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Former Drinkers Reflect on Alcohol
Don Johnson I recently ran across this article: “20 Common Things People Realize When They Quit Drinking Alcohol” The author of the article is summarizing the things that people report after having given up on alcohol. The worldviews are, as far as I can see, those of unbelievers. I would guess they are not the…
Read MoreIn Jesus’ Name, Amen
Randy Fox FrontLine Pastor’s Insert • January/February 2008 As a young child I was taught to close my prayers with the words “in Jesus’ name, Amen.” Most Christians wouldn’t think of ending a prayer, public or private, without affixing some reference to Jesus’ name. Why do we do that? Why, when we hear someone pray…
Read MoreA Parable on Selecting Kings
By Jotham, son of Gideon Judges 9.5-21 And he [Abimelech, son of Gideon] went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal [Gideon], being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. 6 And all the…
Read MoreWhat Made Elijah Run: Fear or Frustration? (1 Kings 19:3)
Randy Fox When we look at the story of Elijah’s flight and subsequent prayer for death, we wonder at his sudden reversal from power and boldness to fear and panic. It is startling to think of someone so strong as Elijah frightened away by the threat of Jezebel. Some would translate 1 Kings 19:3, “he…
Read MoreLegalize Marijuana? A Christian’s Perspective
Andy Rupert In November, 2015, Ohio voted on an important state constitutional amendment that among other things would legalize marijuana for individuals and setup a monopoly for a single company to produce the drug in ten Ohio counties. You can read the proposed amendment here. The amendment went down to defeat, but more because most…
Read MoreProphets, Priests, & Kings: The History of Israel’s Monarchy – Part 4
Layton Talbert Previously in this series: Part 1 – Transition to Monarchy (1 Sam 1-8) Part 2 – The United Monarchy (1 Samuel 9–1 Kings 11) Part 3-The Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) This article is Part 4 – The Southern Kingdom In her 345-year history (931-586 B.C.), Judah saw 20 kings (well,…
Read MoreDoes the Bible Condone Alcoholic Beverages?
Gary Reimers Fundamentalists find themselves in a difficult and awkward position concerning alcoholic beverages. By instinct, tradition and Biblical principle they are convinced that believers should abstain entirely. Yet that position is under strong attack today by others who also claim to believe the Bible. Among new-evangelicals the trend is toward “social drinking” as an…
Read MoreThree Views of Science (2)
Al Isaak (This is part 2, part 1 appears here.) The Compromise View While antagonism is not a justifiable view of science, neither is the imaginary harmony of evolutionary “theories” and the first chapter of Genesis. “Theistic evolution,” as it is called, has been popularized by such men as Bernard Ramm, and has found its…
Read MoreCultivating Faith: A Man of Conviction (Pt 6)
Jim Oesterwind Genesis 16.1-16 The descendants of Abraham would number as the stars are numbered in the heaven (Genesis 15). God is gracious to reveal that Abraham’s future descendants would one day come out of Egypt after about 400 years of affliction with great possessions, great numbers, and a great God. While God accomplished much…
Read MoreWhy Dispensationalism is Important
New Evangelicalism and New Calvinism: The Same Disaster: Part 3 Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ This is Part 3 ♦ Part 4 ♦ Part 5 ♦ Part 6 ♦ Part 7 Matt Recker Francis Schaeffer lamented in his final book, “Accommodation, accommodation … to accommodate to the world spirit about us in our age is the most gross form…
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