I came across a post today that almost blew my socks off! It is such an important topic, and the post was worded so perfectly. So I thought I should stop everything, and encourage you all to go read this post. Let me introduce the post more fully, and then I’ll give you the link.
William Dudding, who is a KJV using, Independant Fundamental Baptist, is also a reformer. His blog, The Reforming Baptist, deals with many of the struggles that face fundamentalists. And although we don’t always see eye to eye on every issue, I have tremendous respect for Will. He doesn’t go with the flow, and he respects God’s Word. His posts are often challenging and enriching.
This post is entitled, “High Standards = Right Doctrine“. Let me give you an excerpt from the beginning of the post, and then send you off to read the rest.
I remember growing up as a strict Fundamentalist Baptist that I used to think because we held to such a high standard of living, that we must be the most elite of Christians; the ones most in touch with God; the ones who were the closest to genuine Christianity as God intended it to be.
We would look condescendingly down on another Christian who disagreed with any of our positions whether they be soul winning, the King James Bible, Dispensationalism, etc. The measure of correct doctrine to too many of us in Fundamentalism is the length of a woman’s skirt, or the shortness of a man’s hair.
Isaiah 65:3,5 “A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; ….Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.”