Archive for November 2015
A Worthy Walk – Part 1
Jim Oesterwind We live at a time when we need more and better examples to follow. Pure, resolute, focused, and fervent men and women who serve God with sincerity and self-denial are hard to come by. Paul was such an example. Those who knew him attested to such a life. God Himself also affirmed Paul’s…
Read MoreSome Things Can Never Be Forgotten
Roger Duvall He remembers the landing well; some things can never be forgotten. June 6, 1944, D-Day, Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, the liberation of France, the turning point of World War II. During the preceding months, more than 2.8 million troops were amassed in England, culminating in the simultaneous landing of 150,000 Allied…
Read MoreVeterans Day / Remembrance Day
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In…
Read MoreStubborn, Ceaseless Civil War (2)
Mark Minnick In Part One, Dr. Minnick writes to us of the struggle of the spiritual life, instructing us of the Nature of the struggle and assuring us of the Normalcy of the struggle. The Enormity of This Struggle Though everything described thus far is the normal experience of all Christians, it isn’t their experience…
Read MoreNorthern California Regional Fellowship – Nov 12-13, 2015
Berean Baptist Church 1147 Broadway Street Fairfield, CA 94533 pastorbrentsnow AT gmail DOT com
Read MoreStubborn, Ceaseless Civil War (1)
Mark Minnick All Christ’s followers, ministers or otherwise, are in one of three states of spiritual warfare: (1) some have given up battling almost entirely, (2) some are battling weakly but generally unsuccessfully, and (3) some are battling energetically and generally victoriously. But there is no such thing as a child of God who is…
Read MoreThe Significance of Small Church Ministry
Don Johnson I wonder how many readers of Proclaim & Defend attend small churches? By small, I would say any church of 200 or less. I base those numbers on a couple of sources I read recently. They have gotten my attention and stirred up some thinking about small church ministry. I’d like to spend…
Read MorePlant Now!
A 21st Century Challenge Dave Barba Why Re-seed? When I was a kid, I liked missionaries and their slide shows. A missionary was a mud-hut guy who carried water from the river, ate bugs with a smile, and preached in the jungle. He displayed snakeskins and shrunken heads. He was a real missionary, and he…
Read MoreShould Sacred Music Swing?
Dwight Gustafson The choice of church music is intensely personal, something about which the Scriptures say little. Right? Wrong! God’s Word has a clear standard for sacred music. [Editor’s note: some of the terms in this article are dated, the article comes to us from 1975. We hope our readers will not be distracted by…
Read MoreEstablishing Long-Lasting, Life-Impacting, Heart-Revealing, Devotional Habits
Rand Hummel If you Google “good habits,” you will immediately find a plethora of articles with such titles as “24 Daily Habits,” “17 Good Habits for a Successful Life,” “Tips for Breaking Bad Habits and Developing Good Habits,” “30 Habits That Will Change Your Life,” “9 Tips on How to Form a Good Habit,” “The…
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