In this crazy world we live in now where Christians don't believe in Hell and they think Jesus dying on the cross was an act of divine child abuse, I find it okay to say I'm a fundamentalist and after they get done freaking out and yelling at me I can go over with them the fundamentals of the faith. Most people don't even really know what the word Fundamentalist means!
Just like the doctrines of grace are summed up in the term Calvinist, my Orthodox beliefs are summed up in the term Fundamentalist.
I do understand all the negative baggage that comes with that term, but I'm willing to cary it if it opens up conversations.
I don't know you, but I do see that people use this term "fundamentalist" in a wrong way from its original meaning.
Driscoll keeps on saying "religious people", meaning Pharisaical - people dedicated to Christian leaders, methods and traditions more than on the Bible and the Holy Spirit. I think he errs when he expands that definition to "fundamentalist".
I don't like that term because it carries a lot baggage with it. But ultimately, at the core, you want to stick to the fundamentals of the faith. There is nothing wrong with that.
Labels are a necessarily evil, I guess. I would rather not label people though, but I would rather describe them... describe what kind of people they are.
I'm with you on this one, if you are defining Fundy as the world does, and not as Christians do. And, i think that's what you are saying...
I visit a lot of pro-choice websites to check out what they are saying and many of them use "fundy" in place of "Christian." So, if you believe in any of the 5 orthodox points you brought up, you would be labeled "fundy."
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5 reason Im proud to be a Fundemenalist.
1. I believe scripture to be perfect and without error.
2. Christ was born or a virgin.
3. Christ death was for the propitiation of my sins.
4. I believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ.
5. Christ miracles are a historic reality.
Matthew
Matthew,
Those don't make you a fundy, they make you orthodox.
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In this crazy world we live in now where Christians don't believe in Hell and they think Jesus dying on the cross was an act of divine child abuse, I find it okay to say I'm a fundamentalist and after they get done freaking out and yelling at me I can go over with them the fundamentals of the faith. Most people don't even really know what the word Fundamentalist means!
Just like the doctrines of grace are summed up in the term Calvinist, my Orthodox beliefs are summed up in the term Fundamentalist.
I do understand all the negative baggage that comes with that term, but I'm willing to cary it if it opens up conversations.
SO IM A PROUD FUNDY
Matthew
Hey Matt,
I don't know you, but I do see that people use this term "fundamentalist" in a wrong way from its original meaning.
Driscoll keeps on saying "religious people", meaning Pharisaical - people dedicated to Christian leaders, methods and traditions more than on the Bible and the Holy Spirit. I think he errs when he expands that definition to "fundamentalist".
I don't like that term because it carries a lot baggage with it. But ultimately, at the core, you want to stick to the fundamentals of the faith. There is nothing wrong with that.
Labels are a necessarily evil, I guess. I would rather not label people though, but I would rather describe them... describe what kind of people they are.
I should add, I do believe Driscoll is doing that, for the most part.
Matt,
I'm with you on this one, if you are defining Fundy as the world does, and not as Christians do. And, i think that's what you are saying...
I visit a lot of pro-choice websites to check out what they are saying and many of them use "fundy" in place of "Christian." So, if you believe in any of the 5 orthodox points you brought up, you would be labeled "fundy."
-Brian
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