The Eclectic Web – special edition Don Johnson The Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy of the 1920s was one of two defining moments of fundamentalism as a movement. A reading of the documents of that era reveal that much ado was made about what might seem to be mere disputations about words to the casual observer. A disputation…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web – special edition Don Johnson Some are exclaiming about the dark days in which we live. Are we surprised that the days are dark?
Read MorePhil Shuler [Note: Events mentioned in this article happened some time ago, we are republishing it to enjoy again the benefit of the spiritual lessons learned then.] I write this article from my home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where we are experiencing one of the worst floods in over 120 years. As I write,…
Read MoreThomas Overmiller There is an interesting statement tucked away in Paul’s message at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption; but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption” (Acts 13:36-37).
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web A lot of interesting stories hit the web every day. The list below are a few that address issues that might be of interest to fundamentalist Baptists and also may have slipped ‘below your radar’. The topics we cover in this of The EW are: Television and Culture History Persecution Gender Issues…
Read MoreGuye Johnson Edited from the files of the late Grace W. Haight No matter how many people have loved Amazing Grace and have been blessed by its message, — and there have been thousands and thousands — no one has ever had a more complete understanding of the words than the author himself had. Whether…
Read MoreA Study in Matthew 23 Doug Proffit Years back, my oldest son and I were in the middle of an important “correction” session; I was obviously upset, and he boldly pointed out that I was angry and that I shouldn’t be. Wait a minute; he was the one who needed the correction, not me! Who…
Read MoreThomas Overmiller When Apple releases a new handheld device, do you buy it immediately? When a new social media platform enters the online world, do you create a personal account as soon as possible? Do you jump on the technology and communication bandwagon with everyone else in the world, or do you walk circumspectly?
Read MoreThomas Overmiller Some are calling this “the craziest statistic you’ll read about North American missions.” Missiologist Todd M. Johnson and his team found that 20 percent of non-Christians in North America do not “personally know” any Christians. That means 1 in 5 non-Christians in North America don’t have any kind of functioning relationship with a…
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