David Cummins The history of the “Separate Baptists” has been an ignored subject of our Baptist history, and yet we cannot account for the rapid growth of Baptists in the South and the proliferation of the Southern Baptist Convention without considering the influence of this group. Though our primary purpose is not to deal with…
(A Christian Response to the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage) Chuck Phelps The Sky Hasn’t Fallen – Yet! Ever since July of 2000, when Vermont became the first state to legalize Civil Unions, people have been saying, “The sky hasn’t fallen!” In August of 2014, Judge Craig Daughtrey, of the United States 6th Circuit said, “Gay…
For today’s post, we are sharing our 2015 Position Statements, recently published in our magazine and paralleling the theme of our Annual Fellowship. 15.01: The Importance of Prophecy Although many believers avoid the study of Bible prophecy because of the misuse of prophetic passages and because of differences among interpreters, prophecy is a very important…
Things Soon to Come [See below for the content of this issue of FrontLine] Not too long ago we heard more preaching on the imminent return of Christ. Of course, there were excesses. Popular preachers made some dogmatic claims about (then) current events as clear evidence that the Rapture was certain to come within days…
We are happy to present the following messages from our recent Annual Meeting in Chesapeake, Virginia. We hope you get as much blessing out of them as we did.
Dan Unruh As Americans celebrated our nation’s birthday last Saturday the media is gleefully barraging us with the news of some who are celebrating what once was considered sickening and outright repulsive. Although God has blessed America with a beautiful land, He has also warned that when the inhabitants of a land defile themselves they…
Jonathan Hamilton Understanding a good definition of the word fundamentalism as I am using it here will be crucial. I cannot take an iota of credit for this definition since I enlisted the help of a pastor and theologian, who I consider to be a good fundamentalist himself, to craft it. Fundamentalism is: the belief…
Larry Oats Some Christians have argued that the recent Supreme Court decision overriding the decision of some states to maintain the traditional definition of marriage will bring God’s judgment upon America. Paul the Apostle would tend to differ. The Supreme Court decision was instead a formal, political, and, more importantly, a moral declaration of a…
FBCTroy, Pastor Mike Harding Pastor Mike Harding of First Baptist Church of Troy, Michigan, offers a recently approved statement on marriage which was adopted by his church. We offer it here in light of current controversies as a resource for other churches who may wish to consider adopting a similar position statement. Marriage is an…
We have received the following press release from Project 14 Global Missions. FBFI is thrilled to learn of the possibility that the Northland campus can be saved to fulfill the vision of its founders and builders. Press Release from Project 14 Global Missions Released: 8:00pm, July 2, 2015 We are pleased to announce that Northland…