Mike Sproul The culture of a New Testament church must focus on evangelism and discipleship. Every organization, including churches, has an often nonverbalized set of cultural values. I fear many churches have cultures that encourage many good Christian activities but do not have a culture that encourages evangelism. A culture of evangelism and discipleship is…
Part Two: Introducing Christian Scholarship and the ETS Wally Morris [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] Christian Scholarship Many resources exist for understanding Christian scholarship. Several years ago, Kevin Bauder wrote a series of articles called “Fundamentalists and Scholarship”, originally published in his In The Nick Of Time column. These…
Matt Recker In a recent New York Times opinion column entitled, “Bigotry, the Bible and the Lessons of Indiana,” opinion columnist Frank Bruni tells conservative churches to “take homosexuality off the sin list” and bow to the new enlightened understanding of our modern world (New York Times, April 3, 2015). Bruni sees that homosexuality and…
Brendon Johnson When John addressed to the churches the record of his prophecy, he was very careful to emphasize that the words he wrote were not his own. Apostle though he was, his message could not depend on his authority alone; it had to be sent under the name of him from whom it came.…
By Matt Recker The Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty of thirty counts against him of which seventeen are punishable by death according to federal law. The guilty verdict declares Tsarnaev responsible for the death of three people as well as a police officer who was killed during Tsarnaev’s attempt to flee…
Layton Talbert Matthew, Mark, and Luke record three occasions on which the Lord Jesus explicitly forewarned his disciples of His approaching betrayal, death, and resurrection. The first occasion prompted Peter’s rebuke of the Lord and the Lord’s rebuke in reply (Matt.16; Mark 8; Luke 9). Soon after, the Lord repeated the prediction (Matt.17; Mark 9;…
We’ve updated our announcement about the 2015 Annual Fellowship meeting with a link to the meeting website for more details and registration. It looks like a great time, we encourage you to attend. To find the website, click on the Fellowship meeting banner ad in the rotation at the top of the page or follow…
Part One: Raising some questions Wally Morris [One] ♦ [Two] ♦ [Three] ♦ [Four] ♦ [Five] ♦ [Six] With this article we commence a series raising the question of Fundamentalist involvement in the Evangelical Theological Society. Some of our readers may have never heard of the ETS, we hope that this series might be enlightening.…
Christians and Alcohol: A Scriptural Case for Abstinence by Randy Jaeggli, published by Bob Jones University Seminary © Bob Jones University Press, 2014. Reviewed by Don Johnson The subject of alcohol has been a contentious one among Christians since at least the beginning of the Temperance Movement in the 19th century and continues to trouble…
John Mincy If we use someone else’s material in speaking or writing we should credit that person and not put forth the material as if it were our own (this would be lying and deception). The same principle holds true in business. Mr. James, for example, has a company which produces an electronic product. It…