Archive for June 2012
Jesus on Marriage and Divorce (2): Divorce for Immorality?
by Jim Oesterwind There is a digital fantasyland called Second Life where people live virtual lives because they have become disengaged from the real world. One woman’s husband in the real world asked another woman to become his wife in the virtual world. Imagine the devastation that causes. The ‘virtually abandoned’ wife said that her…
Read MoreAround the Web–6/15/12
Is Rap Really a Canvas? David de Bruyn begins what looks to be an excellent series of posts arguing against the neutrality of musical forms like rap. We published an article by our friend Brian Collins on Tuesday – “A New Song? What the early church might have thought of CCM”. He adds three additional…
Read MoreGrowing In Grace–FBFI Annual Fellowship in progress
Our theme for the 92nd Annual Fellowship is in progress with one more day remaining. We thought it appropriate to highlight the main session messages preached thus far and available here on Proclaim & Defend. The theme of our conference this year has been Growing in Grace. Our speakers have contributed mightily to our understanding…
Read MoreWhen deeds are the only ‘words’ preached, do you have a gospel witness?
An article review: Works and Words: Why You Can’t Preach the Gospel with Deeds And why it’s important to say so. Duane Litfin| posted 5/30/2012 10:43AM The article is located at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/may/litfin-gospel-deeds.html by Don Johnson We’d like to call your attention to an article by Duane Litfin, president emeritus of Moody Bible Institute. The article…
Read MoreFBFI National Fellowship Meeting begins
Our National Fellowship Meeting began tonight in Chandler, Arizona at Tri-City Baptist Church. We enjoyed a tremendous service with wonderful singing from the choir, special numbers and congregation. The preacher for the opening night was Evangelist Steve Pettit, delivering one of his usual fine messages, “Union with Christ: The Foundation for Spiritual Growth”. (Click the…
Read MoreA New Song? What the early church might have thought of CCM
Stapert, Calvin R. A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. a review by Brian Collins Historical theology provides a great service to the church, especially when applied to matters that are fiercely debated among God’s people today. C. S. Lewis, in his famous celebration of…
Read MoreJesus on Marriage and Divorce (1): Divorce for Any Reason?
by Jim Oesterwind One writer recently observed, “A divorce is like an amputation: You survive, but there’s less of you.”1 Another concludes, “Divorce, as a cure, is far worse than the disease.”2 Marriage is under attack like never before in our country. People minimize God’s institution of marriage by deciding that they will just live…
Read MoreKindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–3)
by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the third of three parts. We repeat the introduction for continuity. [Part One] [Part Two] Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter…
Read MoreKindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–2)
by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the second of three parts. We repeat the introduction for continuity. [Part One] [Part Three] Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter…
Read MoreKindling to Stoke a Burning Heart (Life of Christ–1)
by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. This is the first of three parts. [Part Two] [Part Three] Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Over a quarter of a century ago, Wilbur Smith,…
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