Archive for August 2015
“Rightly dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Tim. 2:15)
Mark Minnick And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Second Thessalonians 3:14 Disobedience to Paul’s word by this epistle is grounds for separation from another Christian. But what word is Paul referring to? Does he mean only…
Read MoreThe Education Dilemma Faced by Christian Parents
Phil Suiter What is a Christian parent to do? Faced with the clear teaching of Scripture about the education of children, the Christian parent is often limited in the options available to provide the education prescribed in the Word of God. Secondly, the Christian parent is not always firmly grounded in the teaching of Scripture…
Read MoreOrigins of the FBFI – A Clarification
Fred Moritz Dr. Kevin Bauder serves as Research Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. He publishes a weekly newsletter under the title “In the Nick of Time.” In Dr. Bauder’s July 17 letter, he reports on his recent visit to the national meeting of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…
Read MoreA Challenge for a Clear Testimony in a Dark World
Levi Crumley In a recent service we were ecstatic to have a new couple in our church get baptized. That is such a great encouragement to see people making a public declaration to follow the Lord. It seems far too often these days that Christians are timid and afraid to display their faith publicly. While…
Read MoreRepentance in the Presentation of the Gospel
Dr. John Mincy There are few topics that evoke as much emotion among Baptist pastors as REPENTANCE. As in most controversial cases, there are two opposing viewpoints that are trying to be protected. Some are trying to protect the position that the Gospel should not be presented as “easy-believism,” and, therefore, argue that much emphasis…
Read MoreNew York City Regional Fellowship meeting
YOU ARE INVITED!! FBFI NYC REGIONAL FELLOWSHIP Tuesday September 15 Location: Grace Baptist Church 798 Hempstead Turnpike Franklin Square, NY Pastor Kent Sager Speaker: Dr. Ron Allen, Pastor of Bible Baptist Church Matthews, NC (see Biographical Info below) Testimony by U.S. Army Chaplain Michael P. Barnette (The FBFI serves as an endorsing…
Read MoreChristian Boasting
Don Johnson Recently I came to a passage in Romans where Paul talks about glorying about the things accomplished in his ministry (Rm 15.17-18). Some versions translate the word for ‘glory’ here as ‘boasting,’ as indeed the kjv does in some passages like James 4.16. As I thought about what Paul was saying about boasting,…
Read MoreOur Missions Trip to Southern Palawan, Philippines
Matt Recker Our church, Heritage Baptist Church in New York City, recently sent an eight member team on a missions trip to Southern Palawan, Philippines to serve with Pastor Jethro and Jane Malacao of the Brooke’s Point Bible Church. Dr. Malacao is a graduate of the Bob Jones Memorial Bible College in Manilla and has…
Read MorePreaching the Gospel from Prophetic Literature
An approach to preaching NOW about the Future Stephen J. Hankins Introduction I began my Christian journey during an era of eschatological sensationalism, characterized by books such as The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and punctuated by Christian “B” movies about the rapture and other future cataclysmic events, allegedly foretold in Revelation. (As…
Read MoreBy Their Parents Ye Shall Know Them
What you are, you may expect your child to be Ben Strohbehn “By their parents ye shall know them” is not a quotation from Scripture. It is a Biblical statement, however, for the Bible says “Isaiah, the son of Amoz,” “Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah,” “James, the son of Zebedee,” “James, the son of Alphaeus,”…
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