It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women.
It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women.
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.
I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible.
In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial.
For a long time the Orthodox community has found opportunities to work on common goals with faith communities across the spectrum. We work on an array of issues, and also have our disagreements with evangelicals -- and with Reform Jews, for that matter.
When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.
We will not do business with him, only with other evangelicals who don't back these comments.
When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The danger is that, when people believe they 'know' how things are going to turn out and then act on those convictions, they can make these prophecies self-fulfilling, and bring on some of the things they predict, ... On the Road to Armageddon How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend.
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
We now have a government that will be more sympathetic to a number of the issues of concern to evangelicals. But for Canadians, this was a cautious vote for change.
I owe my nurture to evangelicalism. The evangelical wins hands down in the history of the church when it comes to nurturing a biblically literate laity. When we think of evangelism, evangelicals are the most resourceful, the most intrepid, and the most creative. But evangelicals themselves would say that they have never come to grips with what the whole mystery of the church is.
When we look at behavior patterns of most Americans, we're really doing minor things to make a difference. There's not a lot of difference, in many ways, from evangelicals and the public at large.
I think this event will show something very important, which is that the evangelical community is not monolithic. I think they disagree on many things, and I think that will surprise people. A lot of people believe evangelicals speak with one voice and showing that isn't so serves the long-term goals of both men.
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