You Might Be A Fundamentalist…

…if these comments have been made to you! If only one, you might be ok, but I think two or more and you’re a certified fundy! Enjoy!

10. I’m so happy that you’re here knocking on my door on Saturday morning. Please, come in and judge me for a while!
9. Waiting to kiss my spouse until we were married has made it so much more enjoyable!
8. Your culottes are so modest that they make me feel like I’m dressed like a hussy! Can I get your sewing pattern for them?
7. The Bible makes so much more sense to me since I threw away my NIV and started reading the King James.
6. Since coming to your church I realized what was missing in my spiritual life: more pastoral screaming.
5. Looking at your family makes me so sad that I am too selfish to have six more children.
4. I get to go to heaven AND vote for Republican Presidential candidates? What a sweet deal!
3. I’d so much rather have this Gospel tract than food or money.
2. Yes! I had always suspected something sinister about The Smurfs!
1. Since joining your church I finally understand what Jesus meant about His yoke being easy and his burden being light.

(via)

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Fundy Mail: The Tim Tebow Edition

Alright boys and girls, it’s time for another edition of Fundy Mail here at Εις Δοξαν! Today you’re in for a real treat! Today’s letter is from a gentleman in Colorado Springs, CO, who claims that he has had roughly a dozen dreams over the last couple of years that indicate revival is coming to Colorado and will spread from there throughout the nation! Isn’t that wonderful news?!? He tells more:

  1. It will be brought about not by man and churches, but by the Lord God Himself, just like in the first century with miracles, signs and wonders! SPLENDID!
  2. God is not pleased with, in fact angry, with his church for seeking the things of this world more than him. *bad bad USA*
  3. The church is not obeying Colossians 3:1-2. (who needs the rest of the bible!)
  4. He is upset with charismatic prosperity doctrine (ok, God is mad about that!).
  5. He is angry at the sin in the church, e.g. divorce, legalized adultery, fornication (especially among the youth), idolatry (TV, Hollywood), and general worldliness. Ok, some those things are all bad–two in a row!

He then shares a delightful story about two sisters in Scotland, one of whom was blind (huh?), who started praying for revival and after two years God brought Scotland’s greatest revival ever! He then beseeches pastors to do likewise. Why, you ask? I quote, “Your prayers could play a part in making my dreams a reality!” Well then, let’s get to it–we’ve got dreams to get fulfilled!

Page two is a rambling rant about some instance of a (yes, a singular) conservative Baptist pastor) and his disagreement with an organization and how that puts him in agreement with the Church of Christ. And believe me, that is a BAD thing!

But wait kiddos, page three is the most exciting of all nine–it’s a polemic against Florida and all their wicked bathing-suit-clad inhabitants!!! Emblazoned atop this page is a picture of Broncos QB Tim Tebow posing with a young lady in a bikini. Our author is quick to point that if this is really Tim (and it certainly appears to be), then this is a “man of God with his arm around a near naked young woman not his wife!” ABOMINATION!!! As you’re probably asking yourself, who is responsible for this, um, ABOMINATION? Why, who else–the state of Florida!

It is because he spent much of his life in Florida, land of nakedness, where nearly all young people go around nearly naked and cowardly pastors say not a word? As I understand it, Tim is a Baptist and so I doubt that he ever heard a sermon dealing with immodest dress of women. The beaches were not nearly so bad when in earlier decades women wore only one piece bathing suits, but now they reveal 98% of a woman’s body as above. There is only one word to describe it: SIN!!!

So, as you can see, there is irrefutable evidence that because Tim Tebow is from Florida and he is willing to participate in abominable acts means that women will feel too much pressure “to be sexy and show off their bodies so they can attract a man like Tim!” Bad Tim, BAAAAD!

Furthermore, our author believes Tim has acted irresponsibly by revealing his body. “…he must not realize that he should not frequent beaches and pools as a man of God since they are a part of the devil’s kingdom.”

Well kids, I hope you have learned some important lessons today: 1) You are to pray so that another’s dreams will become reality, 2) it’s bad to agree with Church of Christ, 3) Florida is the land of nakedness–if you live there you will be mostly naked most of the time and God will destroy you for it, and 4) stay away from the beaches and pools–they are the devil’s kingdom!

That’s all for this week! Join us next time as we read more Fundy Mail!

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Fundy Mail

I receive all kinds of mail here at the church, a lot of it harmless advertisements for various services that cater to churches. But every so often, I get a piece of fundy mail and they’re always a hoot to read.

Here’s a letter that came today about those perverse non-KJV translations and the profiteers who create them.

The CD mentioned in the letter is free to reproduce, so I’m thinking of making copies for Joel and Jim–I’m sure they’ll be enlightened!

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Are you a hyper-fundamentalist?

If you’re not sure, check out Kevin Bauder’s list and see if you fit the bill. These 8 characteristics are from his chapter in Zondervan’s forthcoming Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelism.  Yes, I know that such lists are hardly authoritative, but he is awfully accurate. So, get out your pen but pray you don’t have to check off too many!

(via Fundamentally Reformed)

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Quote of the Day

Fundamentalists of any religious, political, or other kind of persuasion typically hold a number of things in common. One commonality, at least from the little I have observed over the years, is mentioned in a post about fundamentalist colleges (read the post here) and it’s my quote of the day.

 For if a strong voice speaks with apparently authority for long enough it will eventually be accepted as the voice of truth.

In some fundamentalist circles, this could be amended to read “For if a loud voice speaks…long enough” A key component to persuading the gullible and disillusioned is the mere appearance of authority.

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