The Heart Of Christian Fundamentalism

Revelation 3:2, “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”

I have a book in front of me titled: “What Is A Fundamentalist?” by Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980). On page 5 Brother Rice states:

“What is a fundamentalist? I have heard and read so many definitions in the last year that if I did not know, I would be confused. In the strictest sense, a fundamentalist is one who believes in the fundamentals of the Christian Faith.”

SOURCE: Dr. John R. Rice, “What Is A Fundamentalist?,” p. 5; ©1982, Sword of the Lord Publishers

Yes, amen.

I became a born again Christian at age 13 in 1980. I was blessed to have been saved in an old fashioned Baptist church, and have continued to remain an Independent Fundamental Baptist all my life. Being “Baptist” doesn't make me a Christian, but it is the set of religious beliefs (distinctives) that I choose to identify with. Independent Fundamental Baptists have historical come closest (in my humble opinion) to what the inspired Holy Bible teaches. I thank God that I am NOT a new evangelical.

A good illustration of biblical fundamentalism is a car. A “fundamental” is something that is essential. A car to operate must have an engine, a transmission and tires. There are many unnecessary options; such as, heated seats, tinted windows, radio, fog lights, plush interior seats, et cetera. In nearly everything you have fundamentals. In music you have the fundamentals of music. If you are a serious football player, then you know the fundamentals of football. In teaching you have the fundamentals of teaching. For the Bible preacher there are the fundamentals of preaching. Dr. Rice states on page 19...

“Isn't it strange that we refuse to sacrifice the fundamentals in music, speech, sports, and nearly everything else; but when it comes to Christianity, the fundamentals are being sacrificed. in every quarter! Religious institutions have been infiltrated by men who deny the virgin birth and scoff at a physical resurrection. Some, even in the more conservative denominations, do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. So far as I'm concerned, they are taking money under false pretense. They are accepting dollars from Bible-believing Christians who pay their salaries while they teach the next generation of preachers that the Bible is not the Word of God and Jesus is not the virgin born Son of God.”

SOURCE: Dr. John R. Rice, “What Is A Fundamentalist?,” p. 5; ©1982, Sword of the Lord Publishers

At this point I think I should mention that there is a difference between Christian fundamentalism, versus the distinctives of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement in America. I will refer to this movement from hereafter with the acronym “IFB.”

Some of the distinctives of the IFB is that women ought not wear pants, halter tops, Spandex, bikinis, or other immodest clothing in public. A church and pastor who encourage women to wear pants is a new evangelical church, not IFB. In 1927 when they opened their doors, Bob Jones University (BJU) was an IFB college. Tragically, in 2018 their wicked president Steve Pettit (a hard core hellbound Lordship Salvation Calvinist) changed their long time rules, now permitting female students to wear pants and halter tops in public. SHAME on BJU!

In 2013, Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in Chicago wickedly changed their century old ban against staff members gambling, drinking booze and smoking tobacco. One ungodly teacher at MBI said he was grateful that he could finally drink alcohol. What a shameful thing to say publicly! Those poor students! I wouldn't enroll a dog into Moody Bible Institute today!

Another distinctive of IFB churches is singing the old hymns of the Christian faith. Only worldly new evangelical churches sing the lame Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). I absolutely hate CCM and refuse to attend any church ever again that sings such crap. Pensacola Christian College sadly sings CCM nowadays to appease their worldly students. What many Baptist churches are sadly doing these days is singing a hybrid of old hymns and CCM songs, which shows that they are following the standards of the world afar off.

Remember, before Lot physically moved with his family to the wicked city of Sodom in Genesis 14:12, his heart was already there in Genesis 13:12 when he pitched the opening of his tent toward Sodom (so he could look toward Sodom from the door of his tent). Long before we go into sin, our heart is already there! That is why for many years now my favorite Bible verse has been Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”

So, there is biblical fundamentalism (i.e., the doctrinal fundamentals of the Christian faith), and then there are the distinctives of IFB churches. And you will find that these two things are VERY CLOSELY related. What do I mean? For example: In every church where they preach the Devil's falsehood of Lordship Salvation, there is no preaching against women wearing pants in public. There is definitely a close association between a church's doctrine and their moral standards.

