A few interesting stories from around the web… The Problem with Pastors as Rock Stars Ed Stetzer has an interesting article on the ‘rock star’ pastor. I don’t always agree with Stetzer, but I think he touches on something that can happen in a church regardless of size. In addition to his solutions, I might…
Read MoreTim Fisher Historic musical art forms are known to us in these familiar terms: classical, folk, and popular (pop). An understanding of these terms is essential to grasp the full picture of what is happening in our culture today. The first term, classical, refers to music or art that has intrinsic value or worthiness based…
Read MoreRandy Shaylor “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil. . . .” (Isaiah 5:20) Only by living the life of a hermit can one escape the fact that Americans have abandoned truth as a standard of life and as a spiritual and philosophical ideal. Whether it is called disingenuousness, prevarication, or spin,…
Read MoreBecause of the importance of these articles, we are providing a special edition of FrontLine as a PDF file for you to use as you see fit. Please note that this special edition only includes the articles on protecting our children and no other material from the January/February issue. Click here to view a downloadable version of the PDF.…
Read MoreLayton Talbert Mark Sidwell, The Dividing Line: Understanding and Applying Biblical Separation (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1998). 200 pages. Why another book on separation? Author Mark Sidwell (who also edited Fred Moritz’s Be Ye Holy) anticipates this question. His goal is “to supplement, not to supplant, other studies.” The author’s aim and spirit…
Read MoreIf you see something, say something Good comment on sexual abuse. Einstein’s ‘God Letter’ to Be Sold On Ebay Tragic and candid, an illustration of Romans 9-11, God has blinded the Jews (for the most part) The Bible for Bloggers Bryan Chappell with an excellent piece on Christian blogging. His words should convict the consciences…
Read MoreDon Johnson An occasional series on the doctrine of sanctification: Part One; Part Two; Part Three. This is Part Four. In this essay, I’d like to address the tendency we have as Christians to fall into error by over-emphasizing a truth. When I say ‘error’, I don’t mean ‘heresy’. Heresy, according dictionary.com, is “an opinion…
Read MoreScott Williquette This article appeared at a time when the Church Growth Movement was much more talked of than it is today. We republish it here because the insight displayed shows how a discerner looks at modern church movements. We would that all believers would be discerning and cautious about running after some new thing.…
Read MoreSteven Owen Today America faces moral decadence unprecedented in its history. The American home is under severe Satanic attack, and much of this attack has been directed against the role of women. Even Christian homes are under tremendous social and cultural pressure that threatens their very existence. We need to return to the first principles…
Read MoreMark Minnick Our homiletics professor caught everyone offguard with his question: “What would you do if you had been invited to speak at a country church and upon arriving early found that no one was there yet except one young woman who was standing outside the locked building in the rain?” Then he sharpened the…
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