tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931265740727391506.post6158667152360439982..comments2022-08-06T23:49:34.300-05:00Comments on Line Upon Line: Conservative Evangelicalism’s Distortion of the Doctrine of SeparationLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407932936189262291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931265740727391506.post-89905847066724519412010-12-10T08:11:54.452-06:002010-12-10T08:11:54.452-06:00Brother Ketchum:
Thank you for this important dis...Brother Ketchum:<br /><br />Thank you for this important discussion of with biblical answers to the disturbing trends you have identified here. Among other important comments you wrote,<br /><br />“In recent years we have had men rise up out of professed Bible believing Christianity (commonly referred to as <i>Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism</i>) to propose that Scriptural separation is not intended to maintain local church purity (Ecclesiastical purity) relating to doctrinal purity and practice, but merely intended to maintain purity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore they propose that local churches should not separate over other <i>lesser important</i> doctrines such as issues of Church polity, Pneumatology, or Eschatology (to mention a few areas they propose as <i>lesser important</i> areas of Truth). I believe this is little more than another level of an attempt to keep Bible believing Christianity <i>culturally relevant</i> in a national and world culture where true Bible believing Christianity is being rapidly relegated into <i>cultural obscurity</i>.”<br /><br />We’ve been hearing this so-called “<i>pure-Gospel</i>” mantra for nearly two years now. I think Dr. Ernest Pickering had it right when he wrote the classic <i>Biblical Separation: The Struggle for a <b>Pure Church</b></i>. Men who came after Dr. Ernest Pickering and R. V. Clearwaters are attempting a paradigm shift toward this narrowing of what biblical separatism is for and what our history as Fundamentalists has been.<br /><br />In an Oct. 2010 chapel the college president said, “<i>Historic Fundamentalism is about the Gospel…</i>” IMO it is a reductionist, i.e., a revisionist history of separatist Fundamentalism to suggest that Fundamentalism has been about, been a battle <i>for the gospel</i>. From its earliest days fundamentalism has always been a battle for holiness, for purity, for the inspiration of and absolute inerrancy of the Bible.<br /><br />I am grateful you have addressed this important topic. May God use this to help men awaken to the danger being introduced to the NT church by certain men among us.<br /><br /><br />LMLou Martuneachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683967904677815711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931265740727391506.post-65438699145578860962010-12-09T13:59:22.447-06:002010-12-09T13:59:22.447-06:00Thank you, Brother Lance, for the practical breakd...Thank you, Brother Lance, for the practical breakdown of word definitions in 2 Corinthians 6. It will help me to be better equipped to explain that passage to others.Jerry Boueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939572388745111915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931265740727391506.post-7396320563643196372010-12-07T14:12:25.085-06:002010-12-07T14:12:25.085-06:00Thank you my dear brother! I fear an avalanche of ...Thank you my dear brother! I fear an avalanche of compromise is on the horizon and many will be swept away by unscriptural fellowship with those you have described. I am embarrassed that “intellectualism” seems to have captured some of our College, University and Seminary Presidents leading to false positions of fellowship. Truly, we need to get back to the Word of God.Dr. Al Cremardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931265740727391506.post-9293610441907917282010-12-06T11:42:56.507-06:002010-12-06T11:42:56.507-06:00Excellent post. Our “Fellowship” is to be in truth...Excellent post. Our “Fellowship” is to be in truth and around truth. Truth and spirit are the LORD's way. Modern fellowship tosses Truth in place of amiable unity in humanitarian works. Truth of the Gospel is not important just so long as we all just get along and do nice things…. yikes that is poison on the lollipops handed out on the playground…Honduras Missionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497437115930489699noreply@blogger.com