Introduction: When evangelicalism is your mother -- Struggling with evangelicalism -- Defining evangelicalism : understanding our history -- Faith stream awareness : knowing your location -- Why appreciation matters -- Strengthening our strengths -- Evil cloaked in spiritual language -- Learning to repent communally -- Is evangelicalism worth renewing? -- Better than we found it -- Epilogue: Hope for your struggle.
Summary:
"Many today are discarding the evangelical label, and as a lifelong evangelical, Dan Stringer has wrestled with whether to stay or go. In this even-handed guide, he offers a thoughtful appreciation of evangelicalism's history, identity, and strengths, and also lament at its failings, showing how we can move forward with hope for our future together"-- Provided by publisher.
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