Announcing The Fundamentals for the 21st Century

In 1917 the Bible Institute of Los Angeles printed a collection of articles—edited by R. A. Torrey, A. C. Dixon, and many others—called The Fundamentals. Leaders from all realms of fundamentalism made contributions. The articles identified and clarified the fundamentals of the faith as distinctive from what had become liberal mainline Christianity. The series has been reprinted in a four-volume set by Baker Books, and the content is still extremely useful.

Over one hundred years later we still face many of the same challenges that our predecessors did, but we also face new controversies they did not anticipate. In that spirit, we will be publishing a twenty-first-century supplement to The Fundamentals, identifying and addressing the new theological and practical matters we face today.

We will be dedicating eight successive issue of FrontLine magazine to this purpose. The editors for these publications are already in place.

David Shumate (International Baptist Seminary) will be editing two issues, one on bibliology and another on ecclesiology. Kevin Bauder (Central Baptist Seminary) will be editing an issue on the doctrine of Creation and its present-day implications. Ken Rathbun (Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary) will be editing the issue on hermeneutics and Bible interpretation. Steve Hankins (Bob Jones Seminary) will be addressing present-day concerns in the area of soteriology. Mark Herbster and Larry Oats (Maranatha Baptist Seminary) will be overseeing two issues on the subjects of theology proper, eschatology, and worship.

Each publication is intended to be substantial in content but written at the layman’s level so it can be useful as a teaching tool in the local church ministry, military chapel, and on the mission field.

If you have not previously subscribed to FrontLine, this would be a good time to sign up. Consider joining the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International. Your membership to FBFI includes a subscription to FrontLine magazine.