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Is It Worship or Theatrics?
Gordon Sears [FrontLine MayJun 1994] Today the world is demanding changes, expressing an attitude that exclaims “Anything Goes!” Well, “Anything Goes!” might be acceptable in the secular world, but it is certainly not true in the Christian realm. God has given us definite guidelines in His Word so that we can know what is acceptable…
Read MoreWhen Does Old Age Arrive?
Bob Jones III When my grandfather was the age I am now and I was a teenager, I heard him speak often about how much older people had to offer the next generation — wisdom, prudence, experience, the benefit of learning from their mistakes. I did not receive his comments with understanding or appreciation. There…
Read MoreComments on Things Not Shaken
Don Johnson Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International. The messages from the conference were published in a…
Read MoreBaptist Fundamentals: Things Not Shaken
Cortland Myers, D. D. Pastor, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International. The messages…
Read MoreOn the Death of a Friend
Fred Moritz Just this evening (November 16, 2016) I learned that Jan Tolwinski recently passed away in Poland. He was a brother beloved and a faithful servant of Christ. I first met Brother Jan in the early 1980s at Engleside Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, in a missions conference with Dr. E. Wayne Thompson. Jan…
Read MoreBook Review: Iain H. Murray, Evangelicalism Divided
James Singleton FrontLine Jan/Feb 2004. Editorial Note: In light of our recently published issue on Convergence, this review from 2004 concludes with some probing questions that sound particularly applicable to our current situation. Iain H. Murray, Evangelicalism Divided, Banner of Truth Trust, 2000. This is an incisive and amazing book. Although its author would not…
Read MoreSigns and Wonders
Don Johnson Commenting on Acts 2.43 — And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. — John D. Polhill observes: “The miracles are described with the characteristic combination ‘signs’ and ‘wonders.’ The same phrase continues to be used of the apostles’ miracle-working in 4:30 and 5:12 and…
Read MoreThe Charismatic Problem
Wally Morris I grew up in Southern Baptist churches, baptized when I was 12, saved when I was 17, and re-baptized a few months later. Except for reading the Sunday School quarterly, I had not been to any Bible studies until I went to college and became involved with a college student ministry (the old…
Read MoreMiracles: Then and Now
Rolland D. McCune On occasion through the years one reads or hears of a great revival somewhere in the world, a sudden outburst of the power of the Holy Spirit. It usually includes the testimony of many souls saved as well as miracles of all sorts that seem to parallel those of the Bible. Fantastic…
Read MoreChrist is our Propitiation
Kent Ramler 1 John 2:2 Part of our FBFI Local Church Preaching series. Click here for this week’s featured sermon. Propitiation is not a common word today. Yet it speaks of the remarkable love Jesus has shown to us by dealing with the wrath of God against us as sinners. Many modern scholars minimize the…
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