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Albert Mohler: "The misjudgment of true fundamentalism is the belief that all disagreements concern first-order doctrines."
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Albert Mohler communicates his position on levels of separation.
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The Importance of Separation
One occasionally hears the wry observation that fundamentalists believe in all the fundamentals—including separation. The force of this remark is to imply that fundamentalists separate, not only from people who deny the fundamentals, but also from genuine Christians who believe all the fundamentals but who do not separate.
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Beauty and the Best (Part 2 of 2)
Toward the Development of Christian Aesthetics in Music
While the Bible never specifically connects music with beauty, it does connect worship with beauty in several Old Testament passages. Consider these verses (with emphasis added):
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"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”
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Beauty and the Best (Part 1 of 2)
Toward the Development of Christian Aesthetics in Music
For centuries, economists struggled to answer the seeming disparity between the value of diamonds and the value of water. This paradox was discussed by great thinkers such as Copernicus, Locke, and Smith. Water is essential for life and has many purposes but is far less valuable than diamonds which are mostly appreciated for their beauty alone. Shouldn’t water carry the greater value?
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"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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"If you are truly a follower of Jesus Christ, then you must choose Jesus and you must turn your back on that guy."
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Carolyn Mahaney highlights a quote from Joshua Harris on Christians being involved in dating relationships with unbelievers.
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Separation of the Individual Christian and the Local Church
Note: Dr. Richard V. Clearwaters was pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church in Minneapolis from 1940-1981. He led the Minnesota Baptist Convention out of the Northern Baptist Convention and convened the first section of the Conservative Baptist Association. During those years, he also founded Pillsbury Baptist Bible College and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. This article is from his autobiography, On the Upward Road. We believe it was originally written in the 1960s or 1970s. It is reprinted here with permission.
by Richard V. Clearwaters
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