Why I am Not a Recovering Fundamentalist
Being a fundamentalist means that I believe some doctrines are essential to our faith and that without them there is no faith
Being a fundamentalist means that I believe some doctrines are essential to our faith and that without them there is no faith
I believe in standards. I also believe we can easily misuse and abuse them on all sides of the standards spectrum.
Shouldn’t each of us have personal standards to help us keep our lives clean, overcome problematic issues in our culture, and protect us from negative influences?
I love Christian Camps, and have spoken in camps every year since God allowed me to enter the ministry as an evangelist! I spent thirteen of those years working closely with my friend and mentor Evangelist Bill Rice III at the Bill Rice Ranch in Murfreesboro, TN. During those 13 summers of ministry I spoke…
The Potential of Standards Last week I wrote a blog post entitled The Problem(s) with Standards. You can read that here if you wish to do so. It was well received by many and not so well received by others. Of course, I was not surprised because the issue of standards always has the potential…
I have had standards all of my life. I suppose most people have. My parents had them and as a result we kids had them too. My dad didn’t wear facial hair and to this day believes I shouldn’t either. My mom did not wear slacks and neither did my sister. I could take my…
We are in a mess, aren’t we? Murder is so often in the news it sounds almost normal. Adultery is glamorized and glorified in commercial after commercial and in one television program after another. Homosexuality is applauded along with transgenderism and every other kind of morally questionable “ism” as well. Divorce is so common-place that…