Daniel 11:5-12 How do you feel when you see a plan come together? Now sometimes, plans are hard to make. There are just so many…
After a year of Covid-19, riots, political upheaval, and changing political landscape one thing is clear. The world as we once knew it is gone…
My wife and I went to church six times Sunday. [Pastor Stiekes wrote this piece for January 26, 2021.] I’m sure this does not sound…
How would you have responded to a poll back in 1979? A 1979 Gallup Poll asked this question: If you, yourself, were testing your own…
We had the privilege of owning a “luxury” vehicle years ago. We even paid cash for it. It was a 1989 Ford E-150 conversion van.…
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from…
In 1983 Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn provided a concise explanation as to why, in his opinion, the horrors of Soviet communism occurred. He said, “Men…
In Galatians 5, the last point of the chapter discusses walking in the Spirit (Gal 5.16-26). A major point of that discussion is “the fruit…
Does God breathe? The Scriptures are God-breathed according to 2 Tim. 3:16. It says exactly this: “All Scripture is breathed out by God” Scripture is…
I spent the first 33yrs of my life in Ohio. I often say that my blood is not red, it’s scarlet! I love my Buckeyes!…
There is a great emphasis made on the Sabbath and Sabbath worship in scripture and there are arguments whether Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath” or…
FrontLine: January/February 2021 | VOLUME 31 | NUMBER 1 This edition of FrontLine addresses essential issues in “Discipling for Ministry.” Our writers have a strong…
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). The goal:…
Ask Pepsi how much error can cost you. Error can have consequences. A computer error back in the ’90s cost Pepsi their money and reputation…
I was in the fourth grade and we had a bully in our school that loves to pick on us. His name was Bobby. Bobby…
The traditional emphasis makes for a really good Sunday School story and coloring pictures. We all remember the pictures of happy children shouting “Hosanna!” and…
Those of us pastoring churches in Canada find it strange to have American’s paying attention to the goings on around here. Part of the big…
Not having taste or smell has been one of the strangest experiences of my life. I had no symptoms of Covid until I couldn’t smell…
What else comes from Chicago besides hotdogs and deep-dish pizza? Back in 1978 in the Windy City, 268 evangelical scholars signed on the line to…
Stumbling into my father’s morning prayers… When I was about 14 yrs. old, we lived in a two-story ranch-style home the bedrooms, living room, and…
