[yoe]

Evangelical usually denotes a Protestant or Christian. The article is informative however, people should be learning about the Obama’s 20year excursion into Black Liberation Theology and his continued relationship with those who practice it. BLT is very close to Marxism.

[MississippiMan]

Jesus wept.

IMO, the above verse applies here.

MM

[Prov1322]

The real issue is that the Dinosaur media has no idea who Evangelical Christians are!

[HighlyOpinionated]

I'm a Catholic, I know what Evangelical means. Catholics can be Evangelicals in a loose translation -- teaching the Gospel (which we do at EVERY Mass), adhering to the Gospel (which we're taught as part of the Catholic Catechism).

In a more specific way it pertains to Protestant opposition to the institutional authority of the Catholic Church. Evangelicals stress salvation by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ. Catholics believe that salvation through faith in Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice is a journey whereby we grow and nurture an informed conscience.

The Catholic Church is a community of people journeying from this life to Life everlasting. Growth in conversion brings the community of Catholics closer to Jesus through studying Scripture, the lives of the Saints, Fathers of the (Early) Church, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and attending the Sacrifice of the Mass and Eucharist as often as possible. And reading and studying the Encyclicals sent to the Church by the Popes.

Salvation for Catholics is not a "one time" conversion, but a daily conversion. It's not about the individual and what he or she thinks, it's about the community and the passing down of Tradition and informing a person's own conscience what the Church teaches through Scripture and Tradition (including writings of Church Fathers, the Catechism, Encyclicals, etc).

That's why the Bishops can speak of an "unformed" (not un-informed) conscience of someone like Pelosi, Biden, Kennedy, or Kerry when they proclaim their support of Abortion. Each of them can inform her/his conscience by returning to the Faith and reading Scripture and the works which define our Traditions. As Catholics we have stated that we will be subject to the Church and the Magisterium and hold fast to the Traditions.

I recall being told that at the Youth Rally in Denver, someone asked Pope John Paul the Great if he was saved. He stopped and turned to the girl who asked and replied: "I don't know yet, I'm not dead." THAT embodies the "journey to salvation through faith in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ."

[Yosemitest]

Watch Rush in a few minutes tonight on Fox News replayed on ON THE RECORD at 3:00 am.

[Gamecock]

Shoot, I have no idea.

The term has morphed so much and is claimed by such a wide range of folks I consider it useless.