Alcohol Explained, by William Porter manufactured by Amazon.ca, Bolton, ON, n.d. William Porter is, by his own description, “a middle-aged lawyer” who gave up drinking…
One short quote in David Beale’s excellent new book Christian Fundamentalism in America is getting a lot of attention, After being the premier Fundamentalist academic…
Christians are called to share Christ with their unbelieving friends and acquaintances (2 Corinthians 5:20), but very often we feel inadequate when presenting or defending…
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto…
[Note: Treg Spicer, one of our regular writers, is the successor to brother Benny Moran at Faith Baptist Church – Morgantown, WV. Pastor Moran served…
Life was wonderful! Paula and I finished college and on the heels of marriage began deputation, which was actually our extended honeymoon. Nine months later…
Would You Take Jesus to See Halloween? Not the holiday—the movie. I really can’t speak authoritatively on that particular movie, I have never seen it.…
I know few better ways to understand myself than being a father. Because kids are, after all, just little humans with all of the wonderful…
In the Name of God: The Colliding Lives, Legends, and Legacies of J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett O. S. Hawkins, B & H…
Cancel Abraham. He owned slaves and even impregnated one of them. Cancel Sarah. She enabled her husband’s escapade and persecuted the victim. Cancel David. His…
[Our friend and frequent contributor, Thomas Overmiller, is working through a series of studies on the office of deacon. He is posting these as short…
Covid has transformed the way we live and therefore the way we view the world. In an article in the Atlantic on Sunday Morning entitled…
Depression is a monumental bane to human flourishing. The contributors to depression can be, and are often, physical. A failure to get enough sleep, poor…
The lights dim as the music begins to play. The energy in the crowd seems to almost crackle audibly. You feel a surge of anticipation…
In an earlier blog we saw that the Great Commission and the Church began at the same time – on the Day of Pentecost. But…
[Our friend and frequent contributor, Thomas Overmiller, is working through a series of studies on the office of deacon. He is posting these as short…
We are enduring a masculinity crisis in our country. For many years men have been feminized by political forces and even in churches by a…
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them…
“There is no soundness in my flesh…there is no health in my bones…My wounds stink and fester…I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day…
Criticism is a crutch that makes the weak feel strong. It is a way for someone to look smart and successful while hiding in the…
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