This is the Baimal Podcast with Marty Salman, I'm his co-host, Brent Billings. Today we

bring the story to our current day, seeing what this last century has done to the world

of faith that we call our own. What is Christian fundamentalism and where did it come from?

And how does evangelicalism fit into all of this? As believers, we make many assumptions

about the world around us, but knowing why it exists is often helpful in accepting what

it is. Love it. Man. It's like the whole episode right there. I know we may have capped

off this whole journey with the best intro ever. That's great. Love that. We'll play Brent

Billings. Alright, let's see here. Where are we at? Ah, 1925. Or thereabouts. Fundamentalism

and secular humanism continued to be locked in a fierce battle for truth for a decade.

It would be worth answering the question that often goes unanswered in these conversations

that we often have about this last century. What happened to the parts of Christendom

that wouldn't have aligned with fundamentalism? A lot of us grew up in fundamentalism. So

that's like our reference point. What about everything else? At this point in history,

those who would have rejected fundamentalism often drifted towards theological liberalism.

While the church in this century would eventually learn how to have a more progressive conversation

and put more options, if you will, options on the table, rather than a simple bifurcated

presentation of the argument of conservative and liberal. This is not that point in history

yet. Like we're not at that point yet. In this point in history, you really have a world

trying to navigate. I mean, you have academia. You have the world of textual criticism.

You have people learning to ask questions of the scripture. Really is a world that a lot

of the journey that we've had here at Behmah is grounded in a world of critical thought

and textual criticism. And yet I know me personally, I'm rooted in a Christian fundamentalism.

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