Fundamentalism

BP News is the official press of the Southern Baptist Convention. In a recent “First‐Person” article (August 23, 2006), Albert Mohler issued “A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity.” The article, which has been posted twice on Mohler’s own blog, reiterates an argument that he has repeated in several venues. It is an important argument, and Mohler expresses it thoughtfully.

^{Note: This article was originally posted September 19, 2005.}

In February of 2005, we completed our survey of the young fundamentalists and presented the results at the National Leadership Conference. Since then, I have highlighted several of the results here on SI. However, the editing process is now complete, and we are releasing the results.

Careful theologians do not build their doctrine of the church merely around the use of the word ekklesia. The New Testament uses many images or word pictures to reveal truth about the church. One of the most instructive is the image of the flock, found in John 10. It occurs in one of the few parables in John’s gospel.

^{Note: Dr. Sam Horn is host of The Word for Life radio program.}

by Dr. Sam Horn