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hope is that I have avoided the trap of proof-texting and brought to the discussion some major
Biblical support for and a critique of this movement called "evangelicalism."
End Notes
1
Thorne, James "Defining Evangelicalism" a paper presented at the 1999 Convention of the Evangelical
Theological Society.
2.Grudem, Wayne. "Do We Act As If We Really Believe that "The Bible Alone, and the Bible in Its Entirety, Is the
Word of God Written"?". JETS, Volume 43, No. 1, 5-26.
3.Wayne Grudem's six suggestions at the end of the above article are helpful in summarizing a Biblical evaluation
of evangelicalism:
1. Consider the possibility that God may want evangelical scholars to write more books and articles that tell
the Church what the whole Bible teaches us about some current problem.
2. Consider the possibility that God wants the Church to discover answers and reach consensus on more
problems, and wants us to play a significant role in that process.
3. Consider the possibility that God wants evangelical scholars to speak with a unified voice on certain
issues before the whole Church and the whole world.
4. Consider the possibility that God may want many of us to pay less attention to the writings of non-
evangelical scholars.
5. Consider the possibility that God may want us to quote his Word explicitly in private discussions and in
public debates with non-Christians.
6. Consider the possibility that the world as we know it may change very quickly.
4. Thorne.
5.Thorne, 11.
6.Exodus 33:11.
7.James 2:23.
8.Psalm 23:1
9.The number of Messianic Psalms varies. I am thinking of the classics like Psalm 22,24,89.
10.Job 19:25.
11.Isaiah 6.