Earlier today Evangelist Dave Sproul entered heaven’s gates. He is the father of FBFI Chaplain Mike Sproul. Mike also serves as the senior pastor of Littleton Baptist Church in Littleton, Colorado. Dr. Sproul served as an evangelistr from the late 1950’s until fairly recently. As an evangelist he saw thousands of people profess Christ as…
Even though I had my struggles as a teen, God had my heart. I wanted to serve Him. When I heard appeals from pastors or missionaries about being willing to give ourselves fully to Christ in full-time Christian service, my heart sang, “Let me!” I remember one sermon where there was an appeal to young…
FrontLine: Volume 32 • Number 5 The Christian faith is defensible, and learning to defend it is an act of obedience for believers. First Peter 3:15 instructs Christians to “be ready always to give an answer to every man.” The term “apologetics” has historically been used for this careful defense of the Christian faith. But…
Recently, John MacArthur wrote a prophetic open letter to the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Understand that when I say prophetic, I mean in the ministry of warning sense. In it, he condemned the Governor’s promotion of abortion on billboards across the state of California, especially in twisting the words of Jesus to support the…
Prov.15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. This headline exploded on my computer screen as I sat down to write this blog: “New York City school kids are losing their minds over the zonked-out drug addicts and raving vagrants they encounter every day –…
On June 25, 1876, Officer George Armstrong Custer found himself surrounded by over 2,000 Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. Needless to say, this put Custer in a terrible spot. He was not one to sit and wait, but the odds were greatly stacked against him. The only chance he had to win this battle…
We often see products — toothpaste, bandages, vitamins — labeled for “double” or “triple protection.” This claim, even if it seems gimmicky, is founded on the truth that damage can come from multiple sources. In fact, the most deceptive forms of decay come from multiple sources, incrementally and simultaneously engaged. Spiritual disciplines similarly suffer when…
What am I Supposed to Do with This? “Why is our time in God’s Word not as life-transformative as it should be?” After a few moments of silence, a couple of folks in my Bible study class replied. “I’m too easily distracted… My mind wanders… I’m not consistent… My kids wake up early and they…
The issue of slavery in the Bible makes a lot of Christians a bit queasy. Please do not read the next line without reading this entire article. The New Testament seems soft on slavery because the idea of being a slave is not repugnant to a true believer. Of course, the idea of owning slaves…
My last post discussed how to talk to your children about salvation. I mentioned that I spent some time at a Christian camp in southern California working with children. During my time there, I developed a worksheet that we gave to the junior camp counselors each year. This worksheet dealt with counseling campers who were…