Posts Tagged ‘Separation’
Axioms of Separation
The late Dr. John Ashbrook, long–time pastor of Bible Community Church in Mentor, Ohio, wrote a little book called Axioms of Separation. The current publisher has kindly given us permission to serialize the book here on Proclaim & Defend. We begin our publication today with the Preface and include ordering information at the end of…
Read MoreChurch Unity or Church Purity?
Bud Talbert It was June of 1962. The place? The legendary Westminster Chapel in London, England. The keynote speaker was the host of the Westminster’s Ministers’ Fellowship, Dr. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones. He began, No question is receiving so much attention at the present time in all branches and divisions of the Christian church as the…
Read MoreDrugs, Doctrine, Domestics, and the usual hot topics
The Eclectic Web Our eclectica covers a lot of ground this week. Many different topics caught our eye. Drugs ♦ Doctrine of Separation ♦ Marriage ♦ Persecution ♦ Abortion ♦ Calvinism ♦ Illustration Some commentary and then the links follow.
Read MoreOn What Authority?
Don Johnson Matthew 7.28-29 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. A big story came out the other day – Al Mohler speaks at Brigham Young University. Mohler isn’t the first…
Read MoreDr. Peter Masters on Secondary Separation
Article review by Don Johnson ‘Secondary Separation’ is a bad word for many North American Christians. The critics of fundamentalism use it as a pejorative in their attacks on separation in general. Many fundamentalists shy away from the term because of its opprobrium. Dr. Peter Masters, long-time pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Baptist Church in…
Read MoreWindows: Cutting Straight with the Word of Truth
2 Timothy 2:14–26 Fred Moritz Think with me for a moment about Paul, who made tents to help support himself in his church planting ministry (Acts 18:1–3). We can imagine him as he receives an order for a tent. He lays out the rough camel-hair cloth, with which tents were then made, and places a…
Read MoreCulture is the Battleground
Don Johnson Is it just me, or are the issues we most argue about today in the separation debates largely focused on cultural questions? Whether the argument is over music, motion pictures, dress, the use of alcohol, or any other issue you care to name, the argumentation is largely a matter of “culture” and the…
Read MoreBiblical Separation: Isolation or Insulation
Bud Steadman Biblical separation” is a phrase that often evokes a demonstrative response from the individual who hears it. Those who are opposed to the concept of a distinctive Christianity are prone to get their dander up when they hear the phrase. Believers who are committed to faithfulness to Christ and His Word rally around…
Read MoreChuck Phelps on Personal Separation
FBFI Board Vice Chairman, Dr. Chuck Phelps has written an excellent article titled, ‘It’s Not About Cultural Fundamentalism It’s About Personal Separation,” that deserves wide circulation. Although the article has already appeared on other sites, the article needs to be read by all readers of Proclaim and Defend, and is featured below, with the author’s permission:…
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Purity in Christ
Jim Oesterwind If we keep the biblical teaching of separation in the classroom, few within Fundamentalism would question its importance. As it relates to the fundamentals, all would be in agreement. However, what many fail to understand is that separation must be applied to practice. Applying separation in practice to people, churches, colleges, etc. takes…
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