I'm Old Fashioned When It Comes to Theological Views

Well it's December once again and I know I don't feel too good about December for many reasons. One of them is because Christmas is indeed the most hypocritical time of the year. Suddenly, I'm reminded of the fact that I'm called "old fashioned" or "old fashioned Baptist". Christmas being the worldliest time of the year is always in competition with the old fashioned truth that Jesus Christ is the only Way to the Father and that His incarnation was necessary because man isn't basically good!

The reason is summarized in the song "The Old Fashioned Way".

They call me old-fashioned because I believe
That the Bible is God’s holy Word,
That Jesus, who lived among men long ago,
Is divine, and the Christ of God.  

Chorus:
My sin was old-fashioned,
My guilt was old-fashioned,
God’s love was old-fashioned, I know;
And the way I was saved was the old-fashioned way,
Thro' the blood that makes whiter than snow.  

Old-fashioned, because I believe and accept
Only what has been spoken from heav’n;
Old-fashioned because at the cross I was saved,
At the cross had my sins forgiv’n. [Chorus] 

Old-fashioned, because I am bound to do right,
To walk in the straight narrow way;
Because I have given my whole life to God,
Old-fashioned, because I pray. [Chorus] 

Old-fashioned, because I am looking above
To Jesus, my glorified Lord;
Because I believe He is coming again,
Fulfilling His holy Word. [Chorus]

Yup, that song summarizes why I'm called old-fashioned. When it comes to my theological views - I'm happy to say that by the grace of God that I'm old fashioned. The worldly lost may go ahead and call me a bigot but the truth of the Bible never gets old. A lot of stuff will get old but the Bible's truth never grows old. It's eternal, it's timeless and I'm seeing the old paths of that Old Book called the Bible! It's the old path of Jesus that leads to a new life in Him. The truth has never changed because God never changes!