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• That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.From the entry candle
• The closing fifteen minutes "evokes an evangelical altar call" filled with references to God.2024 April 8, “The Rapid Secularization of America”, in Fareed Zakaria GPS, spoken by Fareed Zakaria. From the entry altar call
• Scofield’s reference Bible, with its accompanying dispensational notes, helped further instill this theology, especially among evangelical churches.2022, R. B. Thieme, Jr., “dispensationalism”, in Thieme's Bible Doctrine Dictionary, First edition (Religion), Houston, TX: R. B. Thieme…. From the entry dispensational
• Evangelicals have long been influenced by dispensationalism, a theology that promotes a literal reading of biblical prophecy.2015 December 14, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “How some evangelicals are challenging a decades-long stance of blanket support for Israel’s…. From the entry dispensationalism
• Many people, especially some evangelical Christians, have been less than optimistic about the Potter influence.2006, Charles H Lippy, Faith in America [Three Volumes] [3 Volumes]: Changes, Challenges, New Directions, Greenwood Publishing Group…. From the entry some
• Barack Obama talks with Renee Montagne about his call for Democrats to reach out to evangelical Christians.2006 July 14, “Obama Works to Win Evangelicals Back for Democrats”, in npr. From the entry win back
• Whatever the case, the evangelical animals are appreciably larger than the puttos of the painting.2005, David Farrell Krell, “God’s Footstool”, in The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God, Indianapolis, Ind.…. From the entry putto
• Well, antinomianism never hit many places in America, like the evangelical Christian communities.1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner. From the entry antinomianism
• He himself had scratted in the thin dust of evangelical tracts.1978, A.S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International, published 1992, page 89. From the entry scrat
• I'm sure even Donald Trump, who was once pro-choice but now panders to evangelicals, has qualms about criminalizing abortion.2023 December 16, Maureen Dowd, “Supreme Contempt for Women”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry supermobilized
• White evangelicals once saw themselves “as the owners of mainstream American culture and morality and values,” said Jones.2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry subculture
• It is, nevertheless, a striking turnabout after years when mainline Protestantism was considered moribund and evangelical Christianity full of dynamism.2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry mainline
• There are, obviously, plenty of people who aren’t evangelical who are anti-C.R.T., as well as evangelicals who oppose C.R.T. bans.2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry critical race theory
• Hence the Catholic dogmas, in the end, are not essentially evangelical: they are primarily paleo-testamentary; they go back to Genesis.2017, “Tenth Session: March 28, 2001”, in Elizabeth Rottenberg, transl., edited by Geoffrey Bennington and Marc Crépon, The Death Penalty…. From the entry paleotestamentary
• His parents had brought Hicks up as an evangelical but his churchmanship seems to have become much more moderate.2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War. From the entry churchmanship
• However, dispensational teaching has been waning in mainstream evangelical circles, even as support for a state of Israel has remained strong.2015 December 14, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “How some evangelicals are challenging a decades-long stance of blanket support for Israel’s…. From the entry dispensationalism
• One such evangelical theologian, Helmut Franz, has categorized all theological uses of Heidegger as either eclecticism or glossism.2010, John Williams, Martin Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry glossism
• At lively talkbacks some accused the show of overly sympathetic attitudes toward evangelicals, while others said it mocked the faithful.2009 February 1, Alexis Soloski, “One Troupe’s Heartland Pilgrimage”, in New York Times. From the entry talkbacks
• Let the admonitional conversation go forward between evangelicals and postliberals.1996 January 1, George A. Lindbeck, The Nature of Confession: Evangelicals & Postliberals in Conversation, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry admonitional
• As with all evangelicals, Sumner’s preaching was crucicentric.1995, Nigel Scotland, “Claphamite Pastor and Prelate”, in John Bird Sumner: Evangelical Archbishop, Gracewing, →ISBN, pages 103–104. From the entry crucicentric
• The religiouslike qualities of this love were no accident; they were deliberately signaled by many advice writers, evangelical and secular alike.1994, American Cool - Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style, page 35. From the entry religiouslike
• What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.1933, John T. Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince. From the entry denationalize
• There was also a Broad Church movement (sometimes referred to as ‘liberal evangelical’) in Scotland,which included James Robertson, John Tulloch, John Caird and Norman MacLeod.2011, Keith Robbins, Political and Legal Perspectives, page 62. From the entry broad church
• SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.2009, Michael Erard, “Holy Grammar, Inc.”, in Search Magazine, July–August 2009. From the entry bracket
• From boardroom to terrace via the dug-out, such an evangelical zeal suffuses Manchester City's new mission that they should really be renamed the Blue Moonies.2009 August 15, Henry Winter, “Manchester City's Blue Moonies have their faith rewarded”, in The Daily Telegraph. From the entry moonie
• This dualism persists today only in fundamentalist religions (Muslim terrorists, the Taliban, the extreme Christian Right and a major part of evangelical Christianity).2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You, page 2. From the entry satan
• For example, while it’s hardly the only source of Fuentes’s appeal, one factor influencing groyperism is the weakening hold of certain theological ideas about Israel among younger evangelical Christians.2025 November 4, Ross Douthat, “What Conservatives Should Do About Nick Fuentes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry groyperism
• Darrell Bock, a prominent evangelical New Testament scholar and coauthor of Dethroning Jesus, sums up the cultural conversation about Jesus in terms of Jesusanity versus Christianity.2011, Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly. From the entry Jesusanity
• And nonconscientious eaters have their own set of difficulties, not the least of which is suffering through evangelical tracts from everyone else about the food supply.2009 June 26, Anne Mancuso, “Spare Times”, in New York Times. From the entry nonconscientious
• Huckabee got a boost from conservative and evangelical Christian voters in the state, but not enough to overcome support among moderates and nonevangelical Christians for Mr.2008 February 13, John M. Broder, “Obama and McCain Sweep 3 Primaries”, in New York Times. From the entry nonevangelical
• Grim and gloomy Protestantism has never been exactly a bundle of laughs but lately humour in the church, particularly the evangelical wing, seems to be undergoing a revival.1991, Third Way Dec 1991 - Jan 1992 - Page 20. From the entry bundle of laughs

Meaning of evangelical

1. adjective Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
2. adjective Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
3. adjective Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.

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How do you use evangelical in a sentence?

Evangelical is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.”

What is a short sentence with evangelical?

“As with all evangelicals, Sumner’s preaching was crucicentric.”

What does evangelical mean?

Evangelical means pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.