Teach Us to Pray

By Proclaim and Defend | August 29, 2018 | Comments Off on Teach Us to Pray

FrontLine  | July/August 2018 When setting out to put together this issue of FrontLine, we regularly encountered an objection from prospective writers. Not, “Sorry brother,…

The FBFI and the Text and Translation Debate

By David Shumate | August 27, 2018 |

I have been asked to write about how the FBFI should view the boundaries of fellowship and other practical issues relating to the text and…

Staying on the Mountaintop

By George Stiekes | August 24, 2018 | Comments Off on Staying on the Mountaintop

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places…

The Error of Counterfeit Holiness

By John Van Gelderen | August 23, 2018 | Comments Off on The Error of Counterfeit Holiness

The Scripture upholds true godliness and holiness with statements like “Godliness is profitable unto all things” (I Tim. 4:8), and warns against the counterfeit, with…

Gospel Tract Soulwinning

By Jim Bray | August 22, 2018 | Comments Off on Gospel Tract Soulwinning

If we obey God’s Great Commission we will be concerned about and looking for opportunities to give the gospel message to the lost all around…

A Voice from The Past

By Thomas Overmiller | August 21, 2018 | Comments Off on A Voice from The Past

The Background The Gospel of John wraps up the public ministry of Jesus in an unexpected way, by returning to the memory of John the…

FBFI and the KJV

By Kevin Schaal | August 20, 2018 |

Some questions have arisen as a result of Mark Ward’s presentation at our Annual Fellowship regarding the King James Version.  I would just like to…

Hills and Valleys

By George Stiekes | August 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Hills and Valleys

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places…

Life Is Like a Dickens Novel

By Thomas Overmiller | August 16, 2018 | Comments Off on Life Is Like a Dickens Novel

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go…

Church Music – Old Versus New?

By Rory Johnson | August 15, 2018 |

Recently I had a conversation with another Christian and I was “challenged” (that may be too strong a word) to select more ‘modern’ hymns for…

Chapter 4 – Trusting in the Silence

By Cary Grant | August 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Chapter 4 – Trusting in the Silence

“All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning…

When the Rule Book Changes

By Kevin Schaal | August 13, 2018 |

I have been getting requests to address rule book changes at BJU. Now that IS a can of worms because the requests are running both…

Best of Blogs: On Preaching

By Don Johnson | August 10, 2018 |

Just a few days ago, I read an outstanding blog article on preaching by Michael Kruger, president of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC.…

On Television

By George Stiekes | August 9, 2018 | Comments Off on On Television

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes (Psalm101:3a). Recently, I went through the normal old age event called “cataract surgery.” It is difficult…

Choices, Circumstances and the Providence of God

By Thomas Overmiller | August 8, 2018 | Comments Off on Choices, Circumstances and the Providence of God

Every sunrise welcomes a new day filled with choices you will make and circumstances you will encounter. For some, this daily adventure is exhilarating. For…

Building Trust Relationships

By Don Johnson | August 7, 2018 | Comments Off on Building Trust Relationships

A developing romantic relationship contains many fearful delights. The delights are too numerous to exhaustively list, but they include the delight of discovery, the unfolding/revealing…

Two Stories Can Be Better Than One

By Kevin Schaal | August 6, 2018 |

Expository preaching presents some amazing challenges at times. In preaching through the lives of Elijah and Elisha some passages just flow, but some make you…

Making Decisions, Trusting God and Casting Lots

By Thomas Overmiller | August 3, 2018 |

This series of wisdom statements in Proverbs 16 can help you to navigate the many decisions you make in life, big and small. A man’s…

Biblical Preaching – Are We Following the Right Template?

By Don Johnson | August 2, 2018 |

Years ago as a young preacher boy (I embrace the term!), I sat under a young Mark Minnick as he taught a number of us…

When It Looks Like God Is Losing

By Brent Niedergall | August 1, 2018 | Comments Off on When It Looks Like God Is Losing

It’s no fun when someone takes something from you that you weren’t looking to get taken. It’s just not a good way to start your…

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