What is a fundamentalist? One meaning the dictionary gives is "one who is immovable from his beliefs." To be a fundamentalist means you are committed to the fundamentals. Today, the meaning of the term "fundamentalist" has undergone a change in meaning. It is typically used as a term of derision by those who hold in contempt those who believe in the concept of absolute truth. It is loosely interpreted to describe anyone who expresses any kind of belief in the teachings of the Bible. There is a concerted effort by the world media to smear all fundamentalists with the image of being unloving, intolerant, and unkind. 

The reality is that fundamentalism reflects the truth expressed in Romans 3:4 "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written,..." What does that mean? We believe that when the newspapers finish with their headlines and the "learned" men from the great institutions have spoken their last words, that God's words as revealed in the Bible will be just as true as when they were first spoken by chosen men of God under divine inspiration. Yet man will be guilty to the very end of twisting and distorting God’s truths to serve his own evil desires.

After having watched the headlines over the last 25 years, I'm convinced that Bible believing parents need not fear man’s "discoveries" in the physical or social sciences will undermine the truth God has revealed to us in his word. No matter what the current "experts" say about raising children, God's Word clearly suggests that parents should use the rod and correction to discipline their children. It works, and properly applied, produces healthy and well adjusted children. A fundamentalist is one who believes without apology that the solutions God provides in his Word are suitable for the problems we face.

In sharp contrast, the wisdom of this world has no anchor, no basis in  reality. How should we respond to moral relativism? No matter how many times or how loudly social scientists proclaim that extra-marital or perverted sex is normal, the fundamental truths remain because God's moral laws haven't changed. God’s design is for men and women to share their sexual relationship in the security and sanctity of marriage. There is a very simple test we can apply to the new teachings which have supplanted Biblical truth in modern society. What is their fruit? A quick look at a newspaper will quickly prove that in our western societies, the fruit of man’s recent departure from scriptural truth as a moral anchor has left a bitter taste, with the promise of worse things to come when the lies now being sown grow to full harvest. 

We will not be ashamed to be counted among those who believe in the inerrant reliability of God’s Word and neither should you.  Hence, it is not a bad thing to be a fundamentalist, if your perspective includes unchanging beliefs in eternal values.  Count on us to remain fundamentalists until His return!