Should Mariann Budde have the only voice? Religious leaders have been clamoring to influence the newly sworn-in President of the United States. Mariann Budde, Bishop…
We are still discussing the November/December edition of FrontLine, The Thinking Christian: Biblical Wisdom in an Emotionally Driven World. Our guest this time is Steve…
Our country is presently abuzz with patriotism or despair, depending on how one views the recent inauguration of our forty-seventh president. Whatever opinions we may…
If we obey God’s Great Commission we will be concerned about and looking for opportunities to give the gospel message to the lost all around…
As I stood at the back of the funeral parlor, ready to step forward, the director tapped me on the shoulder to say, “We have…
Are you a church leader passionate about missions? Are you a church member curious about how to care for missionaries visiting your church? As a…
As I write, we are a week into the LA wildfires and the official containment level is still under 20% in most of the breakouts.…
We are working on interviews with the authors for our November/December edition of FrontLine magazine. We still have a few outstanding conversations to go through…
We have probably all heard the jokes that every Baptist fellowship involves food. From my experience I’d have a hard time refuting this. Our church…
We read in the Scriptures of the spiritual prosperity of the early church. A great love prevailed in the believers so that they “had all…
I don’t know what you are hearing, but I feel like I am constantly hearing two complaints from young adults today: 1) Loneliness is a…
Many Christian interpreters of the Bible will readily call you anti-intellectual, obscurantist, and other nice epithets if you dare to believe the Bible really means…
DEI in the Local Church? The discussion about Equity and Inclusion has been a roller coaster ride for the last eight years. The conversation usually…
We are back from our holiday break with new podcasts based on the articles in our magazine, FrontLine. We left off with an interview with…
A spiritual gift is a God-granted ministry to each member of the body of Christ in order to edify its members. There are a variety…
Fifty days after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit and led by Peter, ignited a gospel movement that spread…
Deuteronomy 4 gives us two strong statements about the nature of God. I am calling them “propositions.” A proposition is “Something which is asserted or…
I’m sure that every child of God has experienced a time when they longed for that confirming presence of God and yet felt very alone.…
As the calendar turns to 2025, the temptation to set lofty goals is ever present. New Year’s resolutions and goal-setting planners promise transformation and success.…
Romans 12:1–2 is a fun text to study. It’s easy to notice three imperatives that guide the passage (present, do not be conformed, be transformed)…
