tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post7425944106468787481..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Ambiguity and Utility: Fundamentals of Fundamentalism and EvangelicalismKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-42232521076923500532012-09-13T14:07:05.300-07:002012-09-13T14:07:05.300-07:00Steve and Joshua,
I loved your comments. Thanks....Steve and Joshua,<br /><br />I loved your comments. Thanks.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-21322925012663720192012-09-11T16:05:41.271-07:002012-09-11T16:05:41.271-07:00Something that I think is easily overlooked here i...Something that I think is easily overlooked here is the value of certainty, and even when it is misplaced - <b>the certainty is not the problem!</b><br /><br />We've all met someone supremely confident in something that is completely wrong.<br /><br />For the evangelical/emergent, they would say that his <i>certainty</i> is the problem.<br /><br />We say something entirely different. We admire his certainty and zeal, but seek to correct his error so that his certainty is according to knowledge.<br /><br />Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.<br /><br />Paul didn't complain that the Jews needed to be less sure or less zealous. He admired that - bare record of it even. But it wasn't according to knowledge, and that was his concern.<br /><br />There are no Scriptures attacking certainty. Certainty is good. So many Scriptures are given to us to build our certainty. Error is the problem, not certainty.Joshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-92112602777993552732012-09-10T20:01:59.010-07:002012-09-10T20:01:59.010-07:00Sums it up perfectly.
I remember as a child tryin...Sums it up perfectly.<br /><br />I remember as a child trying to get out of the house with my brother before Mum found out that we hadn't done all the chores she asked.<br /><br />As we pedaled furiously away, I remember faintly hearing something like a woman crying my name wafting on the breeze to me.<br /><br />"Is that Mum calling?" Said my brother. "Not sure - can't really make it out", I shouted back, "Keep pedaling!" And away we went until we couldn't hear anything anymore. <br /><br />Amazing how humble I became regarding my hearing ability when ambiguity was of great utility to me...<br /><br />Truly, these are the fundamentals of faithlessness and disobedience.Joshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-14141892840131354232012-09-10T17:32:43.126-07:002012-09-10T17:32:43.126-07:00Pastor B,
This is a BULLSEYE, TOUCHDOWN,SPOT ON,(...Pastor B,<br /><br />This is a BULLSEYE, TOUCHDOWN,SPOT ON,(and a hundred other descriptions)on one of the most important perspectives independent Baptists need to get right! Fundamentalism, the movement and belief system, is NOT a synonym for Biblical Separation, but for really the exact opposite, doctrinal and theological inclusivism and ambiguity and unity. I fear too many independent Baptists have been indoctrinated with the mantra for so long now, it's engraved in their vocabulary. Isn't it ironic, the only ones fundamentalists cannot seem to tolerate, are Biblicists, committed to more than just the Fab 5! Steve Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920334627083544106noreply@blogger.com