Evangelicals

Evangelicals see the world with a different lens. To them it is still Red China.

Political discourse among evangelicals has been reduced to the lowest common denominator, ardently matched by the Republican presidential candidates.What is said is what people say if they are in unruly mobs.

What have we become as a nation? Who are we? It is no great revelation that we are no better than some of our ancestors, who gathered in the city square, had a picnic and watched a hanging or a beheading.

Among many evangelicals there is a growing perception of persecution. It is a non-issue issue, but to them more important than, say, the issue of health care.

Two examples of religious paranoia--well, maybe not paranoia. Maybe I'm paranoid. How about two examples of evangelicals feeling the heat?

A guide to securing salvation in eight easy steps.

Evangelism might be a beneficial practice in part, but evangelicals seem to have taken that practice and warped it into a divisive move to separate people by being saved or unsaved.

Here I back up my assertions that current evangelical Christianity is immensely narcissistic, and that, rather than serving God, they make God serve themselves.

I point out how evangelical Christianity paradoxically and dishonestly accommodates, enforces, and promotes a narcissistic self-centered world-view through a facade of humility and subservience to "God".

This is a critique of McDermott's book, Can Evangelicals Learn From World Religions? I got a 79/80 in my university world religions class, so it's decent quality. Thanks for reading!

Many American Jews are a bit afraid to accept the open hand of friendship of American Christians. But they should put aside their suspicions and accept the help of friends of Israel.

The description of the impact of Evangelical Christianity on American politics and the American government with Ronald Reagan's presidency.

We live in a modern world; therefore, the church is full of modernists; and she has thus largely succumb to the suttle wiles of this ungodly worldview.

Upon the closer examination of what it really means to believe things under ideological precepts, it becomes evident that the "Evagelical Right" is not exactly politically "right."

This article takes a look at how the Christian community is approaching the issue of climate change and global warming.

I love Christian Peacemaker Teams. I especially love their motto: "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to non-violent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" So why am I conflicted about CPT?

A look at how religion plays such a big part in politics, and how elections over the past 30 years have been influenced by it.

A new wave of conservative Christian leaders has recognized the negative connotations of the term "Religious Right," but the problems go deeper than the surface problem of a name, stemming instead from the core ideology instead

The Evangelical movement is motivated by money first, and God (kinda) second.

The Emerging Church is not the first group to separate itself from mainstream Evangelicalism. The Emerging Church has also had some interesting precursors within the history of Evangelicalism.

An explanation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

In the wake of the Saddleback presidential forum, many black evangelicals are faced with a very big choice to make. Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church and the author of the Purpose Driven Life, hosted the forum.

The old mummy is trying, and the guy referred to in the South by an unmentionable misnomer doesn't have a chance in hell

A review of the film "Jesus Camp"

John McCain met today with evangelist Billy Graham and his son Franklin. For many past Republican candidates the visit with Billy Graham was largely a symbolic one, but for McCain this is not the case.

Barack Obama, taking note that some evangelical voters are somewhat leery of John McCain, has been attempted to reach out to these same voters. Dr. James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family and an evangelical leader, has taken umbrage.

Many pundits have predicted that evangelical Christians will abandon the Republicans this year, most likely by simply not voting. I say there is no way that will happen.

Instead of asking WWJD (What would Jesus Do) about who to vote for and how to conduct oneself in the political arena, evanelicals should be asking WDJD (What did Jesus do). He stayed out of politics, thank you very much.

John McCain gained a valuable conservative endorsement Monday, as evangelical leader Gary Bauer has pledged his support for the Arizona Senator.

The evangelical movement in this country has become influential in American politics, and not in a good way.

The Religious Right has splintered on the issue of which candidate to support in the 2008 Republican primaries because for the first time since 2000 there is no one candidate that supports all of the things that matter to them.

Poem pointing out differences between the Biblical term "evangel" and contempory "evangelicals".

Professors Van Heste and Burk are putting forward an amendment that would change the doctrinal confession of the Evangelical Theological Society, narrowing its currently broad doctrinal basis.

Despite its full-throated political fury, evangelical Christianity is experiencing rapidly-declining spiritual influence in America; the latter a direct result of the former. A new theology is quickly rising to fill the void left by Christianity's increasing irrelevance.