Which best defines a Southern Baptist Evangelical in campus ministry?1: All kids in ministry dress up for Halloween as Al Mohler, but group splits when half discover it is meant as a compliment.OR2. Half the kids rebel and go to local Halloween party only to tearfully repent on Sunday morning and . . . . Continue Reading »
If indeed an evangelical is a fundamentalist who dresses up for Halloween, a definition I accept with eagerness, we can expand on the list already given to further clarify what we have in common and what still divides us:Apologetics:- an evangelical in the Van Til (presuppositionalist) tradition: . . . . Continue Reading »
If John Mark is right that an evangelical is “a fundamentalist who watches The Office,” then I’m written out of the definition since I’ve never seen the show. But, still, I think he’s on to something. Here’s an alternative try.An evangelical is a fundamentalist . . . . Continue Reading »
Of the culture that is?This post has me thinking . . . but I cannot see totally dropping out for three reasons.First, there is some good stuff being produced that is easier to find if one is not a total drop out.Second, as a teacher I would find it even harder to understand the cultural . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter started this discussion by asking, “How would the bloggers here at Evangel define the term? What is is that we all have in common that allows us to share the label?” Timothy George provides a helpful short and concise summary:At its heart [evangelicalism] is a theological core . . . . Continue Reading »
Is Angela of The Office, hypocritical in her behavior and no fun, more of the public stereotype of “evangelical” or Ned . . . . Continue Reading »
given the vast theological and social differences between those people who call themselves evangelicals that an evangelical is a traditional Christian who wants you to be one too? Or is it merely (to paraphrase a student) a fundamentalist who watches The . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, for starters, you get this. I haven’t given much attention in, say, the last twenty years to “World’s Sexiest” awards, which must explain why I hadn’t realized that the “World’s Sexiest Christian” is a schnauzer. You could get one of these to go . . . . Continue Reading »
Allow me to pick out one common thread among the various posts today on this topic: Dr. Moore isn’t much interested in whether he’s actually an evangelical or not, pointing out that its meaning is largely contextualized. Frank Turk grants that some people need the label for . . . . Continue Reading »
“Evangelical” is a theological term shaped by historical events. Since Joe asked us to define the word, I’ll define evangelicalism at its best, rather than at its worst. An evangelical is someone who embraces the solas of the Reformation (salvation by grace alone, through faith . . . . Continue Reading »
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