URL: http://ttpstudents.com/papers/ets/2001/MacKenzie/MacKenzie.html

Summary:
by Cameron A. MacKenzie
2001

Do Evangelicals like to fight? One would almost think so given the number of controversies that have marred the story of the modern Evan- gelical movement ­ Calvinists vs. Arminians, pre-millennialists vs. post, egalitarians vs. complementarians, and, of course, open theists vs. traditional theists. A moment's reflection, however, suggests that it is not a delight in polemics per se that has motivated all these folks through the ages and in our own times too but instead, ironically, something that they all have in common, viz., a commitment to truth. Evangelicals of all stripes believe that there is such a thing as truth in matters religious, and that it is important ­ so important that one is willing not only to contend for it in this life but also to stand upon it before the Lord in the next. For He who has revealed Himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life calls upon all of us to be faithful to His truth...

Category: Historical Theology

Tags: Evangelicalism, Boundary, Luther, Zwingli, Marburg