Thanks for your report here. It was interesting. I don’t go to FBF events and I’ll blog the details sometime, maybe soon. By the way, it fits with what I see Scripture teach about separation. I would love to hear other’s comments on it.

What Minnick said at the conference, it seems, is what we would have wanted from him in the interview. I still can’t understand why he couldn’t or wouldn’t do that. Some say that he did say those things, but look what it took for you to make him say them. You had to lay out his quote, underline words, and then explain them. That isn’t Holy Spirit boldness. Neither do I believe it represents Scriptural meekness or gentleness either.

The way you ask the question, I’d say yes, since I think I am separated exactly as I believe I should be. But of course, I don’t think you mean it exactly that way.

I am not calling for perfection, but a philosophy. I have fundamentalist friends who don’t see everything exactly as I do and may allow an association or partnership to some extent different from my own position. We aren’t looking for perfect unanimity or disavowing soul liberty. But we would have a fairly similar philosophy, understanding of holiness and aversion to compromise.

As differences increase, the ability to cooperate diminishes.

The bottom line is that in the end, I have to answer to the Lord for my ministry, for good or ill. I will make my decisions with that in mind more than the opinions of men. May God grant wisdom to make the right choices along the way.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

“The fundamentalist position is such a doctrine. It can’t be explained in a ’sound bite’.”