I John 5:12-13 “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Romans 4:2-3 “ For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost”
Galatians 2:16 “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”
It has been said that faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.
The point I am making is that there are a LOT of people who have never been anything but Evangelical and who do not agree with the sentence you closed with. You're preaching to the choir when you tell me about faith not being alone.
So far, the consensus from those who are Evangelical seems to be to just ignore such folks and say they're not real Evangelicals. That may be true, but they continue to grow and continue to call themselves Evangelicals. Someone who can reach such folks should be concerned about where this idea is coming from and with reaching their fellow Evangelicals.