Word: gospels
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Evangelism involves a personal commitment to Christ as the bridge between flawed humanity and God and the absolver of human sins. In evangelism, the Bible is the sole source of information, belief, and religious philosophy. Evangelists believe that spreading the gospel--as one of the sacrifices they feel is necessary to being a Christian--is a way of life...
...most of the past decade, the Rev. Billy Graham has been preaching his gospel abroad. But last month--after nearly eight months of preparation--the symbolic leader of American evangelism brought his crusade home. His current, two-month evangelical campaign will sweep through eight major cities in six New England states. And when the crusade culminates at Boston University's Nickerson Field next month, more than 100,000 people are expected to pack the stadium to hear Graham spread the gospel he has been preaching since...
Evangelism is broader than the Southern Baptist church, the Billy Graham Crusade, or the Moral Majority, and it transcends divisions between Christian churches. Most evangelists describe their work as spreading the gospel or "telling the good news," as the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, head of the United Ministry here and the chairman of the ad hoc committee which invited Graham to Harvard, explains Graham himself says he used to resent being called an evangelist until he learned that the word can mean "another...
Graham focuses on the Christian message first, making sure that his followers have realized the gospel he preaches, says Robert C. Williams, the assistant director of Graham's regional crusade committee. While he takes some political stands, they will serve as a jumping-off point for his Christian sermon. Williams explains that Graham's sermon. Williams explains that Graham's political positions are part of his Biblical attitude toward the world. "One of the reasons why we need to be concerned with the ways God uses people is the nuclear disarmament issue," Williams says...
Congregations seldom take their architect's first inspiration as gospel any more. Building committees do much soul searching about their needs. To develop a building program, says Architect Pietro Belluschi, is often in effect "to explore our relationship with God and to search for an understanding of the nature of religion as an institution." Belluschi, dean emeritus of the School of Architecture and Planning at M.I.T., is famous for, among other things, his simple, reverent churches in Oregon...