Special Northland Announcement

We have received the following press release from Project 14 Global Missions. FBFI is thrilled to learn of the possibility that the Northland campus can be saved to fulfill the vision of its founders and builders. Press Release from Project 14 Global Missions Released: 8:00pm, July 2, 2015 We are pleased to announce that Northland…

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When Success is Worse than Failure

Brandon Poulter at the Daily Caller published an article on the craziest courses being offered in institutions of “higher” learning across the US. Here are some extensive quotes from his horrible list. Princeton University offered a class titled “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” in the Spring 2023 semester, according to the…

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Is Your Way Really God’s Way?

I have addressed in a prior post (see here) the necessity of observing the difference between function and form in Scripture. While the Bible is heavy on function (what we are to do) it is light on form (how we are to do it). In fact, regarding forms in the New Testament, we find that:…

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Accreditation and Christian Higher Education

It’s happening already. Headlines this week feature a call on the presumptive Biden administration by an LGBTQ group to drop accreditation from Christian colleges and universities that abide by their biblical convictions concerning the gay and related lifestyles. Trouble is just around the bend. In the early 2000s controversy broke out among fundamentalist schools regarding…

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The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Delivery

Twenty years ago almost no reputable college, university, or seminary offered distance education. In fact, “distance ed” was one of the marks of a diploma mill. Nevertheless, the new computer technologies, and especially the internet, were about to provide platforms that could be used for widespread experimentation in distance education. An early adopter was Northland…

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Why We’re Still Here

FrontLine March/April 2017 | VOLUME 27 | NUMBER 2 John Vaughn and Mark Ward The Mail Bag section of the November/ December issue of FrontLine included an excerpt from a letter from Dr. Mark Ward, who writes On Language & Scripture for FrontLine. My editorial response mentioned the possibility of this special issue of FrontLine.…

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New Calvinism: Best Sellers, Scholars and Compromise

Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ This is Part 4 ♦ Part 5 ♦ Part 6 ♦ Part 7 Matt Recker World Magazine reported recently that “Seattle’s Mars Hill Church paid a California-based marketing company at least $210,000 in 2011 and 2012 to ensure that Real Marriage, a book written by Mark Driscoll, the church’s founding pastor,…

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Crossroads Conference – June 17

Crossroads Conference Dr. Les Ollila Topics: A Good Legacy Does Not Guarantee a Good Future Avoiding Pragmatism Dear Friend – Pastor Rick Arrowood and I would like to invite you to a very special morning with Dr. Les Ollila on Monday, June 17, 2013 at Colonial Hills Baptist Church.

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