71 Quotes About Evangelical

unity. Evangelicals, by definition, don't care about "unity" nearly as much as they care about truth. When you say "We may differ on some issues of morality and theology, but the important thing is that we stay together in one united Church" you pre-suppose that the liberals are right and the evangelicals are wrong. Which, when you think about it, isn't very liberal at all.

An evangelical is one who says to a liberal, 'I'll call you a Christian if you call me a scholar.

For the evangelical witness in the United States to flourish, it doesn't need better branding, but genuine revival.

The evangelical culture moves too quickly to praise from lament. We do not hear from all of the voices in the North American evangelical context. Instead, we opt for quick and easy answers to complex issues.

There is nothing Evangelical about me and nothing Diabolical.

Handshaking is about balance, really, between the limp fish shake and the bone-crushing vise. Perhaps someday I'll graduate to the two-handed shake that a spry nun once gave me at a soup kitchen, her hands cupped around my own with a gentle press, as though listening to me was all she wanted to do.

Try taking five minutes for meditation. Close your eyes and in your mind picture Jesus. Watch Him turn, look at you and hear Him...

Perhaps the new way of evangelizing is not so much through confrontation and argument, but through conversation, dialogue, and affirmation