Thankfulness: Behemoth Revisited

By Steve Skaggs | November 26, 2013 | Comments Off on Thankfulness: Behemoth Revisited

Steve Skaggs I saw The Behemoth again today. I hadn’t seen it for many months. There it was, in a vacant lot in a bad section of town, crammed full of clothing and I don’t know what else. Seeing it made me consider anew God’s continued undeserved blessings to me and my family. The Behemoth…

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Preach-ing or Preach-er? (3)

By Mark Minnick | November 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Preach-ing or Preach-er? (3)

Mark Minnick Part One • Part Two • This is Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In part Two, he…

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Moritz: the Case for Cessationism

By Don Johnson | November 22, 2013 | Comments Off on Moritz: the Case for Cessationism

The Eclectic Web Headlining our eclectic gathering of links, Dr. Fred Moritz, FBFI board member and professor at Maranatha Baptist Seminary argues for the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts in the Maranatha Journal, recently published. His paper begins this way: The issue of whether revelation from God and the supernatural gifts of the Spirit have…

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Deceiving and Being Deceived

By Bob Jones Jr. | November 21, 2013 | Comments Off on Deceiving and Being Deceived

Bob Jones, Jr. Many years ago an “ex-con’’’ man said to me, “The easiest person to ‘con’ is’ another con man,” Since most readers of FAITH are respectable and, we hope, godly people perhaps we had better define some terms and translate this sentence into the sort of English they will understand. A “Confidence man,”…

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“Is The Pope Catholic?”

By Wally Morris | November 20, 2013 | Comments Off on “Is The Pope Catholic?”

Wally Morris In response to a question which expects an answer of “Yes”, people sometimes say “Is the Pope Catholic?” Today that might be a good question to ask all by itself. Just how Catholic is this Pope? In March, Jorge Mario Bergoglio quietly assumed the papal seat of Peter, refusing some of the luxuries…

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Vibrant Faith, Believing Children

By Don Johnson | November 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Vibrant Faith, Believing Children

Don Johnson One of the most distressing experiences any Christian parent can have is to watch as their child abandons the faith of their youth. These tragedies are not far from any of us – names and faces immediately come to mind. The experience may be so common as to seem that this is the…

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Preach-ing or Preach-er? (2)

By Mark Minnick | November 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Preach-ing or Preach-er? (2)

Mark Minnick Part One • This is Part Two • Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In this second part,…

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The Believer’s Adornment

By Terry Hamilton | November 14, 2013 | Comments Off on The Believer’s Adornment

Terry Hamilton Regardless of the issue—be it music, media, dress, etc.—the child of God must be ever wary of the gravitational pull of a culture that is intentionally opposed to the Biblical mandate of holiness. Unless one resists its force and actively and persistently seeks the mind of God, gravity will do what gravity does:…

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Satan, Demons, and World Chaos (4)

By William Ward Ayer | November 13, 2013 | Comments Off on Satan, Demons, and World Chaos (4)

William Ward Ayer Few people believe in a personal devil. However, they readily accept the horned, spear-tailed, hoofed caricature which Satan has created to deceive mankind. There is in our day a world-wide surge in satanic activity. Aware that his time is short and his ultimate defeat certain, the Prince of this world has mobilized…

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Preach-ing or Preach-er? (1)

By Mark Minnick | November 11, 2013 | Comments Off on Preach-ing or Preach-er? (1)

Mark Minnick This is Part One • Part Two • Part Three It’s not my title. I’m borrowing it from William Quayle, pastor of large congregations in Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Chicago over a period of 30 years (1894–1925). Out of that extended, varied experience Quayle proposed something that every preacher sensitive to the state…

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