Sentences with phrase «evangelical theology from»

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LifeWay warns Miller's readers to exercise discernment because it believes his books to be inconsistent with historical evangelical theology in some way, yet instead of refusing to sell them, LifeWay chooses to profit from what it alleges to be heresy (ish).

And what historical evangelical theology is communicated by paintings of cottages printed on mousepads, and T - shirts that print Scripture pulled from context across an American flag or keychains, or romance novels minus the sex?

My own experience teaching students from evangelical traditions offers graphic and sober confirmation of the imperative to draw from the wider consensus of historic orthodoxy, especially in the domain of moral theology.

Over the years, I have observed the bulk of the Evangelical fleet drift — and then in desperation for some greater motivation, change fuels — from the open - arms gasoline of evangelism meetings, to the super-sparks of charismatic gifts, to the sluggish - diesel of homogenized Biblical theology, to the stuttering - and - sparkle fuel of Christian music, to the nitro - flamed - fuel of hating gays, and now to the turbo - charged hatred of illegal aliens at home and Muslims overseas.

He credits evangelical theology as one that begins from sources «outside their experience»: the Word of God and a transcendent God.

This person had no idea how much hell I've taken from people in my evangelical community for writing about my doubts, my questions related to heaven and hell, my views on biblical interpretation and theology, and my support for women in ministry and other marginalized people in the Church.

After all, evangelicals who fight for racial justice and evangelicals who fight for the life of the unborn draw from the same uniquely Christian theology of the imago dei.

The rest of American Christianity, continuing its movement of convergence, would then become increasingly open to learn from the evangelicals: first, to re-examine the spiritual dynamics of individual rebirth in Christ, and later to strive for a more complete submission of theology to the mind of Christ expressed in Scripture.

The shift in theology from mainline to Evangelical does not constitute a movement into heresy, even by Douthat's standards of orthodoxy.

If you take the books of moral theology: in Latin, English, Italian, French there is no evaluation of colonization from a critical evangelical point of view.

«It says that Mary doesn't need to be saved,» Evangelical friends with doctorates in theology from elite universities have told me, which is, you know, and I do hate to say this, kind of dumb.

Even as evangelical theology is done «again and again» in each succeeding generation, it should not start from scratch.

Ellingsen notes that numerous ecumenical breakthroughs resulted from the Second Vatican Council, but mutual respect does not always bridge the gap between the mainline churches with their primary commitment to contextual theology, and fundamentalists as well as evangelicals with their prevailing commitment to biblical authority.

For the remainder, such as most of the new independent evangelical churches, their distaste for liberation theology and their understanding of the church's proper role in the public arena derive not from «an ideology of the national security state» but from sincerely held beliefs about theology, politics, and economics.

The thesis of the «Concerned Evangelicals» is generally indistinguishable from the «Church Theology» argument of the Kairos Document, the major difference being that the «Concerned Evangelicals» explicitly identify the enemy as South African evangelicalism.

No longer is it possible for an evangelical to write or speak as if Reformed theology is synonymous with biblical truth without provoking a withering challenge from representatives of the «Pentecostal paradigm» in evangelical thought.

A few years later, I decided to do a refresher course on Greek, and took first - year Greek from the Grace Evangelical School of Theology.

Fairfield said that Anderson, a retired pastor, prefers «Anglo - Catholic haberdashery, candles and stained glass; in theology he is thoroughly evangelical; and he is open to people who pray in tongues and, with appropriate accountability, who have prophecy with wisdom from the Holy Spirit.»

Many in the movement are shying away from the oddities and excesses of Pentecostalism, while evangelicals are moving towards the theology of Spirit - filled and Spirit - led ministries.

In some theological ideas, the ocean of good works comes from great men and women of the past, either the Israelite forefathers or the Christian saints, whereas in common «Evangelical» theology, the source of good works is Jesus Himself.

There are even substantial numbers of Episcopalians, Lutherans, and others from «mainstream» churches whose theology is evangelical.

From that shocking conviction of faith, Luther was able to go forth teaching, preaching, raising a family, running from authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theolFrom that shocking conviction of faith, Luther was able to go forth teaching, preaching, raising a family, running from authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theolfrom authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theology.

I suspect that the growth of many evangelical congregations has more to do with how members of those congregations relate to each other than with what sort of theology gets preached from their pulpits.

This article is adapted from a chapter in the forthcoming book Perspectives on Evangelical Theology: Papers from the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Society, edited by Kenneth Kantzer and Stanley Gundry (Baker Book House).

Anthony McRoy, author of From Rushdie to 7/7: The Radicalisation of Islam in Britain (Social Affairs Unit), who lectures in Islamic Studies for Wales Evangelical School of Theology, spent considerable time at the Olympic venues in discussion with Muslim evangelists.

From the George Fox Web site: In a time when «evangelical» has more of a political connotation than a convictional connotation, we need bright voices that can help sort through the noise and imagine a way forward for those who call themselves evangelical Roger E. Olson is professor of theology at Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas.

Such an aspect of Christ's ministry is sorely missing from most evangelical theology.

Of course, what he had in mind was helping people move from an immature evangelical theology and lifestyle to a more mature evangelical theology and lifestyle.

Because of this history, and much of the social justice emphasis (or «social gospel» depending on your view), evangelicals have historically shied away from missio dei theology.

Yesterday, they published an embarrassingly simple - minded op - ed in the New York Times decrying the «simplistic theology, cultural isolationism and stubborn anti-intellectualism» of evangelicals who hold beliefs that differ from their own.

``... your reaction reminds me a little bit of the closed circuit preaching of some evangelicals coming from the â $ ˜we know the only truthâ $ ™ stance and the trusting oneâ $ ™ s own perfect theology.»

The vitality and insight of the essays in Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love demonstrate how process theology can help evangelicals broaden their recognition of God's presence from being limited to God's presence in the world in Christ.

Without wanting to offend, irritate or keep going around, as you call it, I would like to add that your reaction reminds me a little bit of the closed circuit preaching of some evangelicals coming from the â $ ˜we know the only truthâ $ ™ stance and the trusting oneâ $ ™ s own perfect theology.

Linguistically the word evangelical is rooted in the Greek word evangelion and refers to those who preach and practice the good news; historically the word refers to those renewing groups in the church which from time to time have called the church back to the evangel; theologically it refers to a commitment to classical theology as expressed in the Apostles» Creed; and sociologically the word is used of various contemporary groupings of culturally conditioned evangelicals (i.e., fundamentalist evangelicals, Reformed evangelicals, Anabaptist evangelicals, conservative evangelicals).

Develop a theology that is more evangelical and from our context of poverty, respects religious plurality and human rights.

As an evangelical Christian who has written on and taught graduate courses about U.S. nuclear strategy, I stand shoulder - to - shoulder with 2FP's multi-generational invitation to keep U.S. nuclear policy from devolving into a theology - free zone.

If Catholics need to be called away from the excesses of Marian devotion to a stricter fidelity to the biblical witness, evangelicals should reexamine their negative attitudes toward Mary, many of which derive from anti-Catholic bias rather than sound biblical theology.

Daniel Westberg, an Episcopal priest and professor at Nashotah House who learned his trade from Oliver O'Donovan and Herbert McCabe, has given us a lively and learned introduction to moral theology, one that seeks to renew a venerable Catholic and Thomist tradition by rooting it more deeply in its biblical, evangelical, and Christ - centered origins.

The California mega-church from which Ezzo launched GFI — the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, which has a 10,000 - member evangelical Christian congregation — has now publicly withdrawn support for his programs, citing issues of integrity and theology.