We are in a series of posts which serve as commentary on Kevin Bauder’s tenth lecture on the subject of Biblical Separation, delivered at International Baptist College September 15-17, 2008. This is post number 6. Earlier posts on the lecture series can be found here:

• deny the gospel by deeds
• the fundamentalist from the X dimension

Posts specifically regarding Lecture 10:

1. is separation a fundamental doctrine
2. indifferentists defined
3. not indifferent, but not allies
4. how should we proceed
5. the danger of theological drift

My last two posts (including this one) concern what may seem to be niggling points of difference.These differences are perhaps minor — only semantics? Nevertheless, they seem significant enough to me. They reflect what may well be deeper philosophical differences between the Dr. and me. Since Bauder holds the position he holds, and carries the amount of influence he does, his philosophy has the potential to have a fairly wide impact on the fundamentalist world at large. So the differences that may seem niggling may in fact speak to very serious issues concerning the future of fundamentalism. [Read more...]