A Lesson on Our Sin from Basketball

By Treg Spicer | March 5, 2024 | Comments Off on A Lesson on Our Sin from Basketball

This past weekend proved to be a historical event in the lives of our family.  It was the final tournament of our basketball season!  It…

The Epoch Times and Falun Gong

By Kevin Schaal | March 3, 2024 |

I wrote last week about the intrinsic tie between a Chinese religious cult called Falun Gong and the popular conservative newspaper called Epoch Times. I…

Evaluating the Hearts of our “Church Kids”

By Holly Huffstutler | March 1, 2024 | Comments Off on Evaluating the Hearts of our “Church Kids”

Christian parents have the responsibility and privilege to bring their children up “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph 6:1–4). One of the…

The Coming Shortage of Pastors and Missionaries

By Bruce McAllister | February 29, 2024 |

Facing the Facts, Finding the Way Jesus put it bluntly: “the labourers are few.” He did not mince words. He challenged the disciples to face…

The Working Clothes of Love (2)

By Randy Livingston | February 28, 2024 | Comments Off on The Working Clothes of Love (2)

In his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul was constrained to speak on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they are to…

Endurance — Partaking in the Divine Nature

By David Oliver | February 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Endurance — Partaking in the Divine Nature

The word patience, as it is usually employed, means the ability to tolerate or to suppress irritation at delay or discomfort. But this patience is…

Shen Yun: The Evangelistic Effort of a Chinese Religious Cult

By Kevin Schaal | February 25, 2024 |

I fell for it. It eventually gets difficult to buy gifts for older people. After all, they have almost everything they need—in fact, usually more…

Podcast | Interview 24: Doug Bachorik – Beauty in Our Worship

By Proclaim and Defend | February 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast | Interview 24: Doug Bachorik – Beauty in Our Worship

In our FrontLine Interviews series, we turn to an article from our “The God of Beauty” edition of FL to an article by Doug Bachorik,…

A Living Faith Evidenced in Godly Affections: Part 2 (James 4:1-12)

By Kevin Collins | February 23, 2024 | Comments Off on A Living Faith Evidenced in Godly Affections: Part 2 (James 4:1-12)

James 4 begins by addressing the manifest problem of quarreling and fighting. James pinpoints the source of such a problem. Then he reveals the solution…

Working Clothes of Love (1)

By Randy Livingston | February 22, 2024 | Comments Off on Working Clothes of Love (1)

The concept of love in our modern American society is so very distorted from the truth. It ranges somewhere between the Hollywood version that is…

The Evangelist on the Titanic

By David Oliver | February 21, 2024 | Comments Off on The Evangelist on the Titanic

“Women and children first” expresses a code of conduct prioritizing the protection of women and children in a life-threatening circumstance. It is primarily associated with…

Redeeming the Culture?

By Kevin Bauder | February 20, 2024 | Comments Off on Redeeming the Culture?

FRONTLINE Volume 34 • Number 1 Many contemporary Christians propose that redeeming the culture is an important part of what Christ calls them to do.…

Should We be Trying to Redeem the Culture?

By Kevin Schaal | February 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Should We be Trying to Redeem the Culture?

On February 13, 2023, Matthew Loftus at mereorthdoxy.com published an article entitled You can’t Reclaim the Culture by Having More Kids. This has been a…

A Living Faith Evidenced in Godly Affections – Part 1 (James 4:1-12)

By Kevin Collins | February 16, 2024 | Comments Off on A Living Faith Evidenced in Godly Affections – Part 1 (James 4:1-12)

This section addresses and expands upon James’ third example (James 1:27) of what it means to be a doer of the Word (James 1:22)—keep oneself…

The Failure of the Fig Tree

By Treg Spicer | February 15, 2024 | Comments Off on The Failure of the Fig Tree

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.  (Psalm 19:1) I am sure we all have seen some beautiful places…

Podcast: Interview 23, Mike Riley – The Art of Appreciating Beauty

By Don Johnson | February 14, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast: Interview 23, Mike Riley – The Art of Appreciating Beauty

Our post today points you to our Substack where we host the Proclaim & Defend podcast. As you may already know, we use the podcast…

Snow Falls Slowly (or, I want patience, RIGHT now)

By Wally Morris | February 13, 2024 | Comments Off on Snow Falls Slowly (or, I want patience, RIGHT now)

Other than when a blizzard viciously whips the snow around trees and homes, snow usually falls slowly, taking its time to reach its destination. Gravity…

Alistair Begg and Controversial Advice

By Kevin Schaal | February 12, 2024 |

Many of you have been watching the story of Alistair Begg unfold over the last few weeks. Begg shared a story in a September 2023…

A Book Review of Scott Aniol’s Citizens and Exiles

By Kevin Collins | February 9, 2024 | Comments Off on A Book Review of Scott Aniol’s Citizens and Exiles

Previously I had blogged (here and here) that ministry stability and progress require unity in vision, mission, philosophy, and doctrine. I believe that Scott Aniol’s…

Parents Need to Address Issues of Human Sexuality

By Taigen Joos | February 8, 2024 |

I recently finished a series of lessons in our adult Bible study class about human sexuality. Honestly, the series could have continued for at least…

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