http://inamirrordimly.com/2009/03/25/my-foolish-optimism-for-evangelicals/ An imperfect and sometimes sarcastic perspective on following Jesus by Ed Cyzewski. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://inamirrordimly.com/2009/03/25/my-foolish-optimism-for-evangelicals/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 ed Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:42:57 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2009/03/25/my-foolish-optimism-for-evangelicals/#comment-2267 That's a great observation Steve. Thanks! What do you think about the culture turning against evangelicals and our numbers dwindling. That’s a great observation Steve. Thanks! What do you think about the culture turning against evangelicals and our numbers dwindling.

]]> http://inamirrordimly.com/2009/03/25/my-foolish-optimism-for-evangelicals/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Steve Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:52 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2009/03/25/my-foolish-optimism-for-evangelicals/#comment-2266 I think Spencer's assessments are a bit too hasty. My primary issue with his conclusion is that he seems to define "evangelicalism" with church affiliation. But if we are to take David Bebbington's four marks of evangelicalism, church affiliation doesn't figure into the definition of evangelicalism. For more on this, see my blog: http://www.semaphoric.org/culture/rumors-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerat ed I think Spencer’s assessments are a bit too hasty. My primary issue with
his conclusion is that he seems to define “evangelicalism” with church
affiliation. But if we are to take David Bebbington’s four marks of
evangelicalism, church affiliation doesn’t figure into the definition of
evangelicalism. For more on this, see my blog:
http://www.semaphoric.org/culture/rumors-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerat
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