How to Respond without Taking Revenge

By Gordon Dickson | February 15, 2022 | Comments Off on How to Respond without Taking Revenge

When someone sins against you, how should you fight your inner impulse to return evil for their evil? How can you respond without getting revenge?…

My Opinion Does Not Matter

By Kevin Schaal | February 13, 2022 |

  I am male, white, and middle-aged. The general message I am getting from our present woke culture is that I just need to “shut…

How Did the Apostle Paul Stand for His Rights?

By Don Johnson | February 11, 2022 |

Religious liberty still is much on our minds as some jurisdictions still face Covid restrictions on church services. We’ve talked about these matters before, and…

What’s “Fundamental” to “Fundamentalism”?

By David Innes | February 10, 2022 | Comments Off on What’s “Fundamental” to “Fundamentalism”?

Any discussion of Fundamentalism should begin with an understanding of the word “fundamental.” There is much confusion in the religious world and especially among Bible-believers…

The Misuse of Biblical Knowledge

By Ken Brown | February 9, 2022 | Comments Off on The Misuse of Biblical Knowledge

Some years ago, I read this humorous but real account from a Presbyterian layman whose article lamented that too often the churches in his denomination…

Repost: The 2021 FBFI Position Statements

By Proclaim and Defend | February 8, 2022 | Comments Off on Repost: The 2021 FBFI Position Statements

  [Ed. Note: We posted our 2021 position statements on June 17, 2021. In light of Kevin Schaal’s article yesterday, we’d like to revisit the…

The Education of Whoopi Goldberg and Race in Christian Culture

By Kevin Schaal | February 7, 2022 | Comments Off on The Education of Whoopi Goldberg and Race in Christian Culture

Whoopi Goldberg was suspended two weeks from The View for stating on air that the holocaust was not about race. The Atlantic characterized the comments…

Do This and Live: Leviticus 18:5

By Ken Casillas | February 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Do This and Live: Leviticus 18:5

Leviticus 18:5 looms large in law-grace discussions. The verse states, “Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he…

A Few Thoughts on Worship (2)

By George Stiekes | February 3, 2022 | Comments Off on A Few Thoughts on Worship (2)

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman,…

Let Your Words Be Few and Godly

By Dale Cunningham | February 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Let Your Words Be Few and Godly

Covid descended upon me in December, and our home became very quiet. Due to potentially coughing every time I wanted to speak, words were few…

Jordan Peterson says the Bible is the Foundation of Truth

By Kevin Schaal | January 31, 2022 |

In a long interview with Joe Rogan on Tuesday Jordan Peterson related his newfound understanding of the relationship of the Bible to truth.  He had…

Can God’s Blessing Become a Curse?

By Kevin Schaal | January 30, 2022 | Comments Off on Can God’s Blessing Become a Curse?

We had a deacon’s meeting this week in which we rejoiced in the financial blessings God has given our congregation through a very uncertain economic…

The What and Who of Discipleship

By Bob Condict | January 28, 2022 | Comments Off on The What and Who of Discipleship

One cannot help being somewhat repulsed at the strikingly short-sighted response of King Hezekiah recorded in 2 Kings 20:19. “Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good…

A Few Thoughts on Worship (1)

By George Stiekes | January 27, 2022 | Comments Off on A Few Thoughts on Worship (1)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). During the week, how much time…

Doing God’s Work Together

By Thomas Overmiller | January 26, 2022 | Comments Off on Doing God’s Work Together

Titus 3:12-15 At the risk of over-stereotyping, please allow me to suggest that typical Midwestern Americans (and Americans in general) tend to function in an…

How to Come Back from the Dead

By Gordon Dickson | January 25, 2022 | Comments Off on How to Come Back from the Dead

Revelation 3:1-7 How can we come back from the dead? What steps would we, as a church, take to return from near lifelessness? We can…

Principle not Pressure

By Kevin Schaal | January 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Principle not Pressure

The Arizona Democratic party this weekend censured Senator Kyrsten Sinema for not voting to get rid of the Senate filibuster—a parliamentary practice that has been…

Discipline: What If Scripture Isn’t Politically Correct?

By Joel Arnold | January 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Discipline: What If Scripture Isn’t Politically Correct?

There lurks within every human heart an intractable rebel, bent on refusing the rightful lordship of Jesus Christ. There is, of course, no answer to…

Who’s Making Your Kool-Aid?

By Ken Brown | January 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Who’s Making Your Kool-Aid?

Some of this blog’s readers have known me for many years, but I’m quite sure you didn’t know this: I was once a secret agent…

What Is an “Open Door?”

By Thomas Overmiller | January 19, 2022 |

When Christians speak about open doors, we often mean something different than when Scripture uses this phrase. In Scripture, “open doors” usually refers to –…

Note: All posts in News ItemsOpinion Pieces, and Home & Family are offered as a matter of interest to our readers. They do not necessarily represent the views of FBFI. They may often represent a different point of view which we think our readers might like to be aware.

