Extended before Jeremiah were the ruins of Jerusalem, with its streets strewn with rubble and the bodies of the dead in the midst. He spent his life calling on the people to repent and turn to the Lord, but they refused and continued in sin and idolatry. As Jeremiah surveyed the scene before him, he…
Read MoreHeart to Heart: Time to Land the Learjet This article is part of our May/June 2024 edition of FrontLine. We include with it a podcast interview of Roger and Malinda Duvall, discussing the article and the occasion of Malinda’s retirement as the FBFI Office Manager. The podcast is available here: Interview 36: Malinda Duvall on…
Read MoreIn an article dated May 31, published by Realclearreligion.com, Robb Brunansky said this about Christians and the dreaded month of June that comes every year. As Christians, we might easily look at June as a month where the darkness has overtaken the light, where godless people brazenly mock God by taking His rainbow and using…
Read MoreThe Salty, Light-Bearing Church We are talking about the March/April 2024 edition of FrontLine called “Salt and Light in Your City and State.” Our host for this session is Gordon Dickson, who served as our Associate Editor for this edition of the magazine. The guest today is pastor Steve Thomas, from Flat Rock Michigan. Steve…
Read MoreClick here to read part 1. Click here to read part 2. Working through the difficult interpretive decisions of James 5:13–18 is important, but let’s not miss the main concern of the passage: the prayer of faith. Whose prayer and whose faith? Verse 14 is clear that it is the elders who are doing the…
Read MoreAccording to the Book of Judges, Abimelech, the son of Gideon, hired worthless and reckless men to follow him. (See Judges 9.) Together, they murdered all his brothers, except one who escaped. Abimelech did this to gain complete political power over Israel. Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, escaped from the murderous band, but he…
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. Staying Spiritually Strong While in Higher Education As young people head off to places of higher education, Christian mentors…
Read MoreIn Lamentations 3, the longest chapter in this small prophetic book, Jeremiah’s expressions take on a personal tone. The prophet lived to see all he prophesied against Judah come to pass. Left behind with the poor, Jeremiah gazes upon a scene of devastation. The Temple is destroyed, the palaces and homes of the city are…
Read MoreIn a May 28, 2024 article for Mere Orthodoxy, Matthew Loftus mourned the precipitous decline in church attendance among historic mainline denominations (read historically modernist denominations). Church attendance for mainline denominations has now dropped to 9% of the population. For the sake of clarity, historically mainline churches while not all theologically liberal, aligned themselves with…
Read MoreWelcome 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…
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