Are you satisfied? If you turn on the television, open a magazine, or go to the mall, advertisements will bombard you with reasons that you shouldn’t be: “All your dreams come true.” “Want a pay raise?” “Work hard, play hard.” These ads promise satisfaction if you will only buy their product, make more money, or…
Read MoreLuke 2.1 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And…
Read MoreIn the Sermon on the Mount Jesus told His followers, “Ye are the light of the world” (Matt. 5.14). Christianity has indeed been the light of the world, always standing in opposition to the world’s great evils, be it slavery, abortion, infanticide, human sacrifice, or any such atrocity. The mutineers of the British ship Bounty…
Read MoreThe recent shooting at Abundant Life Christian School brings, again, the subject of school violence to the minds of Christian School parents. In the years since the pandemic, school shootings have skyrocketed across the country. In 2000, there were 31 school shooting events nationwide—which was a fairly average year for the time period. In…
Read MoreThis is our pre-Christmas edition of the podcast. We will take a break for a couple of weeks because most of us have family business to take care of just now. We will be back in January with more interviews from the November/December edition of FrontLine. Today we have the Associate Editor for that edition,…
Read MoreChristmas Day comes once a year, and for Christians, this day means something more than traditions and gifts, as wonderful as those things can be. Christmas reminds us of the birth and thus in incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. He became flesh to die for you and me. Hebrews 10:5–10 reminds us of these…
Read MoreThen those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. John 6:14 Jesus fed over 5,000 people with five barley loaves and two small fishes (John 6:9). When the people saw it, they concluded that Jesus was the prophet…
Read MoreSpiritual growth is possible because of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit actively works in our lives to make us more like Christ. He accomplishes His sanctifying work in several different ways: He Intercedes for Us – Ro. 8:26-27 There are times when we simply do not know what we should pray for.…
Read MoreThere is only one gospel, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since the days of the early church, Satan, the destroyer of men’s souls, has provided many imitations of the true and only gospel. But there is at least one thing these false or pseudo-gospels have in common. They cannot save from sin nor deliver the…
Read MoreSanta Claus is everywhere around Christmas. But did you know that there was a real Saint Nicholas? He was the pastor of a local church that was likely founded by the Apostle Paul on one of his early missionary journeys. Most of the information we have about Nicholas of Myra comes from a history of…
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