“Comparing Fundamentalist faith and practice to the faith and practice of historic Christianity is like comparing a hamburger to a filet mignon. The two obviously have something in common, but it would be misleading to say that everything in the steak is also in the hamburger.”
–Kevin Bauder, “Fundamentalism: Whence? Where? Whither? Part 2: Fundamentalism and History”
Andy, among contemporary evangelicals of Baptist convictions, KB ranks right up there with Al Mohler in his ability to see things as they are and not like we would like them to be. Having earned a masters degree at the old Faith theological seminary while Carl McIntire was still running things, I can speak from experience that KB’s candor is most refreshing.
Hey Andy,
Reading the last several issues of “In the Nick of Time” has been incredibly refreshing. I have been struggling with an almost all out rejection of fundamentalism as unselfcritical. I stand in a stream similar (though rejected by) to Fundamentlism….Pentecostalism. As a Pentecostal pastor I have noted as well that we want to skip over church history and live a supposedly unmediated life between now and the NT era, but in the process have developed doctrines and practices which have little to nothing to do with the Faith as passed down to us through the Church. Dr. Bauder has renewed my faith the in possibility of Fundamenalists (and possibly even my own fellowship) being open and willing to consider their confession and treatment of others. Thanks, I look forward to reading more of his updates.