Looking for a specific term? Here are the ones we’ve covered so far on the blog, organized alphabetically.
Are there terms you don’t see that should be on this list? There’s a good chance I’ve thought of them but haven’t had a chance to write about them yet, but feel free to send any Christianese, evangelical terms, or overused Christian similes and metaphors my way: addiezierman@gmail.com.
A
Accountability Partners
Advent (1)
Advent (2)
Angel
Ask, Seek, Knock
Audience of One
Awana
B
Baby Christian
Baptism (1)
Baptism (2)
(When It’s Like) Baptism
Biblical Womanhood
Born Again
Boundaries
Brides, Bridegrooms & Christian Wedding Metaphors
Bridge Metaphor
C
Calling (The Writing/Parenting Life)
(To) Cause a Brother to Stumble: On Love and Alcohol
Change the World
Child Dedication
Children’s Bible
Children’s Bible Songs
Christian Art
Christmas (A Merry Little Evangelical Christmas)
Christmas Miracle
Christian College
Christian Subculture
Church Cliques
Church Home
Church Hunting/Shopping
Church Hunting (2): My Story
Church Hunting (3): The Places We Land
Christian Bookstores
Christian Concerts
The Circle Maker
City on a Hill
Come Weary
Communion
Community
Cost of Discipleship
Cynicism (1)
Cynicism (2)
D
Dear Jesus
Discussion
Doing Life Together
E
F
Father God
Faith Journey
Faith Seasons (The First Warm Day)
Feeding Oneself
Feeling led to [do something]
(To) Feel God’s Presence
Fellowship
Fill-in-the-Blank Bible Studies
G
Getting into the Word
Get Plugged In
Give it to the Lord
Give Thanks
Go Deep
God Bless America
God never gives us more than we can handle
God-breathed
God-Shaped Hole
Grace (and 2nd birthdays)
Grace (You Don’t Have to Be Good)
Greeters
H
Halloween
A Heart For…
Home [for Christmas]
Hymn
I
I’m Feeling Led…
Intercessory Prayer
It’s Not About Presents, it’s About His Presence (and other Christmas cliches)
It’s Not Religion; It’s Relationship
J
Jesus Freak
Jericho Walk/Jericho March
Jesus is My Copilot
Just [as used in prayer]
K
L
Let Go, Let God
Lift Up in Prayer
Light of the World
List for a Future Spouse
Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin
M
Making Your Faith Your Own
More Than You Can Handle
MRS Degree
Mutuality
N
O
On Fire for God
Organic Christianity
Outreach Event
P
Palm Sunday
Planting Seeds
Pour Into
Pray About It
Prayer Request
Prepare Our Hearts
Problem of Pain
Proverbs 31 Woman
Proverbs 31 Woman (Re-imagined)
Put the CHRIST Back in Christmas
Q
R
Reading Through the Bible in a Year
Rejoice
Resurrection
Retreat
S
Safe for the Whole Family
Saving (Ducks, Disequilibrium, and What Is Saving Me)
Say Grace
See You at the Pole
Sisters in Christ
Spiritual Birthday
Spiritual Journey: The Mad Season
Spirital Journey: The Cold Season
Standing Up for God
Stumbling Block
Suburbia and Christianity
Suffering
Swearing/4-Letter Words
T
Three-Minute Testimony
True Love Waits
The Truth in Love
U
V
W
What I Have to Give
White As Snow
Witness-Wear
Women in Ministry
Women’s Ministry
Wonder
The Word
Worldly
Worship Service (When “Worship Service” Looks Like a Festival)
Worship Song (On Worship and Hyperbole)
WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)
“Bible-Believing Christian”
I’ve recently started following your blog and love it! I consider myself a “post-evangelical,” and now serve as a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination. While I am at home theologically here, there is still much I miss about my evangelical roots.
Anyway, one of my friends and church members called me yesterday to ask me to make sense of Kirk Cameron’s comment yesterday on the Today show that he was a “Bible-Believing Christian.” My friend was completely baffled by what he meant! So I did my best to explain what he was trying to say about his own “brand” of Christianity, as well as any one else’s–namely, that unless you believed the Bible literally, you were not a Bible-believing Christian. Then I thought, Addie could surely make much more poetic and profound sense of this! So, I’m offering “Bible-Believing Christian” as a term for your glossary.
Oh Kirk, you crazy guy. Yes. I’ll definitely add that one to the list!
“Love on”
Ha! Yes. Definitely.
Can I make a request, well a couple actually
1. Spiritual Parents
2. Super Christian
I offer myself up as research if you ever write about Spiritual Parents….I swear we were in a cult. It however did not cause us from shying away from church. God so graciously lead us to a Gospel Centered environment where we were taught about Grace.
Great additions, Jennifer! I’ll definitely be in touch about the “spiritual parents” one!
In the World: phrase often used to discuss things you used to do before you became a Christian
E.g. “I used to listen to _____ music when I was in the world.”
I believe you’re missing the whole list of evangelical terms from the charismatic/spirit-filled side of the family. (There’s two right away.)
Here’s a few to get you started:
Baptized in the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit)
Prophesy
Deliverance
Spiritual Gifts
Calling
Speaking in Tongues
Interpretation of Tongues
Prayer Language
Binding and Loosing
Anointing (or under the Anointing)
Apostle
Word of Knowledge
Gift of Healing
Mantle
New Testament Church
Apostolic Church
Prayer Meeting
Laughing in the Spirit
Slain in the Spirit
Here’s a few more:
Altar call
Sinners prayer
Ask Jesus into your heart
Repent
Are you right with the Lord?
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