George Stiekes But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (Matthew 5:44). Normally when we hear the word “love”, we tend to think in an emotional sense, especially when it is used…
James Delany FrontLine • September/October 2009 Glory to God God’s overarching purpose is that all He does is to bring glory and honor to His holy name. God was delighted, therefore, when King David desired to build the temple. However, it was not the fact that David wanted to build a temple that delighted God,…
Matt Recker During Black History month, it is good to highlight powerful examples of black history from the Bible. As I have lived in a black community for many years and also started and pastored churches with significant numbers of black Christians, I have learned to have a deep appreciation for black people, their godly…
God-focused Worship It’s been more than a decade ago now that we decided to revamp the worship service at our church. We did not change the style of what we do. We changed the focus. We saw two particular problems with the way we were doing worship. First, our people, many of them newbies to…
Wally Morris I don’t like waiting. For several years, I worked in retail sales, and the most common complaint from customers concerned long waits in checkout lines. We don’t like waiting at stoplights, traffic delays, slow computers, and people who take forever to tell us something. Last summer, I pulled some poison oak weeds and…
Don Johnson Simon Magus is the name for a man also called “Simon the sorcerer” in Acts 8. He made his living (undoubtedly a lucrative one) by astounding fellow-Samaritans with magic arts. Until Philip, the evangelist came to town, that is. When Philip arrived preaching the good news of salvation in Christ (and accompanied by…
In February of 2017 at the winter board meeting of the FBFI, the board voted unanimously to change the name of the FBFI from Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International to Foundations Baptist Fellowship International. The movement for the name change was led by John Vaughn and at the urging of the most senior members of the…
Matt Recker Scripture consistently declares that the all-wise, all-powerful and eternal God in the past created, suddenly and supernaturally, instantaneously and out of pre-existing materials (ex nihilo) the universe as it now is in six solar days and rested on the seventh day. He culminated his creation on the 6th day by creating man in…
It’s as if a gang of thugs was mugging us — beaten, robbed, and likely on our way to being murdered. Suddenly a huge biker character emerges from the shadows, shouting vulgarities, with the smell of alcohol on his breath and tattoos of naked women on both arms. For some strange reason he beats…
This Sunday is perhaps the biggest holiday in America. More than 100 million people from the United States alone will be tuned in to watch the Super Bowl. During the game Americans will eat over 2400 calories of junk food during the game. The Super Bowl has always been played on a Sunday. It’s just…