Don Johnson A friend of mine launched a bit of controversy on his Facebook page when he made a comment about ‘leggings,’ expressing his opinion that such articles are immodest. The discussion that ensued debated whether such items were in fact immodest. The debaters also discussed whether it was the responsibility of women to protect…
Edward M. Panosian It is fashionable to deny that history “teaches” anything, yet there is ample opportunity for any observant person to find fundamental principles and patterns in history. The Bible-believer who studies the history of the Church of Jesus Christ cannot but be impressed with certain basic and recurrent truths concerning that Church.
“Jerry” What can we do for China?” Everywhere I go people ask me this question. With over a billion people over a vast land area, China defies a short answer. Since missions groups can come up with a whole variety of strategies, I think it is wise for us to ask the house churches what…
John Vaughn Much has been said in this space about fellowship, as it should be, since FrontLine is the publication of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship. But fellowship is not our mission, just one of the things we purpose to maintain in accomplishing that mission. Our mission does not come from the FBFI constitution but straight…
George Stiekes Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians 5:17 Many Christians have remained frustrated and defeated in their Christian life simply because they believed, having failed God miserably, they could not get back into His will.
Thomas Overmiller What common feature do you find in the following four verses taken at intervals from the book of Acts? And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith (Acts 6:7). But the word of…
Paul Downey These days one can find on the shelves of any Christian bookstore all manner of volumes offering to explain how to build larger churches. Depending on the author, churches are urged to employ various techniques to entice believers and unbelievers (often referred to as “seekers”) to fill their pews. Marketing the church has…
Don Johnson At the beginning of December, we posted a piece by Matt Recker, responding to Kevin Bauder’s discussion of his earlier series on The Gospel Coalition (last post with index to all posts here). Dr. Bauder has since offered two final pieces concluding his interaction with Pastor Recker. We’d like to draw your attention…
Mark Minnick In Part One of this series, Dr. Minnick introduces a substantive sermon by Benjamin Keach. We also gave you just a taste of the first couple of paragraphs of the sermon. In Part Two of this series, we offered the full introduction to the sermon and the first major point. In Part Three,…
William T. Maher The September 13, 1999, issue of Newsweek contained an article written by George F. Will saying that Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University suggested “we euthanize newborns with severe handicaps.” This statement was approved by Princeton’s president, Harold Shapiro, who chaired the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. It was said hundreds of the…