Thomas Overmiller The Theme of First John “Did I really mean it?” “Did I really understand, or was I just afraid of dying?” It is…
Gerald Priest, Ph.D. This article is part of a larger article by Dr. Priest, divided into five parts. I want to express briefly my own…
The battle over music in the church is an old, old battle. Calvin R. Stapert writes about it in his book, A New Song for…
David Potter The hysteria over the recent school shootings set me to thinking about protecting our children. The knee-jerk reaction of many people is to…
Your Bible Reading Plan Do you have a Bible Reading Plan? We are encouraging our church members to adopt a plan of regular Bible reading.…
More on school shootings: Game Theory: A Year When Real-World Violence Crept Into Play The author denies a connection between real world violence and video…
Part 3 (Part 1 here; Part 2 here) Doug Bachorik and Ryan Weberg In Part 1, the authors established the desirability of adopting new and…
Grammatical notes on Luke 2:13 David Potter “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,…” A…
Two miscellaneous items of interest: How the internet is changing language “There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. And with…
Doug Wright Most believers are aware that the typical Christmas pageant contains several inaccuracies – Mary was probably much younger than we picture, the manger…
Part 2 (Part 1 can be found here) Doug Bachorik and Ryan Weberg In Part 1 the authors established the desirability of adopting new and…
Doug Wright In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Rush Limbaugh noted that guns have been around for a long, long time, but the…
Joel Arnold Working in a Starbucks several weeks ago, my thoughts were completely sidetracked by an old, dirty van that suddenly jerked to a stop…
David Potter While hardly anyone has ever heard of Janos Lajos (John Louis), he should be remembered as a Baptist hero. A group of earnest…
Alcohol Greg Laurie: Is It Acceptable for Christians to Drink? “I can’t think of a single good thing that comes from drinking, but I can…
Thomas Overmiller Do you hang lights at Christmas? I’m not talking about the decorative kind that we buy at Walmart and plug in to a…
Part 1 Douglas Bachorik and Ryan Weberg Introduction “The songs we write will shape people’s understanding of who God is, who we are, how we’re…
A Review of Randy Leedy: Love not the World: Winning the War against Worldliness This is our second review of this book. We add it…
Doug Bachorik an excerpt from the new book, New Heart, New Spirit, New Song One of the temporal pleasures of being a missionary in a…
Katrina Bate Sometimes when I take the kids to the park or go to a store and start a conversation with another mom, it comes…
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