By 2015 or so, it seemed like the Christian School movement in the US was close to death. For thirty years, many church-based schools strangled their mother institutions. Some church-based schools thrived but only with very careful control of enrollment. Homeschooling overtook Christian Schools as the Christian Education of choice, but that left many students…
Read MoreWelcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. Our topic today is an article from the January/February issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” This interview concludes our series for this issue of the magazine. Our guest today is pastor David deBruyn of Johannesburg, South Africa. He wrote an article called “Multiculturalism and…
Read MoreThe body of James’ letter expands on the theme of being a doer of the Word (James 1:22 sets up the body of the letter, which encompasses James 1:19–5:12). The book of James is bookended by addressing circumstances of suffering (James 1:2–18 and 5:13–18). A living faith is evidenced by being a doer of the…
Read MoreMagnus Carlsen, the world champion chess Grand Master, can play ten opponents at the same time. That ability is not unusual. But Carlsen plays ten opponents without looking at the chessboard. He plays each board, positions, and moves in his mind, all at the same time. And he wins. People with photographic memory can remember…
Read MoreWilliam McKinley was president of the United States during the Spanish American War and led the nation out of an economic depression into a season of prosperity. Still, he is little remembered, except for the tragic fact that early in his second term he was assassinated by an anarchist and was then succeeded by his…
Read MoreTherefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) I have been preaching a series through the Book of Proverbs recently, and I finally got to the subject of social drinking. Proverbs has a lot to say on the subject. The language is clear.…
Read MoreWelcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. Our topic today is an article from the January/February issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our guest today is pastor Ryan Martin from Columbiaville, Michigan. He wrote an article called “All Things to All Men.” He is talking about the concept of “contextualization,” something…
Read MoreJames 5:12 seems to be the last example of worldliness—living without reference to God. This fits into James’ application to be a doer of the Word (James 1:22) by keeping oneself unspotted from the world (James 1:27). James has been addressing different examples of worldliness since the beginning of chapter 4. Now he comes to…
Read MoreThe church was born at the first Pentecost following the resurrection of Christ. It was at that time that Jesus “having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” sent Him to his disciples and “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit”…
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