lyman stewart adalah presiden union oil company yang memperhatikan perkembangan modernisme di gereja-gereja amerika serikat.
ia berpikir bahwa sebuah dapat memberikan informasi yang banyak.
namun, stewart menyadari, dirinya bukanlah seorang yang terpelajar.
ketika ia duduk di gereja, ia mendengar berita dari a.c. dixon, pendeta moody church chicago.
seusai kebaktian, ia memberitahukan idenya pada dixon untuk mengambil bagian dalam idenya tersebut.
dixon kemudian membentuk suatu badan yang terdiri dari para pemuka kristen dan membuka "perusahaan penerbitan testimony". a. kenneth curtis, j. stephen lang &
randy petersen, 100 peristiwa penting dalam sejarah kristen, jakarta: bpk gunung mulia, 2009.
lyman mendapat bantuan dana dari saudaranya, milton.
semuanya terkumpul sebanyak 300.000 dollar a.s. bagi proyek tersebut.
guru-guru alkitab yang terkemuka diminta menulis artikel untuk buklet berseri 128 halaman tersebut.
berbagai artikel tersebut meliputi pokok-pokok doktrin dasar serta isu-isu penting saat itu, seperti sosialisme], evolusi dan uang.
dixon mengedit lima volume yang pertama dan kemudian pindah ke london.
louis meyer selanjutnya mengedit lima volume berikutnya sebelum ia meninggal.
r.a. torrey mengedit dua volume terakhir.
akan tetapi, nama kakak-beradik stewart tidaklah dicantumkan dalam kedua belas volume tersebut.
dalam penerbitannya nama mereka ditulis sebagai dua orang awam kristen.
telah tercetak kira-kira 3 juta eksemplar dalam kurun waktu enam tahun berikutnya, untuk dibagikan kepada setiap pendeta, penginjil, misionaris, mahasiswa teologi, pembina sekolah minggu, sekretaris ymca atau ywca.
buku ini pun dikirim ke luar negeri, sebagian besar ke inggris.
tahun 1910 hingga 1915, dua belas buku kecil yang berjudul "the fundamentals" inilah yang dikirim secara cuma-cuma di amerika serikat.tony lane. runtut pijar: sejarah pemikiran kristiani.
jakarta: bpk gunung mulia, 2009.
buku ini berusaha menguraikan berbagai kebenaran dasariah dari kepercayaan kristen protestan, misalnya keilahian yesus kristus, karya penebusan-nya, kebangkitan-nya, dan kedatangan kembali-nya serta pengilhaman dan wibawa alkitab.
berikut adalah daftar isi "the fundamentals" (dan pengarangnya) dengan judul-judul dalam bahasa aslinya, yaitu bahasa inggris
the virgin birth of christ - james orr
the deity of christ - benjamin b. warfield
the purposes of the incarnation - g.
the personality and deity of the holy spirit - r. a. torrey
the proof of the living god - arthur t. pierson
history of the higher criticism - dyson hague
a personal testimony - howard a. kelly
the testimony of the monuments to the truth of the scriptures - george frederick wright
the recent testimony of archaeology to the scriptures - m. g. kyle
fallacies of the higher criticism - franklin johnson
christ and criticism - robert anderson
modern philosophy - philip mauro
justification by faith - h. c. g. moule
tributes to christ and the bible by brainy men not known as active christians
inspiration of the bibledefinition, extent, and proof - james m. gray
the moral glory of jesus christ a proof of inspiration - william g. moorehead
god in christ the only revelation of the fatherhood of god - robert e. speer
the testimony of christian experience - e. y. mullins
christianity no fable - thomas whitelaw
my personal experience with the higher criticism - j. j. reeve
the personal testimony of charles t. studd
the tabernacle in the wilderness: did it exist?
- david heagle
the testimony of christ to the old testament - william caven
the bible and modern criticism - f. bettex
science and christian faith - james orr
a personal testimony - philip mauro
life in the word - philip mauro
the scriptures - a. c. dixon
the certainty and importance of the bodily resurrection of jesus christ from the dead - r. a. torrey
observations of the conversion and apostleship of st. paul - lord lyttleton (dianalisis dan dimampatkan oleh j. l. campbell)
a personal testimony - h. w. webb-peploe
the testimony of foreign missions to the superintending providence of god - arthur t. pierson.
is there a god? - thomas whitelaw
sin and judgment to come - robert anderson
the atonement - franklin johnson
the god-man - john stock
the early narratives of genesis - james orr
the person and work of jesus christ - john l. nuelsen
the hope of the church - john mcnicol
the passing of evolution - george frederick wright
inspiration - l. w. munhall
the testimony of the scriptures to themselves - george s. bishop
testimony of the organic unity of the bible to its inspiration - arthur t. pierson
one isaiah - george l. robinson
the book of daniel - joseph d. wilson
three peculiarities of the pentateuch - andrew craig robinson
millennial dawn: a counterfeit of christianity - william g. moorehead
old testament criticism and new testament christianity - w. h. griffith thomas
evolutionism in the pulpit - anonymous
decadence of darwinism - henry h. beach
paul's testimony to the doctrine of sin - charles b. williams
the science of conversion - h. m. sydenstricker
the doctrinal value of the first chapters of genesis - dyson hague
the knowledge of god - james burrell
"preach the word" - howard crosby
mormonism: its origin, characteristics, and doctrines - r. g. mcniece
the true church - bishop ryle
the mosaic authorship of the pentateuch - george frederick wright
the wisdom of this world - a. w. pitzer
holy scripture and modern negations - james orr
salvation by grace - thomas spurgeon
divine efficacy of prayer - arthur t. pierson
what christ teaches concerning future retribution - william c. procter
a message from missions - charles a. bowen
eddyism: commonly called christian science - maurice e. wilson
why save the lord's day? - daniel hoffman martin
the internal evidence of the fourth gospel - canon g. osborne troop
the nature of regeneration - thomas boston
regenerationconversionreformation - george w. lasher
our lord's teachings about money - arthur t.
satan and his kingdom - mrs. jessie penn-lewis
the holy spirit and the sons of god - w. j.
consecration - henry w. frost
the apologetic value of paul's epistles - e.j. stobo
what the bible contains for the believer - george f. pentecost
modern spiritualism briefly tested by scripture - algernon j. pollock
the biblical conception of sin - thomas whitelaw
at-one-ment by propitiation - dyson hague
the grace of god - c. i. scofield
fulfilled prophecy a potent argument for the bible - arno c. gaebelein
the coming of christ - charles r. erdman - argues that christ's second coming will be (1) personal and literal, (2) with great "glory" (change, disruption) to the world, (3) imminent (possibly occurring at any time).
erdman commends humility between diverse positions, talking in turn about pre-millennial, post-millennial, and preterist positions.
is romanism christianity?
- t. w. medhurst
rome, the antagonist of the nation - j. m.
doctrines that must be emphasized in successful evangelism - l. w. munhall
pastoral and personal evangelism, or winning men to christ one-by-one - john timothy stone
the sunday school's true evangelism - charles gallaudet trumbull
foreign missions or world-wide evangelism - robert e. speer
what missionary motives should prevail?
- henry w. frost
the place of prayer in evangelism - r. a.
the church and socialism - charles r. erdman
the fifteen books most indispensable for the minister or the christian worker
the fundamentals: a testimony to the truth from the fundamentals homepage
the fundamentals from internet archive
the fundamentals the nts library.
torrey's 4 volume set, downloadable pdf.