"In my mind, neither evangelicalism nor fundamentalism needs a voice in the wider culture. Pursuing that voice has been the root of most of the church's problems."
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Dave Doran in the comments of Nate Busenitz’s post “We Do Believe in Separation”
"How could different fundamentalist leaders, all of whom held the same doctrinal convictions (the fundamentals), respond so differently to the question of ecclesiastical separation?"
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Nate Busentiz has an interesting post on “History’s Blurred Line of Separation”
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Unity Is Fundamental
Of all the issues I have come across, possibly the most difficult in which to determine my position is the belief in personal and ecclesiastical separation. Having spent more than a full year on SharperIron, I have concluded that I am not the only one with questions in these areas. But I think perhaps my confusion stems from a misunderstanding of the doctrine of unity. Many of us are familiar with passages like Ephesians 4:1-6 and 1 Corinthians 12, but have we thoroughly considered them in regard to unity?
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"It strikes me that a number of younger evangelicals are fed up with the cultural system called "evangelicalism," because it appears to identify certain issues as central to the Gospel which are actually not biblical or doctrinal issues at all."
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Sean Michael Lucas comments on this Filings article.
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"When you consult the books, you do not find more reasons to be a moderate or a liberal. You find more reasons to be a fundamentalist."
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Sam Harris, atheist and author of The End of Faith, on religious fundamentalism. Another provocative quote from the interview:
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"The term (Fundamentalist) came to be synonymous with 'low-brow, angry, belligerent idiot.'"
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Dan Phillips on labels.
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Andrew Sullivan Defends Fundamentalism
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Or at least tempers his criticism.
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"If I believed the body of Christ was all believers, I would fellowship with the evangelicals."
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Kent Brandenburg explains why he believes the adherence to the doctrine of the universal church causes Fundamentalists problems.
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"Should we join hands with those who are Fundamentalists but who are not premillennialists?"
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Allen Mickle looks back at the early separatist Fundamentalist history of T.T. Shields and the Baptist Bible Union and ponders the application to the present day.
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Evangelicals Learn To Love Big Government
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“(T)he National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)—representing 52 member denominations and about 30 million evangelicals—has become one of the most talked-about lobbying groups in the nation.”
See this Wall Street Journal article.
See this Wall Street Journal article.
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