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What exactly is Fundamentalism? Is it the main stream media caricature of snake handling Westburo Baptist rubes American Taliban?
Well that seems to be what the secular Left would love to paint Fundamentalists.
So where did this characterization or label come from. The actual history should be made clear.
Fundamentalism folks is a very good thing indeed. The history is steeped in orthodox (little "o") Christianity. In the mid to late 19th Century Liberal Christian theological centers pumped out error after error denying the Virgin Birth, the Deity of Christ and frankly presented a socialist philosophical Jesus Who was not seated at the Right Hand of the Father.
The reaction to this assault on Biblical and historic Christianity was the Fundamentals of the Christian Faith:
Fundamentalism is built on five tenets of the Christian faith, although there is much more to the movement than adherence to these tenets:
1) The Bible is literally true. Associated with this tenet is the belief that the Bible is inerrant, that is, without error and free from all contradictions.
2) The virgin birth and deity of Christ. Fundamentalists believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit and that He was and is the Son of God, fully human and fully divine.
3) The substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross. Fundamentalism teaches that salvation is obtained only through God’s grace and human faith in Christ’s crucifixion for the sins of mankind.
4) The bodily resurrection of Jesus. On the third day after His crucifixion, Jesus rose from the grave and now sits at the right hand of God the Father.
5) The authenticity of Jesus’ miracles as recorded in Scripture and the literal, pre-millennial second coming of Christ to earth.
What is Fundamentalism?
Leading theologians such as RA Torrey and others published books and pamphlets teaching the fundamentals of the Christian faith:
The Untold Story of The Fundamentals « Biola Magazine
Text Commentaries by R. A. Torrey
Well that seems to be what the secular Left would love to paint Fundamentalists.
So where did this characterization or label come from. The actual history should be made clear.
Fundamentalism folks is a very good thing indeed. The history is steeped in orthodox (little "o") Christianity. In the mid to late 19th Century Liberal Christian theological centers pumped out error after error denying the Virgin Birth, the Deity of Christ and frankly presented a socialist philosophical Jesus Who was not seated at the Right Hand of the Father.
The reaction to this assault on Biblical and historic Christianity was the Fundamentals of the Christian Faith:
Fundamentalism is built on five tenets of the Christian faith, although there is much more to the movement than adherence to these tenets:
1) The Bible is literally true. Associated with this tenet is the belief that the Bible is inerrant, that is, without error and free from all contradictions.
2) The virgin birth and deity of Christ. Fundamentalists believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit and that He was and is the Son of God, fully human and fully divine.
3) The substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross. Fundamentalism teaches that salvation is obtained only through God’s grace and human faith in Christ’s crucifixion for the sins of mankind.
4) The bodily resurrection of Jesus. On the third day after His crucifixion, Jesus rose from the grave and now sits at the right hand of God the Father.
5) The authenticity of Jesus’ miracles as recorded in Scripture and the literal, pre-millennial second coming of Christ to earth.
What is Fundamentalism?
Leading theologians such as RA Torrey and others published books and pamphlets teaching the fundamentals of the Christian faith:
The Untold Story of The Fundamentals « Biola Magazine
Text Commentaries by R. A. Torrey