Categories

Authors

  • A. J. Gordon
  • Aaron Berry
  • Aaron Blumer
  • Al Isaak
  • Alan Cole
  • Alan Patterson
  • Albin Huss
  • Amy Crane
  • Amy Greenwood
  • Andrew Hudson
  • Andy and Erika Merkle
  • Andy Efting
  • Andy Montgomery
  • Andy Rupert
  • Anna Musgrave
  • Barbara Harper
  • Beatrice Ward
  • Becky Vaughn
  • Ben Hicks
  • Ben Strohbehn
  • Beneth Jones
  • Betty Henderson
  • Betty Mitchell
  • Bill Griffin
  • Bill Lovegrove
  • Bob Condict
  • Bob Jones III
  • Bob Jones Jr.
  • Bob McLain
  • Bob Rutledge
  • Bob Whitmore
  • Bobbie Yearick
  • Bobby Howell
  • Bonnie Oberg
  • Brad McKenzie
  • Brad Stille
  • Brenda Vaughn
  • Brendon Johnson
  • Brent Niedergall
  • Brian Collins
  • Brian Green
  • Brian Hand
  • Brian Trainer
  • Bruce McAllister
  • Bruce Meyer
  • Bruce Oyen
  • Bud Steadman
  • Bud Talbert
  • Burt Campbell
  • Caleb French
  • Caleb Phelps
  • Cameron Pollock
  • Carl Sebris
  • Carol Loescher
  • Carol Robbins
  • Cary Grant
  • Charles Mellring
  • Charles Phelps
  • Charles Spurgeon
  • Cherith Newton
  • Chris Kundert
  • Chris Pennington
  • Chris Watson
  • Christian Acosta
  • Chuck Hervas
  • Claudia Barba
  • Clay Nuttall
  • Craig Hartman
  • Curtis Lee Laws
  • Cynthia Blake Simmons
  • Dale Cunningham
  • Dale Heffernan
  • Dale Seaman
  • Dan Greenfield
  • Dan Olinger
  • Dan Pelletier
  • Dan Unruh
  • Dan Wokaty
  • Dan Zeller
  • Daniel Dafoe
  • Daniel Huffstutler
  • Danny Sweatt
  • Darrell Post
  • Darren Hammermeister
  • Darryl Fournier
  • Daryl Jeffers
  • Dave Barba
  • Dave Pennington
  • Dave Saxon
  • Dave Sproul
  • Dave Stertzbach
  • David Abel
  • David Anderson
  • David Beale
  • David Burggraff
  • David Clark
  • David Cummins
  • David de Bruyn
  • David Harper
  • David Huffstutler
  • David Innes
  • David Minnick
  • David Oliver
  • David Potter
  • David Shumate
  • David Utter
  • David Huff
  • Dayton Hobbs
  • Don Johnson
  • Debbi Johnson
  • Dennis Peterson
  • Diane Heeney
  • Dick Mercado
  • Don Harrelson
  • Don Johnson
  • Doris Harris
  • Doug Bachorik
  • Doug McLachlan
  • Doug Proffit
  • Doug Wright
  • Dwight Gustafson
  • Dwight L. Moody
  • Ed Nelson
  • Edward Panosian
  • Elmer Rumminger
  • Emmett L. Williams
  • Erik Hanson
  • Faith for the Family
  • Forrest McPhail
  • Frank Bumpus
  • Frank Garlock
  • Frank Hall
  • Fred Moritz
  • Front Line
  • G. Archer Wenigar
  • Gordon Dickson
  • Gary Fisher
  • Gary Ledbetter
  • Gary Reimers
  • Gene Gurganus
  • Gene Trantham
  • George Binoka
  • George Mulfinger Jr
  • George Stiekes
  • Gerald Priest
  • Gerry Carlson
  • GFA Missions
  • Gil Fremont
  • Gloria Arnold
  • Gordon Dickson
  • Gordon Phillips
  • Gordon Sears
  • Greg Baker
  • Greg Linscott
  • Greg Stiekes
  • Guye Johnson
  • Habib Khoury
  • Harry Ironside
  • Holly Huffstutler
  • J. B. Williams
  • J. C. Massee
  • Jacob Reinhardt
  • James Delaney
  • James Singleton
  • Jan Milton
  • Jeff Davis
  • Jeff Musgrave
  • Jeff Straub
  • Jennifer McPhail
  • Jerry
  • Jerry Sivnksty
  • Jim Berg
  • Jim Bickel
  • Jim Bray
  • Jim Hollandsworth
  • Jim Oesterwind
  • Joe Henderseon
  • Joe Henson
  • Joe Vaughn
  • Joe Willis
  • Joel Arnold
  • Joel Berry
  • Joel Wagner
  • John Ashbrook
  • John Brock
  • John Whitcomb
  • John Huffman
  • John Mincy
