Evangelicals today are one of the biggest denominations of compromise inside the realm of Christianity. They can also be referred to as "liberal Christians". Christians who compromise and don't believe the Bible today are known as Evangelicals or "liberal Christians".
One of the most evident things about Evangelicals is their willingness to compromise on key biblical doctrine for the sake of bringing people to Church. This means bringing in the Rock and Roll music; allowing women to dress like whores, and never preaching against sin like the Bible commands.
The Evangelical movement was birthed from a split in the fundamentalist movement. The Evangelicals wanted to "adapt" their beliefs to the culture which is why they created a social gospel. They also felt a need to depart from the old teachings held by Christians, to a newer more advanced way of reaching people for Christ while compromising on doctrine. The fundamentalists held to the teachings of scripture, and refused to compromise for any reason. The fundamentalists did not want to compromise on biblical doctrine in order to make Church look "fun" for sinners. They held to the belief to "go out" and win the lost. Which is why fundamentalists historically have gone "soul-winning"; bringing them in the Church after they got saved, instead of just bringing them to Church and preaching on salvation every Sunday.
To the Evangelical, the Church is a spiritual hospital for sinners. To the Fundamentalist, the Church is for the saved, and we are to win the unsaved by going to them. Of course, the fundamentalist view is supported by scripture (Matt. 24:18-20, Luke 14:23, Proverbs 11:30, Acts 20:20-21, Romans 10:13-15) which is why they are called fundamentalists. And last time I checked, the epistles of the apostles were written to Churches full of saved people, not to the unsaved. Paul and Barnabas never wrote an epistle to the unsaved, they taught the Church. They preached the gospel to the unsaved and taught doctrine to the saved. Never in the Bible is the Church ever seen as a "spiritual hospital". Evangelicals get this false doctrine from taking Matthew 9:11 out of context where Jesus ate with sinners. Well, if they read the next verse, they would see why Jesus was there. It reads starting at verse 10,
" And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
If you have the Holy Spirit inside you, you will clearly see that Jesus isn't in Church, he is inside of a house of publicans and sinners. Since Jesus isn't in Church that right there just destroys their whole argument. This scripture actually supports the Biblical fundamentalist view; teaching that we need to be reaching sinners outside of Church so we can bring them in.
Now I don't want to make this a long article, but there is just one other thing worth mentioning about liberal Evangelicals. Their view of evangelism has morphed to something titled "Engagement without Accommodation". This is where we get into them saying "we need to engage the culture to win the lost", "we need to engage the culture by using our "God-given" talents and abilities to reach sinners". This, like other forms of false doctrine, sounds nice and "spiffy", but it's false. Jesus commanded us to be separate from the world. To be "a peculiar people". Jesus does not want us to conform to the world, but to abstain from the pollutions of the world. Of course, God commands this (Romans 12:2, 2Corinthians 6:17, and 1 Peter 2:9). But Evangelicals are those who say, "Oh, that how you may be interpreting the Bible". They are the crowd that just want to do whatever they want and pick and chose scriptures out of context to support them. Neo Evangelicals simply don't care about what the Bible says. They want to live like a rap star and use swear words (Andy Mineo), rather than try and live a godly biblical life.
This liberal form of Christianity is spreading all over the world. Christians who go to college have a 97% chance of coming out Neo Evangelical. They reject the inerrancy of scripture and the King James Bible; they deny the doctrine of separation; they side with the Catholic Church; they promote worldliness through their clothing, music, views, and lifestyle, and most of them are on their way to hell where their leader Billy Graham is heading today.
Jesus said in John 8:47,
"He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."
Jesus said again in John 10:27,
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"
Neo Evangelicals do not hear the voice of the shepherd. They don't hear the Word of God. Every time someone points out their error using the King James Bible, they tell you "don't judge", "we're all sinners",or they will bring up another scripture that is taken out of context as if that somehow gives them license to continue in sin. And here is their famous one, "We are not under the law, we're under grace". They love to isolate scripture. Their teachings are based on taking things out of context and isolation of scripture. Any saved, born again, Bible-believing Christian who reads the Bible cover to cover will quickly see that these people are idiots.
In conclusion, we need to get back to fundamentalism. Our nation is rejecting the teachings that have birthed it. We need Baptist Preachers who are not afraid to preach the fundamental doctrines of scripture. We need to get our butts into an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. The problem with preachers today is not only what they are preaching, it's also what they are not preaching. We need to get back to the Bible.
" Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein."
-Jeremiah 6:16
Will we believe the Bible?
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