Tag: Evangelicals
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A New Kind of Evangelical Presence
From the Acton PowerBlog: A New Kind of Evangelical Presence John Armstrong. This is a lengthy post about the state of Evangelicals and politics. From what I see and read, I'll just say that what he describes here "feels" right to me. Great post! Pundits and pollsters are sorting out the results of Tuesday’s elections…
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As ‘goblins’ knock, evangelicals answer the door
From the Christian Science Monitor: As 'goblins' knock, evangelicals answer the door Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday's ghoulishness really didn't jibe with his Christian beliefs. But rather than skip the neighborhood ritual, he's put a Christian stamp…
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“The Invisible Christian Movie Line Makes the ‘Cosmopolitan’ Cities the True Parochial Backwaters” Beau Weston
From the Gruntled Center: The Invisible Christian Movie Line Makes the 'Cosmopolitan' Cities the True Parochial Backwaters The most interesting production story about movies at the moment is about "Facing the Giants." Made by amateurs from Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, the film is about a high school football team that enjoys divine help…
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The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals
From Christianity Today: The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals People and movements can be defined by the books they read and remember. The time it takes to read and digest a book requires us to engage someone else's ideas with more seriousness than almost any other activity. So it is with some trepidation…
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Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
From the New York Times: Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves. At an unusual series of leadership meetings in 44 cities this fall,…
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Disconnect: Mainliners and Evangelicals in “Emergent” Conversation
I have been around the emergent conversation for about eight years now. In the first few years, my contact was mainly isolated to an emergent group (Jacob's Well) meeting in our church building. Over the last four years, I have read more widely, attended an Emergent YM conference, hung out at Glorieta, NM, and involved…
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The New Climate Coalition
The New Climate Coalition is an article from Christianity Today that tells a little more about the NAE's involvement in the global warming debate.
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Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative
Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative was an article in the New York Times today. Those who have been reading my blog know what I think about the wisdom of this. But the Evangelical's embrace of this cause had me speculating. Could the PCUSA pass an overture this summer endorsing Bush Tax Cuts? *grin*
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Cut, Thrust and Christ
Cut, Thrust and Christ: Why evangelicals are mastering the art of college debate is an article in the latest edition of Newsweek. Policy debate on the college level has become a rapid-fire verbal assault, an arguments-per-minute game, that sounds more like the guy at the end of the car commercial than an eloquent Oxford intellectual.…
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Supersede Me. Evangelicals rethink how to convert Jews.
Supersede Me. Evangelicals rethink how to convert Jews. is an article on the Slate website by Mark Oppenheimer. I thought this article was very well written (even if the Pat Robertston picture is a bit goofy.) He raises some important issues about Jewish/Christian dialog.