Fundamentalism vs. Reformed Theology

Monergism:

Fundamentalism and its Similarities with Reformed Theology

1. The inspiration and verbal inerrancy of Scripture

2. The Deity of Christ and the virgin Birth

3. The substitutionary atonement

4. Justification by faith

5. The physical resurrection

6. The bodily return of Christ at the end of the age. 

7. Christ performed miracles

Fundamentalism (and its Differences with Reformed Theology)

1. The absence of historical perspective;

2. Ignores the Scriptures highly diverse literary genres;

3. The lack of appreciation of scholarship; aversion toward any secondary theological training; anti-intellectual;

4. The substitution of brief, skeletal, superficial creeds for the historic confessions;

5. The lack of concern with precise formulation of Christian doctrine; highly averse to theology;

6. Pietistic, perfectionist tendencies, often moralistic (i.e., major upon "issues" such as protesting Harry Potter movies; separating with Christians who are not KJV only);Guilt-Centered (Fundamentalism) Vs. Gospel Centered (Reformed) Sanctification 

7. One-sided other-worldliness - reclusive: church separate from the culture - the holy huddle (i.e., a lack of effort to impact their communities & transform culture);

8. A penchant for futuristic chiliasm (or: dispensational pre-millennialism);

9. They embrace some form of Manicheanism (or Greek dualism); 

10. Often demonize their opposition and are reactionary;

11. Envy modernist cultural/political hegemony and try to overturn the powers that be through political brute force rather than persuasion; Thus are often viewed by outsiders more like a political lobby than representatives of Christ;

12. Arminian tendency in theology (synergistic)

Oct 16, 2011