Enoch Essendrop
New Member
I am admittedly a Fighting Fundamentalist. Our brand has been long known for causing division for holding to old truths rather than religious fads. I am proud to bear the moniker of fundamentalist because it has stood for something historically and there are scores of friends who proudly bear it, too. Yes, we are the minority but when a community is tight knit and meeting as often as we do we hardly notice that we are a fringe faction. None of this is altogether bad though I have begun to doubt my place in this fundamentalist community.
My disagreements with my own herd arises from a matter of doctrine and practice that we claim to agree on. In the books of Acts, the apostle Peter proudly proclaimed, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” This came as a direct response to the local government who not only wanted to silence his message but also the location in which he chose to spread the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
This supposed crisis which has claimed the lives of an entire town world-wide has brought fundamentalists across the land of the free to our knees. We have all simultaneously agreed that meeting as a congregation is no longer essential so long as the church coffers remain open. While the Biblical command to evangelize the lost has been hampered and the command to not forsake assembling ourselves together has gone by the wayside, it is a comfort to know we still have the blessing to tithe and give money over and above that to our local-cloud-church. Our local-cloud-church differs from the ethereal Catholic Church in the regard that our head is still Jesus Christ and not the Pope; an important distinction in these tumultuous times.
Given the nature of this selective obedience I am wondering if I can begin the practice in my own personal life or if it is strictly reserved to churches in a top-down fashion. All this said, I have not been encouraged to cease my observation of any sacredly held truths except that of meeting together with other believers. We have become so devout in our observance of this new practice that even the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus cannot break our devotion. We stand strong and united and the Gates of Heaven shall not prevail against us.
My disagreements with my own herd arises from a matter of doctrine and practice that we claim to agree on. In the books of Acts, the apostle Peter proudly proclaimed, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” This came as a direct response to the local government who not only wanted to silence his message but also the location in which he chose to spread the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
This supposed crisis which has claimed the lives of an entire town world-wide has brought fundamentalists across the land of the free to our knees. We have all simultaneously agreed that meeting as a congregation is no longer essential so long as the church coffers remain open. While the Biblical command to evangelize the lost has been hampered and the command to not forsake assembling ourselves together has gone by the wayside, it is a comfort to know we still have the blessing to tithe and give money over and above that to our local-cloud-church. Our local-cloud-church differs from the ethereal Catholic Church in the regard that our head is still Jesus Christ and not the Pope; an important distinction in these tumultuous times.
Given the nature of this selective obedience I am wondering if I can begin the practice in my own personal life or if it is strictly reserved to churches in a top-down fashion. All this said, I have not been encouraged to cease my observation of any sacredly held truths except that of meeting together with other believers. We have become so devout in our observance of this new practice that even the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus cannot break our devotion. We stand strong and united and the Gates of Heaven shall not prevail against us.