Fundamentalist Christians who have several beliefs in common: • Born Again - through the Holy Spirit • Believe we have a personal responsibility to share the gospel • Believe in the existence of Satan • Salvation through faith not good deeds • Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on Earth • God is perfect, all powerful and all knowing See Fundamentalist See Pentecostal See Charismatic
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone;"
If you describe someone's behaviour as evangelical, you mean that it is very enthusiastic. With almost evangelical fervour, Marks warns against deliberately seeking a tan
Emphasizing the authority of the scripture; an adjective used to identify certain Protestant groups Emphasizing the authority of the scripture; an adjective used to identify certain Protestant groups
An evangelical is any Christian who holds historically orthodox or conservative theological views In common usage, the term applies to western Christians outside the Roman Catholic Church In some countries, particularly Germany, evangelical is a synonym for Protestant Some, but not all evangelicals are fundamentalists
A term initially used to refer to the nascent reforming movements, especially in Germany and Switzerland, in the 1510s and 1520s The term was later replaced by "Protestant" in the aftermath of the Diet of Speyer In modern times, the term has come to be used of a major movement, especially in English-language theology, which places especial emphasis upon the supreme authority of Scripture and the atoning death of Christ See pp 110-13
A movement in church history started at the Protestant reformation Most believe in an inerrant scripture, and a born again experience required for salvation based on John 3: 3, Ephesians 2: 8-9
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"
marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message
The word "evangelical" comes from the word "euangelion," which means "Good News," or "Gospel " Briefly stated, an evangelical is a Christian who believes, lives and wants to share the gospel message
a ) Originally, a nickname for Reformation Christianity; b ) Later, a description of any doctrinally-oriented denomination, congregation, or individual subscribing to the Primacy of Scripture; c ) Today, any group or person claiming a Biblically-based belief system
or Christian The loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves, with the complete exclusion of every feeling contrary to pure love "Love is the fulfilling of the law " - St Paul "The bond of perfectness;" the sum total of the virtues - St Paul translated by Bengel "There is a twofold perfection, the perfection of the work, and that of workman " - Bishop Hopkins The former is legal, the latter is evangelical perfection, which is nothing but inward sincerity, and uprightness of heart toward God although there may be many imperfections and defects intermingled