Uh, no. John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul, Ravi Zacharias, William Lane Craig, JP Moreland, Gary Habermas, Alvin Plantinga...to name just a few, are some of the best minds in America, perhaps in the world...and they are all Evangelicals.
I heard of one or two of them, but the question is not that the Evangelicals are not smart but that their theology, by definition anti-clerical, is not a sufficient resource to combat secularism.
I just can’t resist tossing Michael Horton into the pile....
Evangelicals are now learning that only Catholicism has the intellectual resources to combat the present secular age.
LOLOLOL!!!
This is hilarious, and points to the arrogant presumption of the RCC.
Let's see which churches have produced the most fruit...
Catholic countries -- South America, Central America, Italy, Mexico, southern Germany, France.
What do these countries have in common? Lethargy and a theology mired in mysticism, socialism and fascism.
Protestant countries -- the United States, England, most of western Europe, Australia. What do these countries have in common?
The Protestant work ethic, according to their Protestant heritage which upholds the Biblical truth that the good fruit of our work on earth is given by God and thus glorifies God.
I must admit I think the real reason for the increased approval of Romanism among Evangelicals is due to the decline of Evangelicalism. So much was made of the Charismatic movement—with its blatant mysticism and anti-intellectualism, as well as the (just how shallow can we make a Church?) mega-Church phenomena—that many Evangelicals have no idea what salvation by Faith alone, through Christ alone, from Grace alone, communicated by Scripture alone, to the Glory of God alone is. Therefore they turn a blind eye to the same old Roman Catholic additions and corruptions.
One of those of course is simply the word “Catholic,” something I avoid. Rome is simply NOT “The” Catholic Church, even though it does contain some who are part of it, and I think all Evangelicals should realize that and stop using the vocabulary Romanists purposely use. Do a search for “Roman” above and you’ll see what I mean. Christ Jesus’ Church is and always has been universal, but the organization founded in Rome is not it.