Posts by Don Johnson
Podcast – Interview 14: Living with Adult Children in the Home [FrontLine May/June 2023]
Alan and Nancy Cole are members of the faculty at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. They have been married for thirty- two years and have two grown sons. Earlier this summer, Alan and Nancy and one of their sons sat down with me to talk about the article they co-wrote for our magazine. We…
Read MoreMost People Really Do Believe in God
Even if they don’t want to say so. Yesterday’s post from Forrest McPhail, “Sending You Good Vibes,” brought this to mind. The way I hear or see that idea is often in this form: “thoughts and prayers,” or sometimes just “thoughts are with you,” as if one would think the individual has the mental power…
Read MoreWhy marriage matters
If a cohabiting couple is reluctant to get married because they say “a piece of paper doesn’t change anything”, their reluctance is a sign they don’t even believe their own claim. If it doesn’t change anything, why not go ahead and get married? It seems they actually realize that the piece of paper does mean…
Read MoreSpeaking Truth to Our Generation
Kevin Schaal’s article on Monday (Fighting for Free Speech is Fighting for the Gospel)touched on something I’ve been thinking about recently. Our times are full of stories from various locales citing pressure tactics on Christians to conform to the new state religion of “freedom-of-sexual-expression-no-matter-how-bizarre.” I’m not sure what label we should put on this, but…
Read MoreThe limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics – Our World in Data
It’s tempting to believe that we can simply rely on personal experience to develop our understanding of the world. But that’s a mistake. The world is large, and we can experience only very little of it personally. To see what the world is like, we need to rely on other means: carefully-collected global statistics. Source:…
Read MoreInterview 07: Mark Stuckey – “The Ethics of Death”
Our interview offers a discussion around “The Ethics of Death,” an article appearing in the January/February 2023 issue of FrontLine magazine. Paid subscribers can read the full article at our Substack. Here is the opening paragraph: Death. It’s a term that evokes many negative thoughts and emotions. It certainly raises questions in the minds of…
Read MoreThe Weapons of our Warfare
It seems our world has been under increasing spiritual attack in the last months. It’s hard to remember when it all started, but the attack on reality itself is gathering no small amount of steam. We are told by our betters that love means hate, that a man can be anything he wants to be,…
Read MoreThe Gospel at Street Level
We often urge others to be evangelists, get out the gospel, be a witness, and so on. Most Christians would agree that our business is the Great Commission, but we often struggle with how to put it into practice. There are various barriers naturally in place that may seem insurmountable. For example, as an employee,…
Read MoreWhat a Southern Baptist Can Learn from an Independent Baptist
Last Friday night, I attended the anniversary of the ministry of Evangelist Tim Lee. The title of this essay is not intended to suggest that there is only one thing to learn or even just a plethora of insights. Neither is it my intention to imagine that Independent Baptists have not had their share of…
Read MoreEpisode 3: Should We Heal or Pray? A Defense of Modern Medicine
Our January/February 2023 issue of FrontLine, Biblical Counsel for Medical Choices, includes the article “Should We Heal or Pray? A Defense of Modern Medicine” by Brett Williams. Brett has been a pastor and is the provost of Central Baptist Seminary. We had an interesting conversation about his article which surveyed the history of Christian attitudes…
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