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The Biblical Mandate and Motive for Separation
John Vaughn For many believers, “separation” seems to contradict God’s command to love your neighbor. Clearly, the Bible requires believers to seek and maintain unity. Therefore, the reader may wonder how it can be that Fundamental Baptists argue for separation. The better questions are, “Is there a biblical mandate for separation?” and, if so, “What…
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The Doctrine of Separation John C. Vaughn It has been said that a biblical Fundamentalist is someone “who believes the Bible, obeys the Bible, proclaims the Bible, and defends the Bible.” The logical consequence of that sequence is biblical separation. But biblical separation is more than that — it is a biblical doctrine itself, to…
Read MoreAmerica’s First Foreign Missionary Casualty (1)
Mark Minnick I wish that all believers could experience the immensely enriching benefit that some of us obtain from reading Christian biography. So much of what Hollywood and secular historians portray as the past is just pathetic fabrication. It simply didn’t happen that way. But factual Christian biography that is reverently written opens a pleasurable…
Read MoreA Matter of Worship: The Truth About Sexual Immorality
Steve Thomas Pastor, I don’t really know where to begin. I guess it all started when I was about twelve. You see, I found some pornography at a friend’s house. Before long, I made every excuse to spend time there so I could rifle through his father’s magazine collection. Through the years it got worse,…
Read MoreThe Old Testament Law and the Believer (2)
Brian Trainer This is Part 2 – you can find part 1 here. The Benefits of the Law This survey of the positions leads to the question of practicality. In what ways does dispensationalism view the Law of Moses as being beneficial in the life of a New Testament believer?
Read MoreThe Old Testament Law and the Believer (1)
Brian Trainer All Fundamentalists are quick to embrace and endorse the significance of the inspiration of the Word of God. We note that the text of Timothy states that “all scripture is given by inspiration [breathed out] of God, and is profitable” (2 Tim. 3:16). We would readily defend each verse from Genesis 1:1 to…
Read MoreAdding to Our Faith? (2 Peter 1:5)
Layton Talbert Second Peter establishes that our salvation is secured by means of a faith that gives us equal standing with the apostles themselves because our faith, like theirs, is not attained but obtained (1:1). Everything necessary for our sanctification has also been provided by God (1:3), accessible to us via priceless promises (1:4). Then…
Read MoreWhy Are Most Fundamentalists Dispensationalists? (2)
David Saxon (Part Two — Part One appears here) A Deeper Reason? All of the reasons just given, however, seem to cry out for some deeper reason. Why did the heirs of the Niagara Bible Conference turn primarily to dispensationalism in the early twentieth century at a time when they were combating liberalism in the…
Read MoreWhy Are Most Fundamentalists Dispensationalists?
David Saxon Although precise statistics are not available, it is undeniable and commonly recognized that the majority of American believers calling themselves “Fundamentalists” today are also dispensationalists. For instance, the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International, the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, the World Baptist Fellowship International, the Sword of the…
Read MoreWhy Is the Virgin Birth So Important?
Joel Arnold Few people know that Ben Franklin, the consummate writer, inventor, and politician, descended from Puritans— his grandfather was a Baptist missionary to the Indians and his father was a dissenter. Franklin himself financially supported a Presbyterian minister and attended a few services. But what ultimately turned him away was his mistaken feeling that…
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