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Podcast – Interview 34: Arin Hess – Lobbying for Jesus
Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. I’m Don Johnson. My duties on the podcast are light for the next few weeks as we have Gordon Dickson hosting the interviews. I will just provide introductions. Gordon was our Associate Editor for the Edition of FrontLine called, “Salt and Light in Your City and State.” You’ve…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 23: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? – Scott Aniol
Our latest edition of FrontLine is called, “The God of Beauty.” We introduced this edition with Interview 20, where coordinating editor Mark Herbster laid out his objectives in assembling writers to address this topic. You can catch that interview here. This week we are talking to Scott Aniol who is the vice president and editor-in-chief…
Read MorePodcast: Introducing Dr. David Anderson of Maranatha Baptist University
When we heard the news of a new president at Maranatha Baptist University, we immediately reached out to secure an interview with him. We thought our audience would like to know more about Dr. David Anderson, get a sense of what is going on at Maranatha, and catch a bit of Dr. Anderson’s vision for…
Read More4 churches fined GH¢3,000 each for flouting noisemaking ban | Pulse Ghana
The churches are also required to present one sheep each and a box of schnapps (castle bridge) to the Ga Traditional Council registry. Source: 4 churches fined GH¢3,000 each for flouting noisemaking ban | Pulse Ghana An unusual story to us in the West. The article doesn’t give much context, so we offer it as…
Read More18 Christian Colleges Closed Since the Start of COVID-19
A new study from Higher Ed Dive found three dozen colleges and universities have closed or merged since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eighteen of them are Christian, including Methodist, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Church of Christ, and Independent Christian Church institutions. One minute they were there—seemingly as solid as the buildings, invested with…
Read MoreUnity Around the Lord’s Table
An important sermon on current troubles in our fundamentalist world. We commend Dr. Minnick’s careful approach. May God help his saints to work together for his glory. Unity Around the Lord’s Table Podcast Video
Read MoreHeterodoxy in the Rectory
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) recently released an interview with an Episcopal pastor who lead his church out of the Episcopal church. He explains the process he and his church followed and highlights the politics of contention within global Anglicanism. Obviously, we disagree extensively with Anglicans on a host of issues. We…
Read MoreThe Daily Chart: The Transgender Social Contagion? | Power Line
I’m so old that I get to begin a lot of thoughts these days with ‘I’m so old that I can remember. . .’ And one of the things I recall from a couple decades ago was the epidemic levels of eating disorders—especially anorexia and bulimia—among young women. Older readers may remember the intense media…
Read MoreHow Christian nationalism seeped into home schooling – The Washington Post
“It’s in there in theology. It’s in there in history. It’s in there in current events,” he said. Some of the most popular home-school curriculum textbooks, produced by publishing giants Abeka, Accelerated Christian Education and Bob Jones University Press, teach that the first Europeans to arrive in Virginia and Massachusetts made a covenant with God…
Read MoreIncarnate Forevermore | Central Baptist Theological Seminary
This raises an important question: is the Ascension of Jesus the end of the Incarnation? It would be easy to assume that Jesus, having accomplished everything the Father purposed in His humiliation, threw off His lowly human nature and returned to the same state He had before His birth in Bethlehem. Is Jesus, born in…
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