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Grace and Gift are not Exactly the Same
Over the past decade or so, a new word has made its way into the American vocabulary by means of the advertising industry. It is the word “gifting”. It is an odd word since we already have the word “giving” which had been used in the same way that “gifting” is today. The presumed distinction…
Read MoreProspects for Religious Liberty in the United States
Questions We Are (or Ought to Be) Asking [Ed. note: This article comes from FrontLine, September/October 2013. In light of the present turmoil, the article is of interest in several ways. First, many of the concerns Dr. Shumate anticipated in the article are only growing more intense in our current climate. Second, though current threats…
Read More“Why Do We Have To Wait?”
Wally Morris I don’t like waiting. For several years, I worked in retail sales, and the most common complaint from customers concerned long waits in checkout lines. We don’t like waiting at stoplights, traffic delays, slow computers, and people who take forever to tell us something. Last summer, I pulled some poison oak weeds and…
Read MoreWas Simon Magus a Christian?
Don Johnson Simon Magus is the name for a man also called “Simon the sorcerer” in Acts 8. He made his living (undoubtedly a lucrative one) by astounding fellow-Samaritans with magic arts. Until Philip, the evangelist came to town, that is. When Philip arrived preaching the good news of salvation in Christ (and accompanied by…
Read MoreIt’s not hypocritical to be thankful
It’s as if a gang of thugs was mugging us — beaten, robbed, and likely on our way to being murdered. Suddenly a huge biker character emerges from the shadows, shouting vulgarities, with the smell of alcohol on his breath and tattoos of naked women on both arms. For some strange reason he beats…
Read MoreOur New Look
Proclaim & Defend is sporting a new look today, as I suppose should be obvious to all. You will find all our previous posts as you search through the site, but hopefully we have achieved a simpler, cleaner look. We also have a few changes I’d like to point out.
Read MoreRepentance Denied?
Hebrews 12:16, 17 Randy Leedy FrontLine • May/June 2008 Perhaps you, as I, have had a Christian friend who became convinced that he or she was under condemnation, an apostate denied any opportunity to repent. My friend and I had shared fellowship and ministry for years, but a variety of trials left him utterly defeated,…
Read MoreEvolution and Marriage
Don Johnson Recent reading reminds me how thoroughly our world is committed to Darwinism. We see its effects in theories on a wide variety of subjects in the human experience. One such is the subject of marriage. I suppose we should not be surprised, but most of my reading focuses on Christian themes and literature,…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe In the Pre-Tribulational Rapture
Matt Recker The rapture is the catching away of believing saints from the earth to meet Jesus Christ in the air. The English word “rapture” is not in the Bible but derives from the Latin word raptura, which means, “to carry away.” We translate the Greek word that relates to the word rapture with “caught…
Read MoreHope
George Stiekes For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope: Thou wilt hear, O LORD my God. Psalm 38:15 The Hebrew word for HOPE here more literally means, to wait, to be patient, to tarry and even to trust. The Greek word emphasizes trust and expectation. Our English word is much the same emphasizing confidence…
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