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A Roundtable Discussion on “The Fundamentals”
[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 the full video recording of the discussion. You may access it here. Please note the password! “FBFI” (without the quotes)] Dr. Kevin Schaal (FBFI president), Dr. Kevin Bauder (Central Seminary),…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals
FrontLine | May/June 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 3 As the twentieth century dawned, a battle for the gospel broke out in the United States and around the world. The battle was not confined to any particular denominational group. The early fundamentalists understood that the very soul of New Testament Christianity was at stake—…
Read MoreGrowing in Small Groups
FrontLine March/April 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 2 In America, big churches are getting bigger and small churches are getting smaller. According to the Hartford Institute and Leadership Network, America boasted 150 “mega-churches” (2000 or more in the congregation) in 1980 and is home to nearly 2000 of them today. Simultaneously, the median attendance…
Read MoreInstruments of Change
In Romans 8:29 we learn that God has predestinated us to be conformed to the image of His Son. That is the ultimate end of all things — that God is going to make us, His people, like His Son Jesus Christ. That is why we were created originally. With the fall of man, we…
Read MoreAnnouncing The Fundamentals for the 21st Century
In 1917 the Bible Institute of Los Angeles printed a collection of articles—edited by R. A. Torrey, A. C. Dixon, and many others—called The Fundamentals. Leaders from all realms of fundamentalism made contributions. The articles identified and clarified the fundamentals of the faith as distinctive from what had become liberal mainline Christianity. The series has…
Read MoreWars and Rumors of Wars
FrontLine: January/February 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 1 December 8, 1941: The headlines across the country read, “WAR!” and “US at War!” Again our country would find itself in the throes of a worldwide conflict. Whether or not we would be victorious in this conflict, at least part of the outcome would be the…
Read MoreA Century of Trouble and Hope – FrontLine
November/December 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 6 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Job 12:23–24 The year 1919…
Read MoreA Biblical Formula for Stress
Stress has become a way of life for many today. We live in a world of stressed-out people. In the military environment, I have Sailors and Marines who come to me all the time who are really stressed out! With the long work schedules and constant deployments, it takes a toll on the body…
Read MoreUnity and Purity In The Church
A Historical Survey As early as the second century, two contradictory trends had developed that would affect the doctrine of the church until the present time. One trend was toward external unity; the other was toward internal purity. These two directions were present prior to the Reformation, as Catholicism formed around the concept of an…
Read MoreThe Double Cure
The first verse of the hymn “Rock of Ages”ends with these words: “Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure” (Majesty Hymns, 451). Interestingly, some hymnals have an alternate reading: “Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power” (Hymns for the Living Church, 149.) Fortunately,…
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