  • John Monroe
  • John Van Gelderen
  • John Vaughn
  • Jonathan Hamilton
  • Jonathan Peters
  • Jonathan Sheeley
  • Jonathan Threlfall
  • Josh Prather
  • Josiah Dennis
  • Josiah Wambua
  • Josiah Sansone
  • Kathleen Barbee
  • Katrina Bate
  • Keith Gephart
  • Keith Hamblen
  • Ken Brown
  • Ken Casillas
  • Ken Connolly
  • Ken Endean
  • Ken Hay
  • Ken Rathbun
  • Ken Stephens
  • Kent Ramler
  • Kerry James Allen
  • Kevin Bauder
  • Kevin Brosnan
  • Kevin Collins
  • Kevin Schaal
  • Kim Melton
  • Kit Johnson
  • Kristi Davis
  • Kristopher Endean
  • Kristopher Schaal
  • Kurt Stephens
  • Kurt Woetzel
  • Larry Oats
  • Laura Hutchinson
  • Laura MacPherson
  • Layton Talbert
  • Levi Crumley
  • Linda Hull
  • Lisa Miller
  • Lyn Sehested
  • M. R. Conrad
  • Malinda Duvall
  • Marion Fast
  • Mark Batory
  • Mark Gillmore
  • Mark Herbster
  • Mark Minnick
  • Mark Ward
  • Marshall Fant
  • Martin Wickens
  • Marty Goggins
  • Matt Athey
  • Matt Davis
  • Matt Johnson
  • Matt Recker
  • Matt Walker
  • Matt Williams
  • Micah Colbert
  • Michael D. Cruice
  • Michael LaPierre
  • Michael Miller
  • M. Privett
  • Michael Riley
  • Mike Alvis
  • Mike Ascher
  • Mike Davidson
  • Mike Fair
  • Mike Harding
  • Mike Jones
  • Mike Mestler
  • Mike Redick
  • Mike Sproul
  • Mike Stalnaker
  • Mike Tardive
  • Mike Yarborough
  • Monroe Parker
  • Monthir Abdullatif
  • Morris Gleiser
  • Morris Hunsucker
  • Myron Houghton
  • Nathan Bate
  • Nathan Mestler
  • Nick Claxton
  • Noel Smith
  • Norman Pyle
  • Otis Holmes
  • Patricia Mondore
  • Paul Downey
  • Paul Henebury
  • Paul Michael Garrison
  • Paul Warf
  • Pearson Johnson
  • Pete Steveson
  • Peter Masters
  • Phil Kamibayashiyama
  • Phil Shuler
  • Phil Suiter
  • Preston Mayes
  • Proclaim and Defend
  • R. A. Torrey
  • Rachel Powell
  • Ralph Colas
  • Rand Hummel
  • Randy Fox
  • Randy Jaeggli
  • Randy Leedy
  • Randy Livingston
  • Randy Shaylor
  • Reynold Lemp
  • Richard Adams
  • Rick Barry
  • Rick Cross
  • Rick Flanders
  • Robert Browne
  • Robert McCabe
  • Robert Spivey
  • Robert Vincent
  • Roger Bergman
  • Roger Duvall
  • Roger Rodriguez
  • Rolland McCune
  • Ron Allen
  • Ron Ehmann
  • Ron Perry
  • Rory Johnson
  • Ruth Bumgardner
  • Sam Horn
  • Sandy Hartman
  • Sarah Overmiller
  • Scott and Becky Swinton
  • Scott Bullock
  • Scott Williquette
  • Shelly Hamilton
  • Sid Messer
  • Stephen Caesar
  • Stephen Zempel
  • Steve Hankins
  • Steve Pettit
  • Steve Schroeder
  • Steve Skaggs
  • Steve Thomas
  • Steve Whitmore
  • Steven Owen
  • Steven Smallwood
  • Stewart Custer
  • Susannah Barba
  • T. J. Klapperich
  • Taigen Joos
  • Tavis Long
  • Ted Harris
  • Ted McClellan
  • Terry Hagedorn
  • Terry Hamilton
  • Theo van Reijn
  • Thomas Alvis, Jr.
  • Thomas Overmiller
  • Thomas Strouse
  • Tim Fisher
  • Tim Lewis
  • Tim Locke
  • Tim Miller
  • Tim Richmond
  • Timothy Berrey
  • Tirrell Van Gelderen
  • Tom Nieman
  • Tom Wheeler
  • Tony Facenda
  • Tony Miller
  • Travis Smith
  • Treg Spicer
  • Tyler Robbins
  • Vicki Johnson
  • Volker Stoeckmann
  • Wally Morris
  • Walter Fremont
  • Walter Kirk
  • Warren Stuber
  • Warren Vanhetloo
  • Wayne Bley
  • Wilbur Schoneweis
  • Will Senn
  • W. E. Biederwolf
  • William Maher
  • William Ward Ayer
  • Wilson Wahl