Archive for May 2012
Archaeology and Biblical Evidences
by Don Johnson Today is a travel day for your correspondent, so we will have no ‘Around the Web’ feature this week. Instead, I’d like to offer you two highlights from my recent trip to London, England. At the moment this article posts (1 AM Eastern Time) I should be heading for Heathrow on my…
Read MoreThe Training Wheels of Evangelism
by Jim Oesterwind This is part 1 of a multi-part article. Part 2 is here. See also Pastor Oesterwind’s address at the Northern California FBF Fellowship meeting. Do you remember learning how to ride a bike? Many of us gained confidence riding our bikes through the use of training wheels. They are designed to give…
Read MoreThree Perils of Fundamentalism’s Next Generation
by Alan D. Cole The following article is from the February 2000 issue of Faith Pulpit, published by Faith Baptist Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa, and is reprinted here with permission. This article was first published by the FBFI in FrontLine Jul/Aug 2000. The 20th century has closed, and the world has moved into a…
Read MoreMedical Science and the Law of Moses
by Stephen Caesar This article first appeared in FrontLine Jul/Aug 2000. A common criticism of the Bible is that it is antiquated and thus no longer relevant to our modern world. Since it was written millennia ago in an unscientific age (the claim goes), it is of no use to us today except as an…
Read MoreAround the Web – May 11, 2012
This week, we found an interesting chart on why pastors and churches are heading toward conflict that often results in pastoral dismissal: “Pastor’s Fight and Flight”. Top two reasons: ‘recent church fights and shrinking congregations’… the next six: Short Sermons (seriously!) Almost no men in attendance Women pastors Young pastors Old congregants A slight majority…
Read MoreWindows: Evangelism (Part 2)
“To every preacher of righteousness as well as to Noah, wisdom gives the command, ‘A window shalt thou make in the ark.’” Charles Spurgeon by Jeff Musgrave This article originally appeared in FrontLine Jul/Aug 2007. This is part 2, part 1 appears here. From Part 1: This edition of Windows features illustrations to make soulwinning…
Read MoreWindows: Evangelism (Part 1)
“To every preacher of righteousness as well as to Noah, wisdom gives the command, ‘A window shalt thou make in the ark.’” Charles Spurgeon by Jeff Musgrave This article originally appeared in FrontLine Jul/Aug 2007. This is part 1, part 2 is here. This edition of Windows features illustrations to make soulwinning clear and compelling.…
Read MoreReaching the Nations at our Doorstep
by Matthew Recker This article first appeared in FrontLine, Jul/Aug 2007 I approached the main entrance of an apartment building in a West Indian community and overheard two girls behind me say to one another, “that guy is in the wrong place.” I turned with a smile and said, “No, I am right where I…
Read MoreTHE SOUND OF THE MUSIC
(DISTINGUISHING GOOD AND BAD MUSIC) by John Mincy It would be an understatement to say that music is dividing all kinds of churches in this first part of the 21stcentury. It is important for all Christians and church leaders to be informed about the fundamental issues involved. We should first ask ourselves, “What makes something…
Read MoreAround the Web–May 4, 2012
These items caught our interest this week: Nikki Haley on Faith – the governor of South Carolina was raised Sikh, claims now to be a Christian. Are her answers spiritual or political? Yesterday, Christianity Today published an astonishing article, The Passion of George Harrison – but we don’t merely wish to shake our heads at…
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