Post-Dispensationalist America
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“The decline of Dispensationalism’s influence does not signal an evangelical retreat from the public square, but rather a fundamental reorientation of it….
Fundamentalism, Modernism, and the Dangerous Middle (Part 2)
In my last post, I laid out an abbreviated history of the fundamentalist/modernist controversy and a working definition of what I mean by fundamentalism. You can read my first part here. In part 2, I will give two historical examples of why this middle ground is a dangerous compromise for those that desire to stay true to the biblical doctrines. My final post will address some considerations for what this means in the Church today.
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Fundamentalism, Modernism, and the Dangerous Middle (Part 1)
In the 2017 World War II movie, The Darkest Hour, Winston Churchill cries out in frustration, “You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!” Although these words are more than likely an artistic embellishment for cinema, they do fairly sum up Churchill’s frustration with the policies of Neville Chamberlain that sought to appease Adolph Hitler by ignoring his aggressions in Europe.
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The Church Better Start Taking Nazification Seriously
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“These trends start out in small groups of people that are not large enough to be taken seriously by ‘successful’ leaders. These small communities then cultivate the fads until a couple people with bigger platforms adopt them. And then, seemingly suddenly, they are everywhere.” - Russell Moore
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World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly Draws 850 Delegates from 124 Nations
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“The Church gathered from every region of the world to seek God’s direction together — a truly global body sharing one faith and one mission.” - CPost
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Fuller Seminary’s untenable “third way”
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“A compromise on marriage and sexuality takes the institution off the narrow path” - World
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How Many Megachurches Are There? Where Are They Located?
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“They currently estimate there are about 1800 megachurches in the United States. Just to give a sense of scale for this, there are approximately 360,000 houses of worship in the United States - so a very large church is certainly not the norm in this part of the world.” - Ryan Burge
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Evangelical Sociology vs Mainline Sociology
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“The democratized forms of Christian belief profiled by Hatch existed on the frontiers of American society. Their adherents were outsiders, far from the elite bastions of the northeast. They tended to be highly individualistic, innovative, unconcerned with the past, and pragmatic in their overall approach to the Christian life.” - Mere Orthodoxy
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Do Southern Baptists Now Qualify As Neo-Fundamentalists?
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“Jake Meador sees evangelicalism breaking into four subgroups, moving from right to left the neo-fundamentalists, mainstream evangelicals, neo-evangelicals, and progressive evangelicals. He says the SBC is now undergoing ‘an attempted takeover from a well-moneyed group of neo-fundamentalists.’” - Religion Unplugged
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