A pastor shared this with me, and I’m wondering if you feel the same way. He knows the gospel well. But he finds that the hardest part of sharing the good news of Christ is getting started. Many of us feel this way, don’t we? But what if we are making a false assumption that…

The simple answer is that they probably didn’t. There were two groups of people. The Matthew account of the Triumphal Entry clearly delineates between the two. It was a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Jesus began telling the disciples that He was going to Jerusalem to die months before this trip. The book of Matthew records three…

We continue our interviews with authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme: “It Takes a Church to Grow a Pastor.” This week our guest is Matt Klassen. His article is his own testimony about his call into the ministry after a long career in a field we don’t usually think of as…

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” “Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.” “Monkey see, monkey do.” We all recognize that people imitate people, whatever the reason for imitation may be. It’s easy to see and do what others do. It’s also a biblical command for one person…

In 1879, Henrik Ibsen published a play that sent shockwaves through Norway and then later the world. In A Doll’s House, the main protagonist is Nora Helmer, a henpecked wife and mother of three children. In the play, Nora makes a mistake that invites the rage of her selfish, obnoxious husband. His cruelty and selfishness are…

“What do you think, Preacher?” My missionary friend Archie posed a probing question as we rode together in his van. “Does God answer prayers for which there is no Bible promise?” Before venturing down this path of sometimes difficult theoretical and theological inquiry, I replied with a question of my own. “Why do you ask?”…

We have crossed a strange and significant line. For centuries, those who gathered to hear the preaching of God’s Word could safely assume that the messages they heard were prayerfully prepared by a human pastor. That pastor was someone called by God, shaped by Scripture, and burdened with the task of proclaiming it. In 2026, that…

Note:  Position statements of the FBFI are not the same as magazine articles on FrontLine or typical posts on Proclaimanddefend.org.  They are crafted in a committee during our Winter Board Meeting, discussed by the assembled board members, edited by the board, and published as a collective statement of the position of our board on a…

Last week our Christian school had Spirit Week. It’s a fun-filled week intended to bring unity to the individual classes as they compete against one another, as well as school unity as we cheer our school on against another at the end of the week. Unity is a good thing in a school or any…