One of the reasons we have contention in the church is that we tend to believe what is right in our own eyes. We don’t…
Podcast 2: Dr. Bud Steadman gives a preview of his session at the FBFI conference where he will be looking carefully at the question: Should…
While working on a sermon covering Philippians 2:12-13, I found question 38 of the Baptist Catechism quite helpful. BAPTIST CATECHISM AND SANCTIFICATION [On catechism’s, see…
Podcast 1: Dr. Chuck Phelps gives a preview of what to expect at the Foundations Baptist Fundamental International Conference this June 14-16. He also gives…
This is Memorial Day. On this day we remember those who gave their lives to preserve the freedoms we hold dear. Our congregation has…
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy,…
If you had to choose an animal which you believed best represents you, what would it be? Would it be a tiger? A golden retriever?…
Surely, we must be living in the last days. We haven’t seen fighting like this in the middle east in years. Riots, bombings, and attacks…
I’ve always been intrigued by The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It’s an old poem. A long, old poem by a guy named Coleridge. Out…
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to…
This week our theme came to be the roles of men and women in our various relationships, especially concerning ordination to Christian ministry. Recent controversy…
Does the Bible allow women to be pastors and preachers? The recent ordination of three women to pastoral ministry at Saddleback Church in California makes…
[Editor’s note: This article first appeared in FrontLine in 2013, and we republished it here on P&D in 2014. Since women’s ordination is once again in…
Some issues in theological discourse just never go away. Supporters on one side or the other are committed and tenacious in the articulation and defense…
1 Timothy 1:18-20 This passage is a very personal commission given from Paul to Timothy. However, it is also the commission that is laid upon…
I recently completed Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley’s best-seller about the six U.S. Marines who raised the flag on top of Mt. Suribachi during…
Our jobs and careers are a major part of our lives. In 2019, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an American Time Use Survey.…
Has God preserved a fixed master copy of the Scriptures? God has preserved His written Word. We have the Bible. But He has done so…
From the time Emily and I first knew we were expecting, we sang “Jesus Loves Me” to our daughter Evelyn. She heard it in the…
We live in a culture where people like to wear tags, and especially what to “identify” according to specific groups and preferences. Some want…
