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Podcast – Interview 56: The Thinking Christian: Biblical Wisdom in an Emotionally Driven World (David Anderson)
This 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 MorePodcast: Interview 55: Chaplain’s Report: Serving in the Secret Service
This week we have a unique opportunity for our interview. I’m talking to authors from the November/December 2024 edition of FrontLine. Mostly we are discussing the theme of The Thinking Christian, but this time I am focusing on a regular feature of the magazine, our Chaplain’s Report. Our chaplain for this edition is Troy Shoaf…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 54: The Renewed Mind: The Key to Conformity to the Will of God (David Potter)
Our episode this time turns to the November/December edition of FrontLine, which came out on this theme: The Thinking Christian. Our first interview is with a man who is a long-time friend of mine, David Potter. Our first meeting was almost thirty years ago in Alameda, California. He served with the same mission board as…
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Thanksgiving. “Praise is the rent we owe to God, and the larger the farm the larger the rent. The Lord has many fine farms from which He receives little rent.”1 Psalm 105 Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to…
Read MoreInterview 53: Revelation: When Does God’s Wrath Begin?
In today’s session we are talking to Mark Swedberg, veteran missionary in Brazil. He wrote an article for our September/October FrontLine called “Revelation: When Does God’s Wrath Begin?” What he is addressing is the challenge to the pretribulation rapture brought on by those who teach a “pre-wrath rapture” position. The article fits in to the…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 52: 2024 Position Statements and “Why Was God Angry at Balaam?” (Dave Shumate)
I’m talking to some of our men who wrote articles for the September/October 2024 FrontLine magazine. The subject of the magazine was, “The Rapture.” Some of our interviews are with authors dealing directly with the theme of the magazine, but for this interview, I want to do something a little different. In each issue of…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 51: The Rapture in Matthew 24 (Michael Riley)
I’m talking to some of our men who wrote articles for the September/October 2024 FrontLine magazine. The subject of the magazine was, “The Rapture.” You’ll want to get a copy and dig in to what our authors say. Today’s guest is Michael Riley, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Wakefield, Michigan. Mike is a frequent…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 50: The Believer’s Hope (Brandon Carmichael)
The September/October 2024 FrontLine is on the topic, “The Rapture.” The topic is one Christians always are interested in, no matter what position on end-time events they hold. On the podcast, I am joined by a young pastor from Albion, NY, Brandon Carmichael. I’ll let him introduce himself to you shortly. His article is called…
Read MoreInterview 49: War and the Just War: A Christian Perspective (Gary Fisher)
We are talking about the July/August FrontLine on the theme, “God, the Christian, and Human Government.” For this interview I am speaking with Chaplain Gary Fisher. We’ve known each other for several years through the FBFI and we had a very interesting conversation about a Christian philosophy of what is called “just war.” Gary’s article…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 48: A Christian Approach to Political Change (Brian Collins)
We are talking about the July/August FrontLine on the theme, “God, the Christian, and Human Government.” For this interview I am speaking with Brian Collins who works for BJU Press. He’ll tell you a little bit about what he does when we start. Brian’s article is called “A Christian Approach to Political Change.” We are…
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