Many of our readers will have heard the news we were stunned by from our weekend post, Prayer Request: Colonial Hills Baptist Church bus overturns. For our first post of the week, I’d like to call your attention to three messages preached in Colonial Hills Baptist Church the day after the tragic accident that claimed…
Read MorePlease pray for the pastor and people of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. 3 dead after bus carrying teens returning from camp crashes in Indianapolis WISH-TV Story Mayor speaks Pastor Chad Phelps, his wife Courtenay, and Tonya Weindorf, a chaperone have been identified as those who passed away at the scene. More details…
Read MoreMark Minnick The third and last of three parts • Part One • Part Two Part One introduced writings on the subject by Charles Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City from 1898–1937. The first header was “The Character of Ministerial Depression: Complaint”, excerpted from a book called Quiet Hints to Growing…
Read MoreBetty Henderson I n the years that Queen Victoria reigned, Charles Spurgeon was a giant for God. However, even a godly giant could not accomplish by himself all of the great works Spurgeon did for the glory of God. In the shadow of Mr. Spurgeon, countless men and women served the Lord at the great…
Read MoreGerald L. Priest The answer to that question is a simple yes and no. Some Baptists have suggested that, since their spiritual fathers were not a part of the mainline branches of the Protestant Reformation and therefore did not separate from the Roman Catholic Church as these branches did, they cannot be Protestants. But that…
Read MoreA review by Brian Collins Baker, Hunter. The End of Secularism. Wheaton: Crossway, 2009. Hunter Baker’s The End of Secularism provides a good introduction to secularism. His endnotes point to resources of greater depth. Baker notes that secularism is a Western reaction against the idea of a Christian state. After religious pluralism developed in the…
Read MoreMark Minnick The second of three parts • Part One • Part Three Part One introduced writings on the subject by Charles Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City from 1898–1937. The first header was “The Character of Ministerial Depression: Complaint”, excerpted from a book called Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers. Though…
Read MoreDon Harrelson A little while ago, Proclaim & Defend asked our writer’s pool for book recommendations for our readers. In particular, we are interested in books that might fill a single shelf full of basic Bible study resources that are accessible for every Christian. Our first submission comes from Pastor Don Harrelson. Our list isn’t…
Read MoreWalter G. Fremont I was on my way to the dentist on a hot summer day. Driving in air-conditioned comfort, I passed a grandmotherly looking woman standing by an older car with a flat tire. I felt pity for her, but I had only ten minutes to spare and a meeting after my dental appointment.…
Read MoreA review by Brian Collins Synan, Vinson. The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. In chapter one of The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition, Synan roots the origins of Pentacostalism in the teachings of John Wesley. He notes the influence of William Law as well as Jeremy Taylor, Thomas à Kempis, Madame…
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