Posts Tagged ‘Evangelicalism’
What Do We Mean by “The Evangelical Disaster”?
John Vaughn The audacity of this title begs for an explanation. An Evangelical is simply one who believes and preaches the gospel according to the New Testament. The Evangelical Disaster is, therefore, a tragic development within Evangelicalism that has brought ruin to its noble undertaking of “proclaiming the good news” to lost mankind. The need…
Read MoreThe Enigma of Evangelicalism
Lessons from a Godly Compromiser Layton Talbert Biography is surely one of the most interesting and engaging forms of literature. It is also one of the most instructive forms of revelation folded into the larger genre of historical narrative. The biography of Jehoshaphat reveals a remarkably timeless and complex personality with a great deal to…
Read MoreScholarship, Separation, and ETS (5)
Part Five: The Quandary of Fundamentalists in an Evangelical Organization Wally Morris [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] Fundamentalist, Evangelical, or Both? Are Fundamentalists also Evangelicals, or are Fundamentalists different from Evangelicals? Is membership in ETS making some type of statement of identification with Evangelicals since the name of the…
Read MoreIs Our Culture Our Failure?
Wally Morris The significant changes in attitudes and laws concerning homosexuality, polygamy, marijuana, and other issues have surprised Christians who knew these changes would come eventually but not so quickly. Second Timothy 3:1ff. describe the characteristics of the last days, so we knew our society would experience significant changes. The policy change last year, then…
Read MoreGratefulness for Dr. Kevin Bauder
By Matt Recker I want to thank Dr. Kevin Bauder for his recent series of articles in which he interacted with my own series, “New Evangelicalism and the New Calvinism: The Same Disaster.”1 I am honored that Dr. Bauder would take the time to give his perspective of these vital issues as well as to…
Read MoreRecipe for Disaster
Ralph G. Colas First published in 2005, the following article describes the state of evangelicalism almost 10 years ago, but its salient points are still relevant today. — ed. Someone has aptly declared that “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The trip by the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) into…
Read MoreBenefits We Derive from Evangelicals
Don Johnson When it comes to the Evangelicals, it is often our concern to sharply distinguish ourselves from them. Since the late 1950s, Evangelicals have followed a different path than Fundamentalists. Consequently, we are very concerned about distinguishing the pathway, lest there be confusion on the part of observers. Some of those observers are inside…
Read MorePassion Conference: It’s Danger and Lack of Passion for Truth
Matt Recker The Passion Conference was founded by Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis in 1997 and is known for their annual gatherings of college students and young adults. Since its inception about 48 events in sixteen countries have taken place. The first Passion Conference had about 2000 attendees and the growth has been dramatic as…
Read MoreA Certain Sound (2)
Fred Moritz Part One ♦ This is Part Two In the first post, Dr. Moritz surveyed the confusion caused by the uncertain sounds that still come out of evangelicalism, even from sources deemed “conservative.” In this post, he surveys the certain sound we try to offer as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International. “For if the…
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Fred Moritz This is Part One ♦ Part Two “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (1 Cor. 14:8). We live in theologically confusing days. In less than two centuries the world witnessed the birth of theological liberalism and its replacement, neoliberalism. Neo-Orthodoxy arose in opposition to…
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