In 1983 Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn provided a concise explanation as to why, in his opinion, the horrors of Soviet communism occurred. He said, “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” Those with any spiritual perception at all are burdened – yea, alarmed – by the accelerating moral and spiritual decline of…
In Galatians 5, the last point of the chapter discusses walking in the Spirit (Gal 5.16-26). A major point of that discussion is “the fruit of the Spirit” in vv. 22-23. Preaching through the passage, a list like this gives me a glorious opportunity to slow right down in my usual “glacial” method of Bible…
Does God breathe? The Scriptures are God-breathed according to 2 Tim. 3:16. It says exactly this: “All Scripture is breathed out by God” Scripture is God’s product. We call this the doctrine of inspiration. Here’s a definition. Inspiration may be defined as the Holy Spirit’s superintending over the writers so that while writing according to…
I spent the first 33yrs of my life in Ohio. I often say that my blood is not red, it’s scarlet! I love my Buckeyes! Thankfully, living in West Virginia that works out just fine. I can still be a Buckeye and a Mountaineer with little conflict. Being a Buckeye does carry with it some…
There is a great emphasis made on the Sabbath and Sabbath worship in scripture and there are arguments whether Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath” or not. As dispensationalists, we refrain from calling Sunday the Christian Sabbath although we readily agree that Sunday fills the “one in seven” rest principle established at creation. However, the worship…
FrontLine: January/February 2021 | VOLUME 31 | NUMBER 1 This edition of FrontLine addresses essential issues in “Discipling for Ministry.” Our writers have a strong history of pouring their lives into the next generation. Many of their sons and daughters have followed them into ministry. You will find fresh ideas and much help for your…
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). The goal: Train up a child in the way God designed him. God designed mankind to be dependent upon Him and to worship Him (Isaiah 43:7, 21; Revelation 4:11). Everyone worships someone…
Ask Pepsi how much error can cost you. Error can have consequences. A computer error back in the ’90s cost Pepsi their money and reputation in the Philippines when they accidentally printed the winning number for a million peso giveaway on 800,000 bottle caps (mentalfloss.com). People make mistakes. We err. But what if the Bible…
I was in the fourth grade and we had a bully in our school that loves to pick on us. His name was Bobby. Bobby was an 8th grader. He came from a very poor broken home. Our bus would stop and pick him up from the school bus he literally lived in. We hated…
The traditional emphasis makes for a really good Sunday School story and coloring pictures. We all remember the pictures of happy children shouting “Hosanna!” and laying palm branches in front of Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. The crowd was happy, but the key players in the events that would take place…