What About Ash Wednesday?

By Treg Spicer | February 28, 2023 | Comments Off on What About Ash Wednesday?

[Ed. Note: This year, Ash Wednesday occurred last week, February 22. We sent out a request for comment to our writer’s pool on the whole…

How are You Sleeping, Christian?

By Kevin Schaal | February 26, 2023 |

  There are lots of reasons why people struggle with sleep and lots of them are modern in their origin—screen time right before bed, too…

The Jesus Revolution?

By Taigen Joos | February 24, 2023 |

The worldwide release of a new film entitled Jesus Revolution is set for today, February 24, 2023. The film is based on a book by…

A Warning Against Contentious Behavior

By Randy Livingston | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on A Warning Against Contentious Behavior

The Apostle Paul thanked God greatly for the evident grace in the lives of the Corinthian believers (I Corinthians 1:4).  Even so, as often is…

Why the Dearth of Young Preachers? (Part 2)

By David Oliver | February 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Why the Dearth of Young Preachers? (Part 2)

As part of a study on why it is becoming increasingly difficult for churches to find young pastoral candidates, the president of Barna Research, David…

Can You Address God as Mother if You had a bad Father?

By Don Johnson | February 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Can You Address God as Mother if You had a bad Father?

I recently took in a podcast from the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood titled “Should We Call God Mother?” I commend the whole session…

Is Your Style of Leadership Biblical?

By Kevin Schaal | February 19, 2023 | Comments Off on Is Your Style of Leadership Biblical?

As I preach through the book of Nehemiah, I am reminded of repeated conversations I had with my father over the years. I learned a…

The New You Puts on Truth

By Ken Brown | February 17, 2023 | Comments Off on The New You Puts on Truth

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Paul moves from doctrine to application, beginning in chapter four. After an exquisite detailing of our position in Christ…

Prayer: Putting It into Practice [FrontLine]

By David Shumate | February 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Prayer: Putting It into Practice [FrontLine]

FrontLine Volume 32 • Number 6 Prayer: Putting It into Practice Few topics are more important to the Christian life than prayer. At the same…

Why the Dearth of Young Preachers? (Part 1)

By David Oliver | February 15, 2023 |

According to Barna Research, half of all American pastors are 55 years old or older. Pastors 40 years old and younger constitute only 15 percent…

What Is Revival?

By Ken Connolly | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on What Is Revival?

F. W. Boreham described the time when he tried to comfort a distressed woman in an Australian railway station. Upon leaving the train she discovered…

The Asbury College Revival?

By Kevin Schaal | February 12, 2023 |

  Like wildfire, news services across the country have become infatuated with a revival that is occurring on the campus of Asbury College in Kentucky.…

How Churches Can Help Visitors

By Barbara Harper | February 10, 2023 | Comments Off on How Churches Can Help Visitors

In our four decades of marriage, we’ve been members of six different churches and visited several others. Most of the time, a change in church…

Jesus is King

By Don Johnson | February 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Jesus is King

In my annual “read your Bible” post, I mentioned an “intense” reading schedule I’ve sometimes used. Another pastor suggested it to me and I’ve used…

Sudden Storm: Survival Guide

By Gordon Dickson | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Sudden Storm: Survival Guide

Matthew 14:22-33 The Sea of Galilee is known for its sudden life-threatening storms. In the time of Christ, those who labored on Galilee were experienced…

Living with the Unanswered “Why?”

By M. R. Conrad | February 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Living with the Unanswered “Why?”

“The question was not ‘why’ but ‘what?’ God, what would You have me to do?” writes Ellen Vaughn in her excellent biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot.…

Dress for Success

By Ken Brown | February 3, 2023 |

There was a time when there were different clothes for different occasions.  I say there ‘was a time’ because today casual is accepted as the…

The Right to Life

By David Oliver | February 2, 2023 | Comments Off on The Right to Life

  So familiar and so profound are the words of the Declaration of Independence identifying the self-evident and unalienable rights of men that most think…

2023 FBFI Annual Fellowship – Ankeny, Iowa

By Proclaim and Defend | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on 2023 FBFI Annual Fellowship – Ankeny, Iowa

It is time to start making plans for the summer! Reserve the dates of June 12-14, 2023 and plan to head towards Ankeny, Iowa, and…

Intimidation Does not Produce Righteousness

By Kevin Schaal | January 30, 2023 | Comments Off on Intimidation Does not Produce Righteousness

To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. One person…

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