Archive for May 2015
Obedience and the Will of God
George Stiekes And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. (Genesis 22:3) God had told Abraham…
Read MoreLeong, A Man Without A Language
Bob McLain I have been a communicator all my life. Not only have I been a communicator of the gospel at home and on the mission field, but I speak through the marvels of sign language to the deaf. Through all this, never have I been so burdened and bewildered at how to communicate as…
Read MoreMoses
A sermon by Bob Jones, Jr. Moses was a man of mountains and a mountain of a man. He was a man of waters, cradled on a river, commanding the sea, bringing water from living rock, but halted by a muddy stream he could not cross. He was a man of fire who knew flame…
Read MoreWho Needs Armor Anyway?
Gary T. Fisher At the time of the attacks of September 11th I, along with all the other chaplains of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, were in Charleston at a profession development conference. We all immediately began watching in disbelief what was happening on the TV screens— America had been attacked! Our lives and careers changed…
Read MoreTimes Are Changing, Must We Change with the Times?
Don Johnson The first paragraph of Micah contains a stirring indictment: Micah 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is:…
Read MoreThe Heavens Declare
George Mulfinger Have you ever tried to count the stars? Jeremiah wrote: “the host of heaven cannot be numbered.” The science of astronomy has given us much interesting information about the universe in which we live-the earth and its moon, the planets and their moons, the stars, and the sun. These findings should enhance the…
Read MoreOur Courageous Missionary Colleagues
Timothy W. Berrey The plane lumbered down the runway of the Bangkok airport, eventually found its wings, and I was off to my second Muslim-majority country. There was something different, though, about this trip. For one thing, it was my first mission trip to the Middle East. More importantly, it was my first time to…
Read MoreFrontLine: Filipinos–Our Courageous Missionary Colleagues
Filipinos–Our Courageous Missionary Colleagues The March/April 2015 edition of FrontLine We are delighted to present an edition of FrontLine devoted to the mission field of the Philippines. The authors of the main articles in this edition are all serving in one way or another in that region of the world. It is easy to become…
Read MoreAre We Truly Missions-Minded?
Thomas B. Alvis Jr. Where there is no vision, the people perish (Prov. 29:18). Andrew Murray in 1901 wondered “why, with millions of Christians in the world, the army of missionaries fighting the hosts of darkness is so small.” His answer is—lack of heart. “The enthusiasm of the kingdom is missing because there is so…
Read MoreScholarship, Separation, and ETS (6)
Wally Morris Part Six: Where Do We Go from Here? [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] Concluding Thoughts and Suggestions The current debate about inerrancy is much more serious than many realize. More than a few Evangelicals who are members of ETS are very concerned whether ETS will eventually support…
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