Meeting Held at: Grace Baptist Church 798 Hempstead Turnpike Franklin Square, NY Pastor Kent Sager For more information, contact mrecker AT hbcnyc DOT org. 9 am: Breakfast 10 am: Dr. Bud Steadman: “The Historical Importance of a Biblical Hermeneutic” 11 am: Dr. Bud Steadman: The Theology of the Missionary Call” 12 Noon: Luncheon Dr. Bud…
submitted by Don Johnson (HT: Pastor Sam Souza, Brandon, Manitoba) [Throwback Thursday: this post originally appeared on P&D 4/26/2012 One of the unending debates is over the meaning of worldliness and how concerned we should be about it. Preachers of former days were not quite so uncertain on the subject:
Edward M. Panosian His pulpit: the fields His congregation: all who would listen His message: the Word of God He was an evangelist, a “chaplain” of ships crossing the Atlantic, a compassionate friend of orphans and founder of orphanages and schools, a fundraiser for their support, an exhorter of the clergy to godliness, and more.…
Don Johnson On July 6, 2016, we ran a piece from a 2005 issue of FrontLine on the question, “Should I consider a secular college education?” The article sounded a cautious note while not dismissing the possibility entirely. Sharper Iron picked up our article and a fairly vigorous and sometimes coherent discussion ensued. With the…
Taigen Joos In 2006 an approach to church ministry began to gain popularity. It was called a “two-handed” approach to ministry. One closed hand represented the theology of the church and its grasp of biblical truth and principles. The hand being closed symbolized the non-negotiable aspects of theology. One open hand represented the methodology of…
Layton Talbert The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14). This first reference to David in the Bible has been popularly enshrined in inspiring devotional terms. “A man after his own heart” — we tend to isolate that famous phrase and take it to mean that David was a…
John Vaughn Greatly discouraged believers are usually those facing problems that have them bewildered. The attitude that says, “No one has ever been through anything like this,” or “It’s hopeless; there is absolutely nothing I can do!” compounds the pain of overwhelming circumstances. The value of the Old Testament to the Christian is not only…
Dan Pelletier Please pray for a poor man who fell on the sidewalk outside our church in the middle of the night tonight.
Bruce Oyen One of Judah’s wicked kings was Ahaz. His notorious history is found in 2 Chronicles 28 and in 2 Kings 16. We can learn how religious pragmatism works by a consideration of Ahaz’s use of it. And we should do so, for such pragmatism is alive and well, even among those who call…