Crucicentrism, What Is An Evangelical?

The second question to answer is, what do Evangelicals believe? Evangelicals believe in four distinct ideas. Conversionism, Activism, Biblicism, and Crucicentrism (What Is an Evangelical?). Conversionism is the belief that human lives need to go through a transformation. They need to go through the process of being "born-again" and then live this lifelong transformation following Jesus (What Is an Evangelical?).Activism is the activity of expressing and living the gospel through the efforts of helping other people, and trying to change society (What Is an Evangelical?). Biblicism is the belief that the bible should be held to high standards and obeyed as the main authority (What Is an Evangelical?). Finally, Crucicentrism is belief in the importance of the sacrifice Jesus made by dying on the cross for the …show more content…
“Do you long for Christian faith that takes the Bible seriously? Do you desire a Christian faith that can claim Jesus Christ unapologetically? Do you ache for a Christian faith that is passionate and personal, while at the same time intellectually robust, generous, and sensitive? Those are the wants of the Evangelical Christian faith” (Wildman). Part of being an Evangelical Christian is about being intense and passionate in one’s faith. Any person of the Evangelical religion who is passionate about their belief in God may be as intense about their beliefs as the children in the movie were. There may also be those of the Evangelical faith who are not as intense and outspoken about their belief as the children in the movie were. It all comes down to the type of person practicing Evangelical Christianity. This can go for any religion as well, including, Lutheran Christians. Some human beings feel more compelled to wholeheartedly express their beliefs to the world. While, some human beings wish to keep their beliefs a little closer to