https://lisanotes.com/still-evangelical/ on Life and Love Sat, 06 May 2023 15:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://lisanotes.com/still-evangelical/#comment-249158 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:39:53 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=14802#comment-249158 Hi Lisa,
thanks for posting. You didn’t say whether or not you endorse the book. Do you? Evangelical is a perfectly good, true, and useful word. The difficulty is that words change connotations and over time, they no longer boast their dictionary definitions. After all the vitriol both expressed by Evangelicals and at them of late, I am reconsidering whether or not I want to be associated with the newer connotations of the word. I’m a Christian, a Christ-follower. I will say that with humility, because sadly, I don’t always live up to Christ’s teachings and ways and exemplify them in my life. I don’t love God with all my heart, soul, and mind, and my neighbor as myself. It’s a high calling, and I fail so often. But as a Christian, it goes without saying that I must be humble enough to say (and mean) that I am a sinner, to confess when I have sinned, to make restitution and to attempt reconciliation whenever possible and to not hold myself up as some paragon of virtue and condemn everyone else. There is no room for hubris or mean-spiritedness in my life, such as I have seen of late in those who claim to be Evangelicals. There is no room for hypocrisy. The sad truth is that those who don’t know the Lord are watching, and Christians have a great responsibility to witness well for Christ to them…. not just in words and labels, but in attitudes and actions. I know I need a lot of grace to do that.
Thank you for sharing. Looks like an interesting book.
Lynn

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