School is starting around the country again, and the Christian School movement is growing again significantly. I wanted to take a moment to remind all that literacy education, even from Bible times, has been seen by godly people as an essential aspect of reaching people and truly discipling people for the Kingdom of God. General…
We are discussing the July/August edition of FrontLine, featuring the theme “Growing Fathers.” Growing Fathers is not only the theme of this edition but it is also a blog and a podcast. We include links here in our show notes. Our guest today is Chris Pennington. His article for FrontLine was called, “5 Things Kids…
A friendly letter with a bunch of commands—this could be one way to caricature the apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Looking more closely, we can better appreciate the rich context and content of this letter. As to context, Paul had just called himself an old man at this point in his life (Philemon 9).…
On Tuesday President Donald Trump was interviewed by Fox and Friends on the current situation with Ukraine and Russia. During this interview, the President offered the following statement: “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty– I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I’m…
Sin is never to be taken lightly, but it is. What has happened — not just in America — but in America’s churches that sin receives such little attention? At one time churches could be counted upon to extol the holiness of God and man’s glaring unrighteousness. The Holy Scriptures were preached and practiced; consequently,…
The Reformation fires were sparked by Martin Luther in a formal sense, but those fires were stoked and further spread throughout Europe due to not only Luther’s influence, but also men like Ulricht Zwingli and John Calvin in Switzerland, along with their many followers. The name “Protestant” was assigned to those who protested the treatment…
As a young pastor, I watched my mother walk a path that many dread but most will eventually face — the journey of caring for aging parents. First, it was my grandfather, whose health declined rapidly and who passed away in my parents’ home — in the very room that had once been mine. A…
We are discussing the July/August edition of FrontLine, featuring the theme “Growing Fathers.” Growing Fathers is not only the theme of this edition but it is also a blog and a podcast. We include links here in our show notes. Our guest today is John Dalrymple, who also serves as the host of the Growing…
As a pastor, I have presided over and preached for several funerals. These are bittersweet times. If it is a Christian who has died, we know that he or she is absent from the body but now present with the Lord (2 Cor 5:8). Jesus Christ was always there for this person in life, there…
I saw a recent stat about how much and when ChatGPT is used. Not surprisingly, it gets a lot of usage during the school year, although a little less on the weekends. Then when summer comes the usage drops way off. This is not exactly shocking news, but it would seem to suggest that a…