Fundamentalism

Proclaim & Defend: Young Fundamentalists sidling toward the Evangelical fence, tempted by the sight of seemingly greener grass, need to take a closer look and listen carefully to the lowing of the cattle over there. The ones whose hearts are closest to yours are not happy over there.

Proclaim & Defend: What are we to make of the moderates who affirm (they claim) the fundamental doctrines of the faith but hinder and ultimately oppose the efforts of Fundamentalists to call men to accountability to those doctrines? The problem has not gone away with the end of the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy.

By Larry Oats (PhD) - author, Dean of Maranatha Baptist Seminary: It is the purpose of this work to explore one theological segment—the doctrine of the church, including how the various men and movements came to understand this doctrine and how that understanding affected their affiliations and actions

An long and interesting description of “fundamentalism” by an outsider.

Proclaim & Defend: Just because there is no mandate, warrant, pattern, program, or agenda spelled out for the churches in the Scripture to be involved in evangelistic social programs does not mean that it is necessarily wrong to be involved in such programs, if the purpose is to win people to Christ and disciple them.

2005 Shepherd’s Conference: Phil Johnson’s critique of the fundamentalist movement (mp3). He qualifies that he is critiquing the more hostile brand of fundamentalism which would shun he and MacArthur as “neo-evangelical.” Here is the PDF transcript.

Fundamentalism and the New Conservative Evangelical Identity

Is Fundamentalism Chasing Its Own Tail?

“Who determines what is essential and non-essential? When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, in the model prayer, He said to pray that the will of the Father would be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Do they sort through the essentials and non-essentials in heaven? Do they rank commandments in heaven?”

“Over the last century, many distributaries have branched off of the channel of Baptist separatism. The Midwest Congress of Baptist Fundamentalists, gathering Oct. 26 and 27 in Wisconsin Dells, provided an opportunity for representatives from some of those streams to be reminded of their common heritage and shared principles.”