I titled this blog article, “The Heart Of Christian Fundamentalism.” I was thinking this morning about what it means to be a Christian fundamentalist and in my humble thinking it all boils down to HOW MUCH YOU CARE. We could talk for hours about this important subject, because there are so many issues to address: different Bible revisions, clothing types, music types, different plans of salvation, et cetera. Everyone simply cannot be right!

Sadly, in 99% of Baptist churches today they are quick to show people the door, which is the opposite of God's love for people. I have been kicked out of a handful of rotten churches. They were doctrinally corrupted, growing bad fruit, diseased spiritually because of their infected pastors. There's not a more spoiled rotten, undeserving, arrogant, ungodly group in American than today's average knuckleheaded pastor.

The Devil's modern corrupt Bible revisions have infiltrated nearly every Bible college and church today, but the college administrators and pastors simply don't care. Well I do care! That is why I make a big fuss all the time! Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't have a KING JAMES BIBLE, you don't have an inspired Holy Bible in the English language! If your stupid pastor endorses the MEV, ESV, ERV, NIV, VOICE, NSAB, NKJV, MSG, NLT or any of the other perverse Satanic Bible version, you should fire him! YOU'RE FIRED!!!

And if you are attending a bad church that adds “repent of your sins” or “turn away from your sinful bad habits,” or “make Jesus the Lord of your life” to be saved, you are in a religious CULT! You should immediately fire your incompetent pastor. YOU'RE FIRED!!! I'm talking about Jeff Redlin and Timothy Zacharias at Pensacola Christian College. YOU'RE FIRED!!! I'm talking about Marty Herron at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary (preacher's cemetery) in Ankeny, Iowa. YOU'RE FIRED!!! I'm talking about Brad and Bobby Moffett at the shameful Family Baptist Church cult in Pensacola at 5454 W. Mobile Highway. YOU'RE FIRED!!! These false prophets have no business being in the clergy.

The opposite of Christian fundamentalism is apathy, indifference, ecumenism and just going along with the wrong crowd. Another good example of apostasy is the wicked CCM band Casting Crowns. Casting Crowns performs at Roman Catholic events. A fundamentalist Christian refuses to support a Roman Catholic event! Over my dead body will you find me supporting a demonic Catholic event. Roman Catholicism is the biggest cult on the planet! 

There an an estimated 1.6 billion Catholics throughout the world, who are all foolishly trusting in their Sacramental Salvation to get to Heaven. The Seven Sacraments are of the Devil. I said THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS ARE OF THE DEVIL!!! There's no such thing as “sacraments” in God's Word. Wicked false prophets fabricated the lie of sacraments.

The heart of fundamentalism is to be different. God desires a peculiar people who are zealous to do good works. Titus 2:14, “Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” I preach a lot against the “repent of your sins” to get to Heaven damnable heresy, but please don't misunderstand my Bible preaching dear reader. God saved us so that we wouldn't live a worldly sinful life anymore. It is the desire of God the Father to conform every believer into His only begotten Son's image of holiness, righteousness and love. God didn't save you and me just so that we could have fire insurance! 'Salvation Is More Than Being Saved' (a helpful book by Pastor Jack Hyles).

A fundamentalist believer cares! A fundamentalist believer pays attention to the details. Right doctrine matters! It matters which Bible version that we use. And by the way, the King James Bible is not a mere version, it is the inspired Word of God; it is the inerrant and incorruptible Holy Bible. A fundamentalist believer refuses to settle for mediocrity in one's convictions, standards, morals and beliefs. Every neo-evangelical that I have ever known simply didn't care, didn't pay attention to details, and were wicked compromisers merely following the herd.