With the scandal of sexual abuse and its cover up now reaching to the Vatican, it might be time for some appropriate evaluation and introspection among biblical fundamental Baptists. Baptist ecclesiology (church government specifically) plays an important role in how we handle the issue of ministerial abuse. Let’s be frank, there will be wolves…
This Labor Day, as we honor labor and recognize the contributions of workers by taking the day off, it’s to our benefit to recognize Solomon’s humble object lesson of hard work: the ant. Whether you’re busy as a bee, eager as a beaver, or poor as a church mouse … could an ant ameliorate us?…
As I watched the 161st Arizona Air National Guard “Copperheads,” my old Air National Guard unit, stand at attention as the late Sen. John McCain boarded his final flight out of Arizona, my mind flooded with many memories of him. Sen. McCain moved into my district as a Reagan Republican and ran for the House…
We serve and worship an invisible God. He is a Spirit (Jn 4:24). In addition, no human being has ever viewed God with his eyes (Jn 1:18). The nation of Israel struggled with this reality. For a period of 400 years (nearly twice the age of the United States of America), they lived immersed in…
Proverbs 18:1-2 (NKJV), A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment. A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. Isolationism is what is spoken of here in these verses, a sense of doing something “my way” even when it goes against godly wisdom.…
FrontLine | July/August 2018 When setting out to put together this issue of FrontLine, we regularly encountered an objection from prospective writers. Not, “Sorry brother, I just can’t make any more commitments at this time,” but, “Brother, I just don’t feel adequate to write on that topic.” I sympathize with this objection. Who really feels…
I have been asked to write about how the FBFI should view the boundaries of fellowship and other practical issues relating to the text and translation controversy. A necessary starting point for discussing this matter is what the FBFI has already said. Below is a review the history of FBFI text and translation resolutions, after…
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:4). There is something so beautiful and majestic when viewing mountains 10,000 to 14,000 feet in height. It is a wonderful experience to hike in them and there…
The Scripture upholds true godliness and holiness with statements like “Godliness is profitable unto all things” (I Tim. 4:8), and warns against the counterfeit, with statements like “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Tim. 3:5). While the context of 2 Timothy primarily addresses counterfeit religion among…
If we obey God’s Great Commission we will be concerned about and looking for opportunities to give the gospel message to the lost all around us—at our front doors, at stores, banks, gas stations, or wherever our daily routine takes us. While there are other good methods of personal evangelism and soul winning, there is…