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Episode
52
November 11, 2022
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Fundamentalism is a hermeneutic, a way of looking at the scriptures, a preoccupation with getting it right and checking all the right boxes.
This is foreign to our basic Anabaptist hermeneutic.
Reagan presses Chester Weaver to respond to a listener who says “I still don’t understand what fundamentalism is.” So this talk takes another pass at this large subject.
Chester points to Harold Bender as a leader who managed to reject both liberalism and fundamentalism through attention to the Anabaptist story.
The Dortrecht Confession always begins with God. The Christian Fundamentals begin with the “Word of God.” This reflects a shift from a lived faith to doctrinal orthodoxy.
Read the Dordrecht Confession of faith online: Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632) – GAMEO
Read the Christian Fundamentals online: Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632) – GAMEO
https://anabaptistperspectives.org/fundamentalism
https://anabaptistperspectives.org/fundamentalism-and-its-aftermath
https://anabaptistperspectives.org/fundamentalism-and-its-aftermath%3A-q%26session
Reagan is a member of Wellspring Mennonite Church and lives with his wife Patricia in southeast Tennessee. Reagan, along with Jaran, started Anabaptist Perspectives in 2017, and serves in leadership in the organization, in addition to being deeply involved in overseas missions work.
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