Anyone acquainted with fundamentalism has heard derogatory remarks made towards
evangelicals (“evanjellyfish”), liberals, and others. This is simply the
outworking of ecclesiastical separation where lines have to be drawn and an “us
vs. them” dynamic is maintained.
The basis for ecclesiastical separation is a voluntarist,
(pseudo-)creedal ecclesiology that defines Christian community not through
receiving of God grace, but through mental assent to a set of propositional
truths. Therefore, such an ecclesiology has further warrant to prosecute from
within those who do not line up with the specific, stated positions of the
leadership... (Read more)
