Part 1, "Dry Land Divine," loosely tells the tale of an evangelical minister in Wyoming in the 1950's who spends 14 years in prison for manslaughter.
The Mail on Sunday revels in the latest tale of an evangelical Christian to be persecuted by the forces of political correctness.
Johann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, evangelical theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems (Allemannische Gedichte) and one of German tales (Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes Treasure Chest of the Family Friend from the Rhine).
In 1993, Angie was a year away from enrolling in an evangelical college in Missouri, learning, among other biblical tales, about the sins of Sodomites like me.
From a certain evangelical perspective, Bell's life can look like a cautionary tale: his desire to question the doctrine of Hell led to his departure from the church he built.
In a tale erroneously reported by the media and embraced by evangelical Christians, Bernall was said to have been asked by Harris whether she believed in God: She said yes, the story went, and then Harris killed her.
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, from 1990, was the semi-autobiographical tale of Jeanette Winterson, who grew up in a Pentecostal evangelical household in Lancashire in the 1970s.
I view this as a tell-tale sign of the disingenuous thinking of the modern evangelical movement.
The Rev. Ray Gimenez, an evangelical leader in Clinton, Iowa, is a supporter of government aid for religious charities, even though he has his own cautionary tale.
(That case is heralded by many gay activists but is seen by others as a cautionary tale: the ruling, announced in the run-up to the 2004 Presidential election, served as a rallying cry for evangelical voters, and may have helped Bush win a second term).
