Archive for March 2017
Missions Testimonies
This is Missions emphasis week at Proclaim & Defend. Why Aren’t You Afraid? Stephanie Boehm Our area of Italy has recently been shaken by a series of earthquakes. August 24, 2016, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed Amatrice (about 1 hour away from us) and other nearby cities, killing about 300 people and rendering many others…
Read MorePraying Biblically for Your Missionary: Clarity
Alan Patterson This is Missions emphasis week at Proclaim & Defend. [Part 1] What is the connection between a politician and a vacuum cleaner? Keep reading to find out! First, however, consider God’s wisdom displayed in the beautiful progression of thoughts in the points we are studying. The first matter of praying for missionaries is…
Read MoreYour Part in Missions
Don Johnson This is Missions emphasis week at Proclaim & Defend. We call the process of missionary fund-raising “deputation.” Deputation means “the act of appointing a deputy.”1 When a missionary comes to your church, the missionary is seeking to represent you as your deputy, serving in your place in another location. The function the missionary…
Read MoreBiblical Basis for Deputation
Alan Patterson This is Missions emphasis week at Proclaim & Defend. The Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions explains what happens in the current practice of deputation: “In the deputation process initial missionary appointees visit churches and other gatherings of Christians to present their ministry for the purpose of developing prayer and financial support to underwrite…
Read MorePutting Deputation in Perspective
Mark Batory The recent issue of GFA Missions newsletter, “Sowing & Reaping,” prompts an emphasis on Missions here at Proclaim & Defend. We will reproduce several of their outstanding articles this week. We encourage you to learn more about GFAM and other good fundamental Baptist mission boards. Pray for their missionaries and support those you…
Read More“Avoiding All Appearance of Evil” 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Kevin Schaal This verse is used commonly to provide a Biblical foundation for condemnation of people and deeds of all kinds. The idea is that this passage forbids not only doing those things that the Bible specifically condemns as sin, but also doing anything that looks like it might be sinful or associated with something…
Read MoreThe Love We Seek
Kim Melton My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song of Solomon 2:10 These are words that every young girl dreams of hearing. Even as an adult, I love the stories of Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast. Females long for…
Read MoreThe Sermon and the “Sermonater”
George Stiekes Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. II Timothy 2:15 Have you ever wondered all that the pastor must do in order to prepare a good sermon?
Read MoreJohn Vaughn–Winter Update 2017
The most important news we have to share concerns a ministry transition for me in my role with the FBFI. … Read on for more. Winter in South Carolina Officially, there are two more weeks of winter, but it seems to have come and gone one weekend in January! The grass has been green, the…
Read MoreJob Opened His Mouth
Don Johnson This article is a sequel to one from September 8, 2015. Job 3 launches the discourse poems of Job. This section, from chapter 3 through 31, involves the back and forth discussion between Job and his three friends. I have in the past called the book of Job “the first blog.” Chapter 3…
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