Sentences with phrase «modern evangelicalism»

Modern evangelicalism refers to a contemporary movement within Christianity that strongly emphasizes the importance of personal faith in Jesus Christ and sharing that faith with others. It is characterized by a high regard for the authority of the Bible, active involvement in evangelism and missions, and a focus on individual spiritual transformation through a personal relationship with God. Full definition
I've been reading the monastics recently, and it strikes me that while much of modern evangelicalism echoes their teachings on self - control and self - denial when it comes to sexuality, we tend to gloss over a lot what this great cloud of monastic witnesses has to say about self - control and self - denial in other areas of life — like materialism, food, relationships, and hospitality.
Though he's not as well known as some other evangelists of his era, the legacy of Smith Wigglesworth has had a major influence on modern Evangelicalism.
It's a little bit like modern evangelicalism hitting on catholicism.
Prosperity theology has found its way into modern evangelicalism, and it's become a dangerous notion to contend with as we seek to know God more fully and experience Him in our personal lives.
For this reason he correctly treats both the older fundamentalism (still preserved in some quarters) and the more modern evangelicalism under the same label (offensive as it is) as the same system of thought.
One way to mark the influence of evangelical hymnody is to ask: When did modern evangelicalism arise in the English - speaking world?
So much of modern Evangelicalism is so far from the teachings of Jesus it is a totally different religion.
They rightly underscore, however, the role that a relatively small group of Dutch Calvinists have played in modern evangelicalism, providing it with «a heritage of serious academic work and experienced philosophical reasoning,» as well as producing some of the major publishers (Baker, Eerdmans, Zondervan) who enabled evangelicals to communicate after they had been shut out of the New York publishing world in the 1920s.
But it makes more sense to date the emergence of modern evangelicalism to an act of hymn composition by Charles Wesley.
Diligent preaching, an incredible organizational energy, and learned theology have gone into the creation of modern evangelicalism.
The former pastors of (unrelated) churches called Mars Hill are two of the most polarizing and controversial figures in modern evangelicalism, both on different ends of the theological spectrum.
I respect your overall perspective and corrective to modern evangelicalism but ve careful when it confuses your Christology.
For many years, the combination of the Old and New Testaments have come to be interpreted as modern evangelicalism.
Knowingly or unknowingly, modern evangelicalism has not fully subscribed to the death of the law — leaving an inevitable punitive effect for leaders and lay people alike who fall into sin.
The reality is that Chalke, and many others who are following in his footsteps, are in a battle for the heart of modern evangelicalism.
Keller remains one of the most respected voices in modern evangelicalism, and his insight into its shifting culture and ideas are certainly worth considering.
The missional approach is different than modern evangelicalism, particularly in this region, because «the work of salvation, in its full sense, is 1) about whole human beings, not merely souls; 2) about the present, not simply the future; and 3) about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us.»
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