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
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“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
“Homer Rodeheaver has quite a lot to do with all kinds of gospel music, as Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo demonstrate in their fascinating, eminently readable biography of a wildly underrated and rarely appreciated figure who made a significant impact on sacred music, Black and white.” - C.Today
” …let’s just zero in on the most significant problem with Dr. Beale’s taxonomy—that there are only two groups in our day, Fundamentalism and Broad Evangelicalism” - Doran
“…while separation over the fundamentals is biblical and necessary, the fundamental doctrines of the faith are not the ONLY legitimate reasons for separation and whether a person (or church or institution) is fundamentalist or not must not be the only consideration in view.” - P&D
“Dr. Beale is a favorite! He thinks a lot about these topics and is well worth reading. This book is an update of his earlier work, now out of print, In Pursuit of Purity.” - Don Johnson
“When I was growing up in New Jersey in the 1950s and ’60s, there was persistent political controversy over proposals to put fluoride in the public water supply. Among the leading opponents was Carl McIntire… the foremost fundamentalist of his day.” - RNS
Daniel R. Bare, Black Fundamentalists: Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity* in the Segregation Era (New York University Press, 2021). 260 pp. $30.00 USD
Thomas Ice
Republished from Voice, Jan/Feb 2020.
While all fundamentalists have not been premillennial, the overwhelming majority have been. Premillennialism has been a historic staple of fundamentalism. It is often the case that when one abandons the fundamentals of the faith, they also abandon the premillennial hope. Why has that been the case in the past and why should it continue into the future, especially within the IFCA?
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