I’ve been getting great feedback on my recent interview with Understanding Our Times Radio, and Kevin Thompson. Kevin graduated from Pensacola Christian College in 2002 and so he is also intimately familiar with some of the more extreme elements of fundamentalism. The interview covered a wide range of topics relating to fundamentalism, including the following: [...]
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Interview Details: Live call-in radio broadcast Date: Monday 3/8/10 Time: 6-7pm EST / 5-6pm CST Host: Chris Arnzen Interviewee: Bob Hayton Subject: Reforming Fundamentalism through Reformed Theology Station: WNYG-1440 AM On-Line: www.rcnam.com & click “Long Island 1440 AM” I’ll be LIVE on the air with Chris Arnzen, host of Iron Sharpens Iron radio, on [...]
I continue to hear from readers about how the story of my journey out of extreme fundamentalism has been a blessing to them. From time to time, my readers share some of their own stories. Recently, a young woman named Becca shared her story with me, and I received permission from her to share it [...]
When I first posted “My Story” on my blog back in December of 2005, I didn’t have a clue about blogging. I posted an enormously long letter, with some slight formatting changes, as one big post. By God’s grace, that post has blessed my readers more than any other. I’ve received dozens of comments over [...]
The fundamentalist blog Sharper Iron is running a series of posts by Dr. Jeff Straub of Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Minneapolis) on the future of fundamentalism. The series is entitled “The Fundamentalist Challenge for the 21st Century: Do We Have a Future?”. The first post is quite good. The post links to a chart describing [...]
If you have followed fundamentalist blogging at all, or if you consider yourself a bit of a reformed (or former) fundamentalist, in the IFB sense, listen up. Bob Bixby has a phenomenal post detailing the history and motivations behind his 7 years of blogging. He is hanging up the towel on Pensees, but this last [...]
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The last few years have seen the world wide web do a number on fundamentalism. I speak particularly of the independent fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement, and the influence of blogs like Sharper Iron (SI). Jason Janz, SI’s founder, published his young fundamentalist survey, and soon thereafter Phil Johnson (of Pyromaniac fame), delivered his speech “Dead [...]
Pastor Steve Anderson is the embodiment of almost everything extreme about independent fundamental Baptists. It seems he enjoys posting his often abrasive and extreme preaching as a series of video clips on Youtube. I’ve posted a jaw-dropping clip of his before, and this one almost tops that. In it he defends the notion that Jesus [...]
This video is unbelievable. I’ve seen this guy post on the Fundamental Forums, and he is basically as extreme as one can get on the KJV. [HT: Ryan DeBarr] In this clip, he’s using the phrase “him that pisseth against a wall” to emphasize manliness, and to claim the KJV is a superior version, since [...]
Hardly anyone today would consider the wearing of pants by women to be a breach of decency or a sign of rebellion against the God-given roles of manhood & womanhood. This is the 21st century, women have been liberated, and times have certainly changed, haven’t they? The Fundamentalist Position Yet for many sincere and well-meaning [...]





















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No problem, sir. Glad to help.
Bob, Thank you for posting this helpful information. Sincerely, Bill
Agreed, Jack. Good observations. Sad, but true.
Dear Bob, I don't think that Fundamental churches teach very much in the area of sanctification, or what they do teach ...
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