What contributes to true success? Talk to a Gen Z-er, and they will tell you success depends on your number of followers or videos viewed. Talk to someone from Generation X, and they might attribute true success to the longevity of a career and a retirement portfolio. Is this true success? No, unfortunately, many generations…
Read MoreThis column has been exploring why God has given us prophecy, and why so much. [See Part 1 and Part 2] We have explored that question with a view to understanding what we are to do with the prophecies that are yet future—how we are to interpret and apply them. The most definitive way to…
Read MoreStop trying to negotiate with God! Just stop it. People going through trials often respond to those trials by trying to negotiate with the Divine One. This type of negotiation often arises from a lifestyle that is characterized by sin and disobedience to God. Let me first say that this discussion is about Christian living,…
Read MoreThe September/October 2024 FrontLine is on the topic, “The Rapture.” The topic is one Christians always are interested in, no matter what position on end-time events they hold. On the podcast, I am joined by a young pastor from Albion, NY, Brandon Carmichael. I’ll let him introduce himself to you shortly. His article is called…
Read MoreIn Romans 9–11, Paul addresses Israel’s present unbelief and future salvation. A quick sketch up to Romans 10:14–21 is that chapter 9 discusses this unbelief from God’s perspective while chapter 10 explains it from Israel’s perspective. Israel has rejected the righteousness of God in Christ because she pursued her own righteousness through the law, a…
Read MoreThe elderly prophet Daniel confessed to the angel before him that he was utterly spent. He had no strength to receive the vision the angel came to give him in answer to his prayers. He was in pain, overwhelmed, maybe very troubled in his spirit. And he was strengthened. We read of this account in Daniel…
Read MoreBible-preaching churches today rightly focus on the cross. The gospel is central to all that we do. We look back and remember Jesus’ death and resurrection each time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper. But have we forgotten that we observe this ordinance “till He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26)? Almost as a reflex, you might answer,…
Read MoreFor which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him. Luke 14:28-29 Most of us have heard the…
Read MoreA recent article by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian Univeristy is shocking. Barna’s latest research shows that only 51% of all faith voters are likely to vote in November. That means a full 104 million faith voters are unlikely to vote this election—including 41 million born-again Christians (defined by their beliefs regarding sin…
Read MoreWe are talking about the July/August FrontLine on the theme, “God, the Christian, and Human Government.” For this interview I am speaking with Chaplain Gary Fisher. We’ve known each other for several years through the FBFI and we had a very interesting conversation about a Christian philosophy of what is called “just war.” Gary’s article…
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