Purpose

What is “Fundamentalism”? If you were to gather pastors from random locations across the world who would define themselves as “fundamental”, you would probably get many similarities and many differences. There is work to be done for Christ and some of the issues that divide fundamentalists should be reexamined. There should be clear lines over which we should never cross; lines of doctrine and works of the flesh clearly taught in the Scriptures. When it comes to issues that are not clearly defined in God’s Word, there needs to be balance and tolerance. When we separate from brothers who do not see things exactly as we see them, whether intentional or not, we have begun to define righteousness on our terms and not on God’s. The point of exposing a brother should only be done when he has persistently taught either by word or act doctrines contrary to what he has received in the Scriptures or has persistently embraced either by word or act works of darkness identified in the scriptures. Let us as fundamentalists serve the Lord with one voice. Let us fight what God fights and let us edify one another in brotherly love. When a brother seems to be straying from the “fundamentals”, let us personally and privately seek to admonish and correct him and be careful to not malign a servant of God based on the observations of others.