12 thoughts on ““The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family” by Andrew Himes

  1. Good review. I have to confess I have not even finished mine as I had a lot of stuff come up that took my time. Will finish though and post my review.

    1. Thanks Craig. It took longer for me to finish my review since I have so much going on too. I knew the book would appeal to my readers so I wanted to do a good job on the review.

  2. “May we all redouble our efforts to be always reforming our church practice and our personal lives into greater conformity to the truth of God’s Word.”

    Colossians 3:10 (New Living Translation)

    10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

    AMEN!

  3. Bob, thanks much for this excellent, thoughtful and critical review. I appreciate the corrections you offered, and I am aware that my book contains errors of fact and analysis, no matter how hard I try to get it right! I consider myself a passionate follower of Jesus and of the Way of Jesus, though I shy away from additional labels because I think we often use them to dismiss others without listening. But I am on a path to learn, so I appreciate everything you had to say.

    1. Thanks Andrew. Glad you took up the pen to share that history, it is indeed fascinating.

      Blessings to you and yours through Christ,

      Bob

  4. John R. Rice was anti-calvinist. He is responsible for propagating that element of the modern IFB movement.

    1. I know he edited the Calvinism out of some of Spurgeon’s sermons and was against it. But he’s not the sole person responsible, I don’t think. Many fundamentalists have long been anti-Calvinist.

  5. I think the fundamentalists don’t have a clear understandings of the gospel and because of that they cheapen it, and tarnish it in their presentation. For that reason, I would take offense to being called a fundamentalist. I say this because I am a former IFB.

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