Historically, Fundamentalists in America marched to the front lines to do battle with the opposing liberalism of the early twentieth century. On the other hand, Evangelicals in Great Britain took a more relaxed approach and unintentionally . . . allowed liberalism to ultimately win the day. Much criticism has been launched at the Fundamentalist movement, some of it deserved, but arguably it is the Fundamentalist who should be given much credit for the preservation of the evangelical faith in America.
Gary E. Gilley, “It Works For Me…, Pragmatism and the twenty-First Century Church,” PFO’s “The Quarterly Journal,” Jan-Mar 2015, p.7
Martyn Lloyd-Jones tried in Britain, but was undercut by John Stott. Since then, British evangelicalism pretty much just went along, with a few exceptions who were not well-known and had little influence.
ReplyDeleteThe result was that even true churches were constantly being infected and weakened. Truly tragic. You can't decide unbelief is ok if it is only in small doses.