Timothy W. Berrey The plane lumbered down the runway of the Bangkok airport, eventually found its wings, and I was off to my second Muslim-majority country. There was something different, though, about this trip. For one thing, it was my first mission trip to the Middle East. More importantly, it was my first time to…
Filipinos–Our Courageous Missionary Colleagues The March/April 2015 edition of FrontLine We are delighted to present an edition of FrontLine devoted to the mission field of the Philippines. The authors of the main articles in this edition are all serving in one way or another in that region of the world. It is easy to become…
Thomas B. Alvis Jr. Where there is no vision, the people perish (Prov. 29:18). Andrew Murray in 1901 wondered “why, with millions of Christians in the world, the army of missionaries fighting the hosts of darkness is so small.” His answer is—lack of heart. “The enthusiasm of the kingdom is missing because there is so…
Wally Morris Part Six: Where Do We Go from Here? [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] Concluding Thoughts and Suggestions The current debate about inerrancy is much more serious than many realize. More than a few Evangelicals who are members of ETS are very concerned whether ETS will eventually support…
Ben Strohbehn A fellow and a girl who wed Begin to live as one ‘tis said, But many couples can’t agree Which one of them they wish to be “It’s not that they fight or anything,” Sally tried to explain to her pastor, “It’s just that whenever I’m in the same room with them I…
Ted Harris To many Christians today, abortion is a settled issue and not worth discussing with others. Paul’s approach to a similar issue of his day, the “unknown god” of Mars’ Hill, was quite different. He had a tough audience which included Stoics and Epicureans. What were the results of his message? Some believed, some…
Bill Griffin Brazilians call the semi-arid desert of Brazil its “wild west.” Cowboys ride horseback, and oxcarts squeak along at their slow pace. This area, known as the Sertao, is populated with a large group of small towns and is fanatically Roman Catholic. The people show great respect to the priest, bowing before him and…
Part Five: The Quandary of Fundamentalists in an Evangelical Organization Wally Morris [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] Fundamentalist, Evangelical, or Both? Are Fundamentalists also Evangelicals, or are Fundamentalists different from Evangelicals? Is membership in ETS making some type of statement of identification with Evangelicals since the name of the…
Wally Morris The significant changes in attitudes and laws concerning homosexuality, polygamy, marijuana, and other issues have surprised Christians who knew these changes would come eventually but not so quickly. Second Timothy 3:1ff. describe the characteristics of the last days, so we knew our society would experience significant changes. The policy change last year, then…