“One Little Hour”

The week after our wedding Jes and I did what any honeymooning couple would do when staying in Pensacola Beach, Florida; we took a tour of Pensacola Christian College. (more…)

I admit I was skeptical when I began reading The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism by Carl Henry, a founder of Fuller Theological Seminary and of neo-evangelicalism. Growing up at Bob Jones University imbued me with suspicion of my new-evangelical brethren and their engagement with the “world.” My worst fears appeared to be confirmed when I read Harold Ockenga’s introduction which calls for “a progressive Fundamentalism with a social message.”

But by the time I finished the book (a relatively quick read at 89 double-spaced pages, though taking far longer than the page count would indicate owing to Henry’s obtuse writing), I was convinced by parts of Henry’s thesis. (more…)

Dr. Watt, my adviser at Temple, had me start with C. Allyn Russell’s Voices of American Fundamentalism, which gives seven biographies of first generation fundamentalist leaders. Russell starts the series with a look at the life and ministry of J Frank Norris, the Texas Southern Baptist minister best known for shooting an unarmed man in his study while preparing a sermon one Saturday afternoon. (more…)