| 单词 | evangelical |
| 释义 | evangelical (iːvændʒelɪkəl ) 1. adjective Evangelical Christians emphasize the importance of the Bible and the need for personal belief in Christ. ...an evangelical Christian. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone's behaviour as evangelical, you mean that it is very enthusiastic. With almost evangelical fervour, Marks warns against deliberately seeking a tan. Collocations: evangelical belief It's the behaviour and tone of evangelical belief. Times, Sunday Times We need to distinguish between a self-identified evangelical, a person affiliating with an evangelical denomination, or someone with classic evangelical beliefs. Christianity Today The results were disconcerting for those of us who hold evangelical beliefs. Christianity Today So we plug and play the disciplines as best we can, in light of our evangelical beliefs and traditions. Christianity Today As a result, when pollsters refer to 'evangelicals,'; it usually represents a smaller, self-identified subset based on criteria that fail to take into account evangelical beliefs. Christianity Today Yet somehow the world failed to end before the war did in 1918, and a series of postwar setbacks curtailed the growth of evangelical fervour. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It would also allow politicians to campaign with an evangelical fervour that I doubt we will witness during the next month. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There is no evidence anywhere in this film to support her unconventional beliefs, and there is something deeply disturbing about her almost evangelical fervour. Times, Sunday Times (2013) If his eyes were filled with a kind of evangelical fervour, he could be forgiven. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Exhibitions are discussed with almost evangelical fervour. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It has 3,600 churches, claims to be the largest evangelical group in the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After the jump, various evangelical groups respond to the legislation. Christianity Today Evangelical groups have also been formed to address social justice issues. Christianity Today The growth of evangelical groups has not been limited to grassroots groups, however. Christianity Today Some evangelical groups have reported experiencing problems with access to pastoral care in isolated instances; however, there were no allegations of widespread problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1867, the membership split amidst a disagreement between members who wanted a more aggressive evangelical mission and members who wanted the status quo. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even in more peaceful places, evangelical missions sometimes spend more time trying to convert poor people than trying to help them. Times, Sunday Times Around 1958 he concentrated on the area around his home, going from village to village and holding evangelical missions. Times, Sunday Times Annexation, overseas industrial expansion and evangelical missions troubled his patriotic conscience. The Times Literary Supplement Besides economic progress, evangelical missions were expanded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Still, Kettering will now approach the replay with an evangelical zeal. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I still don't see a genuine evangelical zeal within the government about greener driving. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I am bursting with evangelical zeal. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It was only the Victorians who provided them with moral evangelical zeal. Times, Sunday Times (2010) And she continues to campaign with evangelical zeal. Times, Sunday Times (2010) |
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