Posts Tagged ‘Fundamentalism’
The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Students
By every indicator, historic, mainstream fundamentalism is a shrinking movement. Churches are shrinking. Fellowships are shrinking. Mission agencies are shrinking. Schools have closed and those that remain are scrambling for students. Furthermore, the churches are producing fewer young people who feel any sense of calling toward vocational ministry. From an educational perspective, not only is…
Read MoreA Tale of Two Churches
The following article is offered as a prospectus for hopefully more extensive research into the invasion of the two main Baptist conventions in the USA during the 20th Century into local church autonomy. If anything, a Baptist church is to be an autonomous body that is ruled by congregational polity. Both conventions – Northern and…
Read MoreTHE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper
November/December 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 6 THE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper Charles Spurgeon said, The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great…
Read MoreManhattan Declaration – more necessary than ever?
Nathan Finn, in an editorial piece published Nov 20, 2019, by Baptist Press, argues that the 2009 Manhattan Declaration is “even more important in 2019” than it was on the day of publication. Is Finn right to make this conclusion? Finn offers a summary of the Declaration this way: The Manhattan Declaration outlined three issues…
Read MoreTHE FUNDAMENTALS: The Bible
September/October 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 5 O How I Love Your Law God’s people have always loved His Word. Clement of Rome, who ministered just after the apostles, instructed his readers, “Look carefully into the Scriptures, which are the true utterances of the Holy Spirit.” Augustine is famously quoted as calling the Holy…
Read MoreWhat Is Evangelicalism?
Writers employ much ink and many pixels, attempting to answer this question. Defining such things as evangelicalism (and fundamentalism) is difficult. We are attempting to define movements. Movements, by definition are moving, ergo, we are describing a moving target. Recent reading provides yet another attempt at defining the moving target that is evangelicalism. Observers may…
Read More2019 Torchbearer Award – Dr. Ed Nelson
Tonight at the opening service of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship Annual Fellowship, it was our pleasure to honor Dr. Ed Nelson for his many years of service. Dr. Nelson is 95 years old. He climbed the steps to the podium to offer his thanks, not wanting to wait for a portable mic. Of course, that…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals
FrontLine | May/June 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 3 As the twentieth century dawned, a battle for the gospel broke out in the United States and around the world. The battle was not confined to any particular denominational group. The early fundamentalists understood that the very soul of New Testament Christianity was at stake—…
Read MoreSeparation versus Limited Participation: Is There A Difference?
Part I: The Basis for Prudential Limits on Association1 There are many issues determined by direct Biblical statement or clear biblical principle. In such matters, our obligation is loyalty to the Scriptures. Other issues are matters of preference. In these areas, we should defer to others in Christian love. I believe, however, that there are…
Read MoreThe Relation of Young-Earth Creationism to Fundamentalism
Young-Earth Creationism and Modern Fundamentalism: A Historical Study (Part 3) Analyzing fundamentalism and its relationship to the Young-Earth Creationism (YEC) movement is necessary as both movements interact with another in the present and the future. The driving concern of Fundamentalism remains separation from apostasy and contention for the faith. The driving concern of Young-Earth Creationism…
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