would<\/u><\/em><\/strong> rise up. Is it possible that the Fundamentalist church is immune to such dangers?<\/p>\nNow I don’t want to give in to a paranoia that suggests everyone (but me) is suspect and that we must be constantly sniffing out the smell of sulphur in the robes of our compatriots in ministry. Nevertheless, can it be that we should escape this warning?<\/p>\n
And if not, what would such wolves or such perverse speakers look like? Where would they be found? How would they manifest themselves?<\/p>\n
The fact is that the Christian church has suffered numerous invasions and inversions through its long history. Our modern era has witnessed many of these. We can name some of the enemies and traitors who have sought their own ends with the Lord’s church in the last hundred years or so.<\/p>\n
Is it possible that men whose apparent orthodoxy today will be seen to be anything but in the future?<\/p>\n
Ought we not, therefore, be vigilant? Ought we not challenge erring brethren? Or examine practices and statements that may be in error? Or must we simply keep silent, because after all, the eminent Dr. So-and-So has spoken, or faithful brother Hail-Fellow-Well-Met is merely offering his broad ranging, far-sighted and fair-minded survey of knowledge gleaned from every source, reputable or otherwise. Don’t be so negative! Don’t you know we are the pure? Why are you always stirring up trouble?<\/p>\n
[I suppose the answers to those rhetorical questions may be obvious… Am I nuanced enough, Kent?]<\/p>\n
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