For a couple of months, I've been carrying on a sporadic but lively conversation with some astute fundamentalists about their movement's past and future. Andrew Naselli has compiled the best of those dialogues, and they are posted at the
Kara Ministries website. These discussions originally took place at
SharperIron.org, my favorite blogforum. There you'll also find a transcript of my Shepherds' Conference Seminar titled
"Dead Right: The Failure of Fundamentalism—which is what ignited this discussion in the first place.
"Dead Right" is included in Andrew Naselli's comprehensive document. Here is the link to that document, courtesy of Kara Ministries:
Dialogue on Fundamentalism and Separation: Phil Johnson and Dave Doran (choose PDF or Word doc). Posted on SharperIron.org; compiled by Andrew Naselli
updated 5/30/2005
5 comments:
Excellent link. Thanks!
Well said, ReformedSoccerGuy.
Stribs, I agree with you, too—except that I can't see how anything you said justifies any disagreement with ReformedSoccerGuy.
I keep trying to tell my fundamentalist friends that criticism of fundamentalism isn't necessarily an argument in favor of the evangelical movement, and vice versa. Both movements have melted down in recent years, and instead of arguing over which movement's meltdown was more spectacular, those of us who love the Lord ought to admit the failures of our respective movements and get busy with the task of reform, or rebuilding, or whatever it is we are going to do.
The argument seems a little like debating whether it would have been more tragic to have sailed in steerage on the Titanic's maiden voyage or working the top floor of the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks.
Phil, your writing on the state of fundamentalism really echoes many of my sentiments as well. It is really a shame that fundamentalism has become so encumbered with issues unrelated to Scripture. Unfortunately, this provides "fuel" for many of the folks in the "emerging" church movement to attempt to justify their aberrant views. Of course, it is not just fundamentalism that is to blame for that, because evangelicalism in general has produced a spiritual shallowness due to their fatal fascination with the latest fads and gimmickry rather than upholding Biblical truth.
Having graduated from one of the largest fundamentalist schools (BJU), I would say that Phil is right on target. Keep up the good posts!
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