[Debau]

Why Do Fundamental Schools Go Apostate?

This could also go under the thread Recommended Reading.
This book by Don Jasmin chronicles the apostasy of the Northfield-Mt. Hermon Schools founded by D.L. Moody.

http://www.fundamentalbaptistministr...hives/Book.htm

This focuses on Moody's school, but is a great example of where all institutions of men eventually go.

Dr. Jasmin's bi monthly Fundamental Digest usually chronicles many schools and the mire of apostasy they have become. Always an excellent read.

[kittn1]

Wow Bro George, a lot of good points to consider and pray about before heading off to Bible college!

[Gord]

Brother George, thank you once again, many points you have addressed for school, hold very true for just plain every day existence with our daily contact with everyone. Marvelous how you can make things just seem so clear.
Bless you!!

[stephanos]

Brother George, thank you again for taking the time to share some wisdom with us. It's so true about the apostate nature of churches. I've seen it happen in the history of the Mennonite. No matter how much authority the bishops or pastors excercise they all have ended in apostasy. The thing I've noticed is how the liberal groups dog on church splits so heavily, and fail to see that the reason these churches split (usually) is because one group wants to remain faithful and the other wants to adopt heresies and or go apostate. The Mennonite history is splattered with splits and now today you can find Old Order Mennonite up in Quebec Canada and extremely liberal mennonite congregations all over the USA. But thanks be to God that Jesus Christ spoke the solution to all our problems:

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. (John 17:17 KJV)

Much Love in Christ Jesus,
Stephen

[George]

Originally Posted by Debau

Why Do Fundamental Schools Go Apostate?

This could also go under the thread Recommended Reading.
This book by Don Jasmin chronicles the apostasy of the Northfield-Mt. Hermon Schools founded by D.L. Moody.

http://www.fundamentalbaptistministr...hives/Book.htm

This focuses on Moody's school, but is a great example of where all institutions of men eventually go.

Dr. Jasmin's bi monthly Fundamental Digest usually chronicles many schools and the mire of apostasy they have become. Always an excellent read.

Aloha brother,

Thanks for the link - The book looks real good. I hope to get a copy.

[Debau]

Originally Posted by George

Aloha brother,

Thanks for the link - The book looks real good. I hope to get a copy.

http://www.fundamentalbaptistministr...hives/Book.htm

Howdy George,

I think you'll enjoy it . Jasmin delineates the 3 stages of the rapid free fall from Militant, to Moderate, to Apostate, and the methods of compromise employed that spelled disaster.

It mirrors the apostasy in the OT in the wilderness, to the Judges, to Solomon, to the NT churches of Paul's time with Demas and co. We always have a biblical picture to learn from(which most often we don't).

Judges 2:7 (Stage 1) And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, (Stage 2)and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua ,who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: (Stage 3)and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

And the Bible tells us how fast that fall can be:

1 Timothy 1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

2 Timothy 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Jasmin sums up George's statement that once these institutions fall, they NEVER come back!

Moody had great fundamentalist influence, but was naive in his association with liberals. There were men such as Torrey, Meyer, and Morgan teaching and preaching on his campus, and one generation later there were those such as Fosdick.

This book is a great lesson of the results of compromise, not only for schools(in which Jasmin names names) and churches, but each one of us individually. It satisfied my anachronistic senses, and was a good admoniton against compromise.

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.