Although many fundamentalists still let their teens date (translation: “sit next to someone of the opposite sex in youth group or church”) many like the idea of courtship instead. The trend towards courtship became very popular a few years ago, when a single charismatic-leaning Calvinist teenager who was living in a basement decided to write [...]

For fundamentalists, their “day of rest” begins promptly at 6:00 a.m. with mom and dad rousting the five children out of bed, feeding them breakfast, and hunting all over the house for various articles of children’s clothing that they could have sworn were hanging in the closet just last night. Then with everyone bathed, fed, [...]

Good fundamentalists would not be caught dead listening to Steven Curtis Chapman or Amy Grant because of their evil beats and wicked contemporary associations. No matter how much Satan tempts them to enjoy the fleshly pleasures of CCM, the fundy will resist. However, since good music is in short supply, fundies are willing to concede [...]

From the campus of a fundamentalist college…

Fundamentalists are almost exclusively Pre-Trib, Pre-Mil Dispensationalists of one stripe or another. And there’s nothing that a Dispensationalist likes more than really big charts detailing all of the various ages of the world and the end times. Consider for example THE BIG CHART from whatsaiththescripture.com Say what you will about fundamentalists, that chart is just [...]

From the outside it may appear that the main cause of new Independent Baptist churches being planted in the United Stats is church splits — amicable or otherwise. While this is a cause of new churches being started, the other main means of propagating fundamentalism in America is through home missions. Raising support for home [...]

It’s Valentines and love is in the air. That means it’s time for the annual Valentines banquet at the Last Bible Believers Until the Rapture Baptist Church. The large folding tables are decorated with red crepe paper and little candles which promise an instant conflagration if anyone gets carried away with their chicken dinner. Over [...]

Have you ever run into a pastor who’s Doctor of Divinity diploma on the wall bears the name of “Baptist Bible Temple School of Fundamentalist Theology and Textus Receptus Studies”? Have you wondered where and why such a school might have started? You’re not alone. The idea that fundamentalists are “anti-intellectual” is a myth. Fundies [...]

I’ve been having a lot of fun writing these little pieces and reminiscing about days gone by. I’d venture to say that many of the readers of this site also have their own stories to tell. For that reason, I’ve added a forum section to the site so that anyone who feels like adding their [...]

No fundamentalist sermon would be complete without illustrations. In fact, by sheer volume, illustrations appear to be the most important part of the message. The ability to tell compelling stories is what separates mere speakers from the masters of the preaching craft. When this really becomes important is when the topic turns to teenage rebellion. [...]