Church History is a valuable field of study. For instance, ever since the early church, documents have been written and passed down which have helped articulate doctrinal truth. I call them “The Four Cs of Doctrinal History.” These include creeds, confessions, catechisms, and councils (from which some documents come). I have begun a teaching series…
Can we communicate with the dead? A lot of people seem to think so. They go to graves, make social media posts to deceased loved ones, perform rituals, and worship ancestors. Christians should know that direct communication with the dead is impossible. Trying to do so is sin against God (Lev. 20:6; Deut. 18:10-11; 1 Sam. 28:3).…
The recent government memo directing all federal agencies to stop all government grants and loans has raised many questions. The administration aimed to review everything and find government waste and fraud. Many left-wing NGOs received billions in federal aid, but among the left-wing appropriations were also billions in funding for the social efforts of more…
We are embarking on a series of conversations with the authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine which was on the topic, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” I was in an airport recently and decided to pick up a book to read on the plane. Since I’ve been talking to our authors on this topic,…
This first part of two in this series is adapted from Sunday School lessons I wrote several years ago for women and teen girls. The goal was to form a “theology of woman” by looking chronologically at all of the major portions of Scripture regarding women and womanhood. What does the Bible say are the…
While Saul was in Antioch teaching, “there came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And…one…named Agabus…signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout the world…Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea” (Acts 11:27-29). The world is frequently subject to events…
In a previous article, I discussed the issues of deputation (missionary support-raising) and the Bible. In this article, I’d like to answer two questions that pastors or other church leaders might ask: Why should missionaries visit our church? Who’s joining whose ministry? Why Should Missionaries Visit Our Church? Having missionaries visit your church can always benefit the congregation,…
The Apostle Paul urged us as disciples of Jesus Christ to lay down our rights. He argued that a lifestyle that assumed self-sacrifice was fundamental to making disciples. ln 1 Corinthians 9, Paul provides an extended section of instruction for ministry workers and the churches that support them. A major emphasis in the chapter is…
Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also. Hebrews 13:3 Are the prisoners that we should remember only those who are being mistreated, or should we also remember those who are believers who have legitimately broken the law, or have been caught in a legal/political…
With this edition of the podcast, we complete all the interviews I recorded with the November/December FrontLine authors. There were a few writers who couldn’t come on due to scheduling reasons, but I think you will have a good sense of the topics we covered if you listen to the ones we were able to…