I wrote openly this year about our struggles with
much evangelical thought on these subjects and the catalyst for those conversations was this very book.
Not exact matches
He brought his background as an
evangelical Lutheran to the Catholic Church and
thought each had
much to contribute to the other.
I know Romney performed better than McCain among
evangelicals, but I still
think it's
much easier for the Republican Party to win a presidential election with a candidate with fervent
evangelical support (this requires the rather delicate trick of not scaring the daylights out of everyone else in the country).
Having opined in public previously on the question of what makes
evangelical theology
evangelical, he reports a recent breakthrough in his own
thinking: It's not so
much a set of....
which I can see has been flattened out in
evangelical thought very
much, in contrast to the role of a Jewish Judge - to set things right again (not like our courtrooms...).
I would
much rather see us continue to focus on the major issues of Reformed
thought in an admittedly pluralistic denomination than get into the debates that seem inevitably to arise when
evangelicals have established their own «pure» denominations.
This is why the NRA and Republicans need
evangelicals on their side — they need people who have been conditioned to not
think too
much about things, who
think science books are bad.
The present pluralism - in - isolation which characterizes
much of
evangelical thought must give way, as an initial step in the consensus - building process, to a pluralism - in - dialogue.22 Diversity must be faced openly and in love, as
evangelicals together seek theological consensus.
As a former
evangelical christian, I
think this type of careful reasoning (without too
much name calling etc) is helpful to those who are trying to work through the logic of their religion and perhaps even considering a step away from their faith (a terrifying thing to do for most raised in an
evangelical / fundamentalist home on several levels).
I
think, then, that most
evangelical institutions of higher learning would be happy to say that, in understanding the specific callings of their schools, they are very
much in line with Jesuit
thinking.
I'm what one would label an, «
evangelical Christian,» and as
much as I
think the billboard stinks, the organization has the right to have it put up.
Most are mainline, a few are
evangelical, but most simply are not as excited about what they believe — and don't
think it needs to be propagated as
much — as the Pentecostals.
Ultimately,
evangelical Christians might do well not to spend too
much time worrying about what others
think of us.
I
think this is counter to
much of what your
Evangelical world would like to believe.
So I find myself second - guessing the «leaving evangelicalism» language, not because it's an inaccurate representation of what I'm experiencing, but because I don't want anyone to
think for a moment that this means walking away from the many, many people who identify as
evangelical whom I love and respect very
much.
Google radio ads should make it
much easier for outside groups to influence the political process —
think about ads in favor of pro-immigration candidates on Spanish - language radio, or environmental campaigns going to
evangelical stations to promote environmental solutions as good stewardship of Creation.
(Democrats are also
much more likely than Republicans to favor clubs for atheists but less likely to
think Evangelical clubs should be allowed.)
In addition, there will be links to book sales, book reviews, theology, commentary, & pretty
much anything.He
think it could be helpful to for those who are fellow
evangelicals & those who are not yet christians.