When You Lose a Hero: Reflections on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

By Andy Montgomery | September 16, 2025 |

As a young adults pastor and campus minister, I’ve been having conversations lately with students who have been devastated by the events of September 10, 2025. Considering that, the Lord laid this article on my heart to share with them. I pray it helps many of you as you individually process this event and counsel…

Is Christian Anti-Semitism on the Rise?

By Kevin Schaal | September 14, 2025 | Comments Off on Is Christian Anti-Semitism on the Rise?

It seems to be. In order to understand that question, we first have to define and refine what we mean by antisemitism. Realclearreligion.com ran an article by Chloe Sparwath on September 9th claiming that Medieval Antisemitism is creeping back into the church. By the church, she is speaking of all of professing Christianity—including Catholics and…

Podcast: Interview 87 – Family Fun God’s Way (Chris Lynch)

By Proclaim and Defend | September 13, 2025 | Comments Off on Podcast: Interview 87 – Family Fun God’s Way (Chris Lynch)

We continue to discuss the July/August edition of FrontLine, even though it is almost fall. Our topic for this issue was “Growing Fathers,” produced by the bloggers of the Growing Fathers blog and podcast. We will have links for both in the show notes. Our topic today is family fun with pastor Chris Lynch. He…

Thinking Biblically About the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

By David Huffstutler | September 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Thinking Biblically About the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Suppose a man gives his life to speaking to large crowds. He talks to people one by one. Whether before one or one thousand, his message is incredibly effective. He rises to fame.  Everyone sees his success everywhere he goes. He might be a young man, but he is a rising star. But not everyone…

On the Murder of Charlie Kirk

By Kevin Schaal | September 11, 2025 |

Maybe no one has had more influence on the political culture of our country in the last four years, than Charlie Kirk—except maybe for the President himself. Surely no one would have had more influence over the next two or three decades based upon what we were seeing unfold. This afternoon, Charlie Kirk was murdered…

You Have Need of Endurance

By Ben Hicks | September 11, 2025 | Comments Off on You Have Need of Endurance

Running is rarely pretty. I don’t do a ton of running, but I do like to dabble. Now, I will admit that as an inconsistent amateur runner, my running is especially not that pretty. But one of the important lessons I have learned from running is that the key to doing it well isn’t always…

The Deceit of Pride

By Randy Livingston | September 10, 2025 | Comments Off on The Deceit of Pride

Pride is a deceptive resident of every human heart. Paul admonished each of the believers in Rome regarding spiritual gifts “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think” (Romans 12:3). He reiterated that warning of self-deception to the churches of Galatia. “For if a man think himself to be something, when…

The Four Cs of Doctrinal History: Part 11 – Anabaptists and the Dordrecht Confession

By Taigen Joos | September 9, 2025 | Comments Off on The Four Cs of Doctrinal History: Part 11 – Anabaptists and the Dordrecht Confession

Since the beginning of the Reformation period, certain men rose to prominence, along with their teachings. Three such men were Martin Luther of Germany, John Calvin of France, and Ulrich Zwingli of Switzerland. They held much in common, though they also had their differences. One commonality was that they all still held to the Catholic…

The Young People’s Revival and How Churches Must Respond

By Kevin Schaal | September 7, 2025 |

According to the Barna research group there is a resurgence in church attendance that is led by young people—GenZers in the modern nomenclature.  Millennial are also increasing their church attendance but not at the level of GenZers. According to Barna “These are easily the highest rates of church attendance among young Christians since they first…

Podcast: Interview 86 – The Fatally Friendless Father (Caleb French)

By Proclaim and Defend | September 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Podcast: Interview 86 – The Fatally Friendless Father (Caleb French)

We are back to interviewing our authors from the Growing Fathers edition of FrontLine, the July/August edition. We are fast moving on into fall, so we are gearing up for the next edition, but there are a few more interviews from this one to bring to your attention. Today’s guest is Caleb French, who serves…