Ecumenism Then and Now

Noel Smith Alexandria in Egypt on the coast of the Mediterranean was founded by Alexander the Great, one of the most remarkable men in history, in 332 B.C. It was a splendid city. Its harbors formed by the island of Pharos and the headland Lochias, were suitable for commerce and war. Its merchant ships were…

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Myths about the Mayflower Pilgrims

David Potter As Americans, we rightly revere the Mayflower Pilgrims as pioneers of religious freedom and democratic self-government. As with heroes generally, mythology somewhat obscures the true story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Here I want to refute a few of the myths that you may or may not have heard.

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A Serpent’s Tooth

Betty C. Mitchell “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child” (Shakespeare, King Lear). The old king had tried to be a good father. He had given his daughters everything, and asked only their love. Now the time had come to retire and leave everything to them. He hoped to…

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Thankfulness: Behemoth Revisited

Steve Skaggs I saw The Behemoth again today. I hadn’t seen it for many months. There it was, in a vacant lot in a bad section of town, crammed full of clothing and I don’t know what else. Seeing it made me consider anew God’s continued undeserved blessings to me and my family. The Behemoth…

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Preach-ing or Preach-er? (3)

Mark Minnick Part One • Part Two • This is Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In part Two, he…

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Moritz: the Case for Cessationism

The Eclectic Web Headlining our eclectic gathering of links, Dr. Fred Moritz, FBFI board member and professor at Maranatha Baptist Seminary argues for the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts in the Maranatha Journal, recently published. His paper begins this way: The issue of whether revelation from God and the supernatural gifts of the Spirit have…

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Deceiving and Being Deceived

Bob Jones, Jr. Many years ago an “ex-con’’’ man said to me, “The easiest person to ‘con’ is’ another con man,” Since most readers of FAITH are respectable and, we hope, godly people perhaps we had better define some terms and translate this sentence into the sort of English they will understand. A “Confidence man,”…

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“Is The Pope Catholic?”

Wally Morris In response to a question which expects an answer of “Yes”, people sometimes say “Is the Pope Catholic?” Today that might be a good question to ask all by itself. Just how Catholic is this Pope? In March, Jorge Mario Bergoglio quietly assumed the papal seat of Peter, refusing some of the luxuries…

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Vibrant Faith, Believing Children

Don Johnson One of the most distressing experiences any Christian parent can have is to watch as their child abandons the faith of their youth. These tragedies are not far from any of us – names and faces immediately come to mind. The experience may be so common as to seem that this is the…

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Preach-ing or Preach-er? (2)

Mark Minnick Part One • This is Part Two • Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In this second part,…

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