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Podcast – Interview 37: Tom Alvis on Christian Influence in a Post-Christian Culture
We are talking about the March/April 2024 edition of FrontLine called “Salt and Light in Your City and State.” Our host for this session is Gordon Dickson, who served as our Associate Editor for this edition of the magazine. The guest today is pastor Tom Alvis, from Powhatan, Virginia. Tom wrote an article for FrontLine…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 35: Steve Thomas on The Salty, Light-Bearing Church
The Salty, Light-Bearing Church We are talking about the March/April 2024 edition of FrontLine called “Salt and Light in Your City and State.” Our host for this session is Gordon Dickson, who served as our Associate Editor for this edition of the magazine. The guest today is pastor Steve Thomas, from Flat Rock Michigan. Steve…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 33: Gordon Dickson on Salt & Light in Your City and State
Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. In this edition we are talking to Gordon Dickson about the March/April issue of FrontLine with the theme “Salt & Light in Your City and State.” Gordon is the associate editor for FrontLine this time and is also recently retired from a long pastoral ministry in Findlay, Ohio.…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 32: Multiculturalism and the Local Church
Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. Our topic today is an article from the January/February issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” This interview concludes our series for this issue of the magazine. Our guest today is pastor David deBruyn of Johannesburg, South Africa. He wrote an article called “Multiculturalism and…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 31: “All Things to All Men” with Ryan Martin
Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. Our topic today is an article from the January/February issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our guest today is pastor Ryan Martin from Columbiaville, Michigan. He wrote an article called “All Things to All Men.” He is talking about the concept of “contextualization,” something…
Read MoreBob Jones University announces Joshua Crockett as its new President
Congratulations to Bob Jones University and to Joshua Crockett on his being named as the institution’s sixth president. Serving as the President of any institution of higher learning in these tumultuous times is an endeavor that requires wisdom, fortitude, humility, faithfulness to the scriptures, and the dynamic blessing of God. All those character qualities have…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 30: Baptists, Dispensationalists, and Christian Nationalism with Michael Riley
In this political season, we’ve heard about something called “Christian Nationalism.” It’s a term used by those on the left to demonize everyone on the right, while many Christians are mystified by these charges. After all, they are Christians, they love their nation, and what is wrong with that? Well, our guest today helps us…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 29: The Church and Cultural Engagement
Our podcast continues with discussion of articles in the January/February edition of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” The article we are discussing today is called, “The Church and Cultural Engagement” with author Michael Carlyle. He is the Scripture engagement manager for Bibles International. We are all aware how our culture is swiftly…
Read MorePodcast: Interview 27 – Matt Shrader, Christian Responses to Culture
The January/February edition of FrontLine magazine was on the topic, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our authors are examining first of all whether we should set cultural reformation as our goal, and then, depending on our answer, what we should do about it. For this interview, I sat down with Matt Shrader, professor of Historical Theology at…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 26: Kevin Bauder – What Is Worldliness?
The January/February edition of FrontLine magazine was on the topic, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our authors are examining first of all whether we should set cultural reformation as our goal, and then, depending on our answer, what we should do about it. For this interview, I sat down with Kevin Bauder, the Associate Editor for this…
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