Seems to me that for you, evangelicalism is like the boyfriend you broke up with two years ago, but whose Facebook page you still check compulsively.

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Evangelicalism is a religion that was founded by the Protestant Reformer, Martin Luther, who wanted to reform the Catholic Church from within. In order to accomplish this goal, he created the concept of sola scriptura. This means that he believed that scripture alone is sufficient to guide a person in their spiritual life. The problem with this theory is that scripture alone is not sufficient.

To be a Christian requires a relationship with an individual, Jesus Christ. If you don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ, your efforts will never amount to anything more than a dead-end street. For this reason, it seems that evangelicalism is like a boyfriend you broke up with two years ago but whose Facebook page you still check compulsively.

Source: Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving, And Finding The Church

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