Engaging The Culture

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Speaking of relevance...
Here's your truth nugget for the week. Fundamentalist separation is tantamount to liberal accomodation. While both have completely different motivations, both have the same net result: a world system left unchallenged. As salt and light we are called to shine forth Gods truth while holding fast to His Word. But Fundamentalists who stick their head in the sand are saying the same thing to unbelievers about the Bible that liberals who gut all meaning from Scripture are: it doesn't apply to you. We would never say it with our lips, but when we fail to show the world that God's truth is truth, we're shouting it loud and clear. Instead, our churches affirm God's truth a thousand times over to each other beneath the bushel, with hardly a whisper to a world that needs it most. (And the times we do step out, we're reaching 2006 sinners with 1930's methods.)
What's the problem? Are we frightened of rejection? What makes us so hesitant to bring Biblical principles into our jobs, our friendships, our schools? If God's Truth is genuine Truth, then we have nothing to be ashamed of.
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13 November 20062. Jesse Gardner:
No offense there whatsoever!
I think I would consider myself a fundamentalist at the core: I believe that there are fundamental Biblical truths which, if taken away, would cause the historic Christian faith to crumble. Several modernists I've read try to separate Christian faith from historical reality; this is absurd and makes the Christian faith at best a maxim at worst a fairy tale.
God's Word is applicable to life. If it is not, then studying it is merely an excercise in futility and those changed by it are simply dreamers.
15 November 20063. Michael H:
Fundie.
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13 November 20061. angela:
At the risk of being offensive - and I'll probably ask you to delete this comment when my conscience catches up with my passion - do you consider yourself to be a fundamentalist?
Just asking. I totally agree with what you're saying and would point you to a Presby pastor in NYC who is doing amazing work applying the Gospel to culture without compromising Biblical doctrine: www.redeemer.com
For the record, I believe Biblical doctrine IS compromised when it doesn't engage the culture. ;)