{"id":1319,"date":"2009-05-26T23:09:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T07:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/05\/26\/a-bit-more-on-the-exodus\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T23:09:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T07:09:18","slug":"a-bit-more-on-the-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/05\/26\/a-bit-more-on-the-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"a bit more on the ‘exodus’"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article<\/a> from Associated Baptist Press discusses the movement away from \u2018Conservative Evangelicalism\u2019 that appears to be happening in that \u2018other camp.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Stetzer said the Social Gospel was based on a "post-millennial" theology that believed it possible to establish God’s kingdom on Earth. A main reason it lost influence, he said, was introduction of philosophies and theologies that moved some mainline churches away from positions that conservatives viewed as orthodox Christianity. <\/p>\n

Today’s younger evangelicals are different, he said, in that they reject teaching that undermines fundamental tenets of Christianity and instead "believe they are placing an emphasis on fulfilling all of the commands in Scripture and ministering to others rather than an eschatological imperative." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t know what to make of this as far as CEs are concerned, but I wonder if the movement leftwards away from fundamentalism isn\u2019t part of a broader movement leftwards in general<\/em>. This appears to be occurring all over Christendom and is a \u2018sign of the times\u2019 more than anything else.<\/p>\n

If there is a connection, it suggests to me that there is really nothing wrong with Fundamentalism per se, but we are in \u2018the apostasy\u2019 and the faltering footsteps from within our own ranks may be part of a general movement.<\/p>\n

I offer this as a suggestion<\/em><\/strong> not as conclusion<\/em><\/strong>, lest any should misunderstand.<\/p>\n

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