly to movement leaders here in the United States or to missionaries who have been out of the country for a long time.
This message of the new birth through Christ has been the hallmark of
the evangelical movement since at least the time of Whitefield.
Embarrassed by the presumption, the triumphalism, and the sentimental self - absorption of the testimonies that have arisen especially from
the evangelical movement, narrative theologians have drawn our attention back to the great narrative arc of God's work among His people in the world.
Actually, the notion that the bible is precisely, literally true and requires NO interpretation, stating things plainly as they are, is a singularly christian notion, particularly loudly espoused by
the evangelical movement in the US.
F. F. Bruce a hero of
the evangelical movement, a non biased author if ever there was one (sarcasm).