Archive for March 2013
“Must Hear” Preaching–the 2013 South Regional
We apologize for the delay in publishing the messages from the recent South Regional FBFI Conference. Several of you have written looking for them. After editing and listening to them, I have to agree – these messages are more than worth hearing, they are “Must Hear” Preaching. Read on to get an overview.
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013.3.28
News of interest or oddity collected in recent rovings around the net. Relevance – we need to be ‘with it’, don’t we? Searching for one-size-fits-all religion As I mentioned before, I’m not religious. If I were, however, I think I’d have something more important to worry about than God’s relevance to me. I’d worry about…
Read MoreTheistic Evolution: Tolerable or Treacherous? (3)
Joseph L. Henson This article first appeared as the lead article in the first issue of the magazine, Faith for the Family, published March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. Part One • Part Two If you are serious in defending theistic evolution, in all likelihood you will feel that man originated in several…
Read MoreGrappling With the Mystery of the Incarnation
Joel Arnold It’s hard to think of many topics more abstract than mystery. God is one in essence, yet also exists in three persons in a way that transcends human comprehension… This is not the stuff of mommy-blogs and water-cooler discussions. But mystery came into the human world in an overwhelming way that has practical…
Read MoreThere Is a Fountain Filled with Blood • William Cowper (1731–1800)
Vicki Johnson William Cowper (pronounced Cooper), one of England’s most beloved and revered poet laureates, struggled throughout his life in the deep sea of mental illness. His literary achievements as a poet, translator, and letter writer brought him worldly fame, but his contributions as a hymn writer brought glory to the God whom he loved…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Mihály Kornya (6)
David Potter Mihály Kornya recognized the importance of music. Three of his daughters, Mária, Sára and Teréz, translated most of the early Hungarian Baptist hymns from German. This they did anonymously and without material compensation. The three daughters traveled with their father, and even without him, to teach the new hymns to the people. Kornya…
Read MoreA Fundamentalist Manifesto (NW Regional Fellowship)
Perhaps my headline overstates the case somewhat, but I invite you to take the time to listen to the messages from the recently concluded Northwest Regional FBFI Fellowship meeting. Pastor Mike Harding was our keynote speaker this year. He delivered several outstanding messages. I’d like to highlight two of them in particular. The first is…
Read MoreTheistic Evolution: Tolerable or Treacherous? (2)
Joseph L. Henson This article first appeared as the lead article in the first issue of the magazine, Faith for the Family, published March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. This is part two. Part one is here. Through the thirties and forties there was a dearth of intelligent fundamental apologetics dealing with creation…
Read MoreLord, Lay Some Soul Upon My Heart
Kristopher Schaal The following testimony is about an event that occurred some weeks ago. Last week, Nathanael and I visited Sun Grove nursing home. We played a trumpet/trombone duet, and I preached. I was really praying that God would save someone, but no one came and talked to me about salvation after the sermon. However,…
Read MoreWe All Want a Pope (or why Jesus is a better leader)
Joel Arnold As white smoke ascended above the roof of the Sistine chapel, the Catholic faithful packed St. Peter’s square, huddled under umbrellas in the cold and rain. Expectations, celebration, and the noise level all ran high when Francis I stepped forward, the first non-European pope in 1300 years. But you’re Protestant. Who cares about…
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