Archive for July 2015
The Enigma of Evangelicalism
Lessons from a Godly Compromiser Layton Talbert Biography is surely one of the most interesting and engaging forms of literature. It is also one of the most instructive forms of revelation folded into the larger genre of historical narrative. The biography of Jehoshaphat reveals a remarkably timeless and complex personality with a great deal to…
Read MoreSeeking the Will of God
George Stiekes But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 If you truly want to know the will of God, it only makes sense that you will seek it. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;…
Read MoreNew Calvinism – The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness
From The Sword & Trowel 2009, issue 2 by Dr Peter Masters By special permission, we repost here an assessment of the New Calvinism. Please note that since its original publication, some of the ‘stars’ of the New Calvinism have fallen out of favor. Nevertheless, the critique of the philosophy of this movement is still…
Read MoreMissions-Minded
Chuck Phelps Our loving Heavenly Father was so missions-minded that He “sent His only begotten Son” (John 3:16). When Christians consider the matter of missions they consider a matter dear to the heart of God. The power of the American passport and American purse is a tremendous responsibility sadly forgotten by many American Christians. “According…
Read MoreShifting From “Come” to “Go”
Kevin Schaal As I pored through hundreds of decision cards I could not help but weep. It’s an experience that is hard to describe and even harder to believe for laborers in North America, but in the Philippines things are different. Student Movement for Christ International (SMCI), a Fundamental student evangelistic organization in the Philippines,…
Read MoreSweet Fruit From A Thorny Tree
Charles Spurgeon At times when our heavenly Father weighs out to us a portion of wormwood and gall in the form of bloody pain, we very naturally ask the reason why. Human nature at times asks the question in petulance and gets no answer. Faith asks with bated breath and gains a gracious reply. Our…
Read MoreLabor and Its Rewards
Norman Pyle “WORK” is a four-letter word which — unlike some less respectable four-letter words — seems to be falling into disrepute. In spite of the fact that individual enterprise and the will to work made America great, nowadays most folks want to work as little as possible.
Read MoreThe Promise and Perils of Speaking Up
David Shumate Our family recently visited the Titan Missile Museum south of Tucson, Arizona. The museum was inside a decommissioned nuclear missile silo that was part of America’s strategic defense system during the Cold War. There, underground, behind blast doors designed to withstand a nuclear attack, we saw the control room where Air Force crews…
Read MoreWhat’s in a Word?
Edward M. Panosian This article comes to us from the pages of Faith for the Family, originally published in 1974. Some of the terms discussed in the article have shifted their meaning since that time, but that shifting nature of language is precisely the point the article is making. In consequence, you will have to…
Read MoreA Slice of Baptist History
David Cummins The history of the “Separate Baptists” has been an ignored subject of our Baptist history, and yet we cannot account for the rapid growth of Baptists in the South and the proliferation of the Southern Baptist Convention without considering the influence of this group. Though our primary purpose is not to deal with…
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