Archive for April 2013
All Fundamentalists are Cultural
Chuck Phelps In seeking to define the new direction of a ministry some will claim to be historic fundamentalists while refuting “cultural fundamentalism.” When Christian leaders get honest, all of us are at times frustrated by the never-ending battle to define who we are and why we do what we do within Christian ministry. Yet,…
Read MoreJ. C. Ryle on Personal Separation
An excerpt from Holiness by J. C. Ryle The times require of us a higher standard of personal holiness, and an increased attention to practical religion in daily life. I must honestly declare my conviction that, since the days of the Reformation, there never has been so much profession of religion without practice, so much…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Mihály Kornya (9)
David Potter Kornya’s ministry had a remarkable range, both in time and in space. He traveled in what is now western Romania from beyond Oradea in the north to Arad and Timisoara in the south. He concentrated on this area and the corresponding area on the other side of what is now the Hungarian-Romanian border.…
Read MoreAs Then, So Now? (2)
Edward M. Panosian This article first appeared in Faith for the Family March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. This is Part Two • Part One here. Part One compared and contrasted the world of the first century and the world of the sixteenth, demonstrating many similarities between the periods. It closed with these…
Read MoreChuck Phelps on Personal Separation
FBFI Board Vice Chairman, Dr. Chuck Phelps has written an excellent article titled, ‘It’s Not About Cultural Fundamentalism It’s About Personal Separation,” that deserves wide circulation. Although the article has already appeared on other sites, the article needs to be read by all readers of Proclaim and Defend, and is featured below, with the author’s permission:…
Read MoreThat Glorious Company: The Commentators! (3)
Mark Minnick Part Three of Three: In which Dr. Minnick shares his wisdom on selecting commentaries. [Part One • Part Two] Part One begins by discussing The Basis for Evaluating Commentaries. Part Two discusses The Characteristics of Good Commentaries. Part Three follows: Answering Our Questions Literal Exegesis. Literal exegesis takes the “meaning of language in…
Read MoreContemplating the Mystery of Evil
We’ll never understand it. But do we have to? Joel Arnold Two explosions, 12 seconds apart. People running to get away from one, only to find themselves in front of the second. Cheering instantly transformed into cries of terror, with a bomb blast punctuating the difference. And a nation reeling to understand, process, punish what…
Read MoreAbortion Clinic Horror
David Potter I first heard about the horror story from the Philadelphia abortion clinic two years ago. Finally, after all this time, some of the media have been shamed into covering it as the trial unfolds. If you depend on the mainstream media for your information, you will need to look on the internet to…
Read MoreAs Then, So Now? (1)
Edward M. Panosian This article first appeared in Faith for the Family March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. Perhaps the two most significant periods in the history of Christianity are the first and the sixteenth centuries because of the revelation of God by the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the following Apostolic Age…
Read MoreHow Great is the LORD’s Goodness!
Jim Oesterwind “Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men! You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man; You shall keep…
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