Thinking about that 'Define evangelical' thing, with Andrew Walker, Ryan Burge (and Mark Noll)
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“Careful readers may have noticed that… I called it a ‘church-history term’ and I’m sticking to that.” - GetReligion
MacArthur on Fundamentalism
When The Master’s University (TMU) hired BJU’s Vice President Sam Horn as its President and when a friendly picture of West Coast Baptist College President Paul Chappell surfaced with John MacArthur on Twitter, some of us believed that a convergence was taking place between the left flank of Fundamentalism and the right flank of Evangelicalism.
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Liberalism Is (Still) a Threat to Fundamentalism
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“For as much as Fosdick thought of himself as irenic, moderate, and peace-loving, one doesn’t entitle a sermon ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?’ without meaning to pick a fight.” - Kevin DeYoung
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What Is Antisemitism? Evangelicals Favor Different Definitions
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The European Evangelical Alliance “warned that antisemitism is rising around the world. Taking a concrete step April 26 in opposition, it announced its adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of the issue.” - C.Today
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Will More Mainstream "Evangelical" Leaders Change Their Position on Abortion?
We have seen some self-designated “evangelical” leaders change their position on LGBTQ issue, and very many — for a very long time — on the issue of women pastors/elders. The last conviction standing in the moral/social realm, it seems, is abortion.
Now with the clamor because of the potential supreme court ruling, will many cave-in on this last hold out of Biblical morality?
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Will More Mainstream “Evangelical” Leaders Change Their Position on Abortion?
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What Biblical Lessons Is This Flaming Monster Truck Jump Supposed to Be Teaching Men?
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“…the Stronger Men’s Conference, a Christian conference for men in Missouri that includes all your classic Christian men’s conference stuff. Notable speakers. Worship music. Bull riding. Professional wrestling. Boxing. A monster truck” - Relevant
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Did evangelicals win people over in the last decade? The big picture is rather stable
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The Democracy Fund “was a panel that started in 2011 and continued surveying the same people through November of 2020. Did people who were evangelicals in 2011 abandon that identity by 2020? And did they do so for political reasons? … The biggest finding is a lot of stability.” - GetReligion
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Is There a Rising “Neo-Fundamentalism”?
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“Over the last few months, in various corners of the internet I’ve started to notice a certain backlash against a ‘neo-fundamentalism’ that is (allegedly) emerging among conservative American Protestants.” - John Ehrett
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Southern Baptists reflect on the legacy of ‘Together for the Gospel’
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“The final Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference, taking place April 19-21, has prompted many Southern Baptists to reflect on the conference series’ impact on evangelical Christianity as well as their own personal lives.” - BPNews
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“A Bold, New Fundamentalism”
I toyed with entitling this article “SharperIron Wins” or “The Interview Steve Pettit Wishes He Could Give” (for my BJU friends). Instead, I chose the title above.
Almost 20 years ago, the SharperIron forum was created. It quickly became the leading outlet for concerns that young fundamentalists had about their movement. SI was a place where YFs could question everything they believed in – except for the fundamental doctrines of the Faith.
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