American-christianity Quote by Rachel Held Evans

“...evangelicalism is not not so much a religion as a series of fast-moving personality cults.”

— Frank Schaeffer

“Claiming devotion to Jesus is the ultimate evangelical argument stopper.”

— Candy Gunther Brown

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

— Russell Moore

“These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or get around.…

— J.D. Vance

“One of the weaknesses of the Evangelical church and the reason why it does not do restoration well is because it is theological, but…

— Darrin Patrick

“The word evangelical is thrown around quite loosely these days in the media. It has become synonymous with being a Republican or a conservative.…

— Jerry Kinard

“Evangelicalism has defined itself by weakly supported boundary markers, which are justified by a flawed understanding of biblical interpretation and maintained by suppressing those…

— Jonathan Dudley

“It’s amazing how quickly evangelicals turn into evangellyfish with no spiritual vertebrae when they start to lose money, job security, cultural clout, or public…

— Mark Driscoll

“evangelicals overestimate our size and influence as a movement.”

— John S. Dickerson

“With each younger generation, evangelicals account for less of their generation.”

— John S. Dickerson

“Our world is being shaken to its very foundations. Instead of offering great thoughts about God, the meaning of reality, and the gospel, there…

— David F. Wells

“[...]one who will not learn to handle the Bible for himself is not an evangelical Christian.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer