Romans 8:16 asserts, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” What does this verse mean? The verb “bears witness with” is all one word in the Greek (summartureō), a combination of the preposition “with” (sun) and the verb “to bear witness” (martureō). Paul uses this verb only two…
I recently had a friend of mine reach out and share that in his Bible reading he had misunderstood a passage. He thought that a certain text was saying one thing, when in reality he had simply misread what it was saying. He figured this out by asking AI what was going on, and AI…
When he was a teenager, one of my sons took an interest in horse racing. It was a passing fancy, but for a few years events such as the Kentucky Derby were must-viewing in my house. A horse named Big Brown won the 2008 Kentucky Derby, but that is not what makes that year’s “run…
Learning from an Unsung Hero Years ago, a story was told of an eleven-year-old who made a birthday card for her eight-year-old brother. The note said: “Happy birthday to my eight-year-old brother. I’m so glad to have a brother to love. God gave me you. P.S. Don’t read this out loud or I will twist…
The death of James Dobson this week has revealed a level of vitriol against him that I did not know existed. The reaction seems to be primarily focused on his 1978 work, The Strong-Willed Child. It is easy to dismiss such criticisms as the bitterness of people who never truly embraced the faith, and that…
This is a bonus edition of the podcast. It’s the product of a summer visit from longtime friends who visited us for a couple of weeks this summer. I’ve been reading a bit about AI since our first FrontLine edition of the year that was devoted to the subject. Our friends mentioned that one of…
To start with, I must make an apology for the title of my article. It is a takeoff from a rock tune from my youth, something I don’t recall ever listening to before, but not something I could endorse at all for its philosophy of life or the message (such as it is) that it…
The Pharisees are, in many ways, the main bad guys of the gospel accounts. They were the ones who rejected Jesus because He called out their sin, and they were the ones leading the charge to have Him arrested and crucified. They were evil, and in some ways they were the worst kind of evil,…
A Father’s Day Reflection on Pride and Humility Daniel 5 On June 12, 2025, Commander Hossein Salami of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared with absolute certainty that his country was ready for any attack. He expressed complete confidence in the capabilities of Iranian military forces, stating with unwavering assurance, “We are fully prepared…
In our study of the progress of doctrine, we now turn towards the coming Reformation and the recovery of gospel truth, there are two key English figures to consider who lived and ministered in England prior to the Reformation period. John Wycliff (c.1320-1384) disagreed with the Catholic Church1 in the mid-1370s. He argued against things…