I’d like to address an important topic for any preacher: how to apply the text to the contemporary audience. Application scares many pastors, with some…
Red Rocks Baptist Church in Denver hosted our 99th annual FBFI Annual Fellowship meeting. What a tremendous time! I seem to say this every year,…
Throughout their history Baptists have been committed to autonomous local churches. Like other Christians, however, they have often noted the value of cooperation and fellowship…
In our fellowship meeting last week Kevin Bauder quoted Peter Masters saying that God is not the audience of our worship, He is the object…
Back when I was a college student I believe I possessed a fairly well developed sense of style. I was certainly no clothes horse. However,…
Great leaders spend their lives pursuing clearly stated goals. William Wilberforce, for example, said, “Almighty God has set before me two great objectives, the abolition…
To pray for other believers, you may follow Paul’s example. He thanked God for his brothers and sisters in Christ (Eph 1:15-16). He also asked…
Tonight at the opening service of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship Annual Fellowship, it was our pleasure to honor Dr. Ed Nelson for his many years…
It is so easy to fail in our mission to pass vital messages from one generation to the next. I often find myself falling into…
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man…
Many years ago there lived a woman who, you could truly say, had it all. She lived in the most beautiful home in her area.…
A recent look at 1 John started a new train of thought concerning this little book that seems to aid in understanding and applying its…
An Introduction to the Greek New Testament Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge. Wheaton, IL: Crossway , 2019. Reviewed by Brent Niedergall Solomon said, “And further,…
[Note: we published this article, a synopsis of a recent roundtable discussion, in the May/June 2019 issue of FrontLine. With this republication, we make available…
Recently I have been reading the inspiring biography of evangelist Dwight L. Moody written by his son, William. During the last quarter of the 19th…
The New Testament (NT) speaks directly to those who will become and who already are followers of Christ in the church. Christ launched the church…
It is impossible to escape moral judgments. Even in our post-modern, increasingly secular society, where many believe all truth is relative, we cannot escape making…
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). I have seen the changing of…
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods (Psalm 96:4). Thy righteousness also, O God,…
Baptists have distinctives, and in a typical ordination council, a Baptist ministerial candidate is asked to articulate them. Though some people may include additional items,…
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