Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. I’m Don Johnson. My duties on the podcast are light for the next few weeks as we have Gordon Dickson hosting the interviews. I will just provide introductions. Gordon was our Associate Editor for the Edition of FrontLine called, “Salt and Light in Your City and State.” You’ve…
Read MoreClick here to read part 1. In the previous post we began laying out two interpretations of James’ meaning in James 5:14–16 regarding prayer for sickness. In this post we’ll critique those interpretations. But first, why do most find it difficult to decide between interpretations 1 and 2? Lexically: the words can be taken as…
Read More“Lord, What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?” Originally given as a workshop at the 50th Annual Conference of the Keystone Christian Education Association and as a breakout session at the 82nd Annual Convention of the American Council of Christian Churches. Updated and revised. Part 1 is here. Choosing a Future Calling and a Field…
Read MoreSometimes the events of biblical prophecy are relatively simple. The foretold event occurs, and the prophecy is fulfilled. From that moment, it slips into the past. Noah prophesies the flood, and it comes. Elijah prophesies a drought, and the rain stops. Micaiah prophesies the death of Ahab, and Ahab is killed. Even where the event…
Read MoreOur brief study of “The Lamentations of Jeremiah” continues today in Lamentations 2. The mention of “Zion” throughout this chapter is Jerusalem.1 The people of Jerusalem boasted, “The Temple of the LORD, The Temple of the LORD” (Jeremiah 7:4), and believed the LORD would not permit the heathen to enter the city and defile His…
Read MoreTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Probably the most quoted verse in Proverbs is 22:6. Over the years, the verse has held as a precious promise to parents that if they do everything right, their kids will turn out right.…
Read MoreWelcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. In this edition we are talking to Gordon Dickson about the March/April issue of FrontLine with the theme “Salt & Light in Your City and State.” Gordon is the associate editor for FrontLine this time and is also recently retired from a long pastoral ministry in Findlay, Ohio.…
Read MoreRomans 5:12–21 describes an amazing reality for believers. We were once sinners in Adam, under the reign of sin and death. Now, however, we have received the grace of God and free gift of righteousness through Jesus Christ. We have been declared righteous by God, and grace reigns over us, leading to eternal life through…
Read MoreFrontLine | Volume 34 • Number 2 In the corrupt and tasteless darkness of this world, Jesus gives us hope. With a remarkable series of blessings that we call the Beatitudes, He explained how His followers become the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Have you noticed how each new day…
Read MoreOriginally given as a workshop at the 50th Annual Conference of the Keystone Christian Education Association and as a breakout session at the 82nd Annual Convention of the American Council of Christian Churches. Updated and revised. Proverbs 22:6 says: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he…
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