David Potter At the end of 1973, Olah was called to be an assistant to Nicolae Covaci, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Oradea (now known as Emanuel Baptist Church). The call came because Covaci had suffered a heart attack and the church leaders asked him to invite Olah to be his assistant. When…
by Elmer L. Rumminger How Should a Christian Family Deal With Pornography On Television? This article first appeared in the first issue of the magazine, Faith for the Family, published March/April, 1973.It is reproduced here by permission. Editor’s note: The article speaks of the problem of immorality on display on television from a 1973 perspective.…
The Eclectic Web Our lead story has this headline: God too big for one religion. So says Baptist pastor Joe Phelps. He is the pastor of Highland Baptist Church, a church affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship, a group that has partner churches in the CBF and the more conservative…
Troubled Journey A Missionary Childhood in War-torn China By Faith Cook Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 2004 Book review by David Potter How should we deal with trials and tragedy on the mission field? What are the principles that should govern missionary child-rearing? An unusual woman raises these important issues in an unusual missionary…
Thomas Overmiller A couple of years ago, a missionary on the field sent me two questions: (1) What is preaching? (2) How does preaching differ from teaching? He didn’t ask because he didn’t know the answers. He was preparing lecture notes for an upcoming homiletics class and wanted outside input. In this article, I’d like…
David Potter Transylvania would not seem to be the likeliest place to search for heroes, much less for Baptist heroes, but two outstanding servants of Christ sprang from that region nevertheless, born 90 years and 75 kilometers distant from each other. Their names were Mihály Kornya and Liviu Olah. I have already devoted a series…
Paul Downey One of the longest recorded sermons preached by the Lord Jesus is found in the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of Matthew. The immediate audience to whom Jesus spoke included the scribes and Pharisees—the scrupulously religious experts of the Law who assumed they were perfect in righteousness. Also present were many ordinary Jews…
Don Johnson Is it just me, or are the issues we most argue about today in the separation debates largely focused on cultural questions? Whether the argument is over music, motion pictures, dress, the use of alcohol, or any other issue you care to name, the argumentation is largely a matter of “culture” and the…
Andy Rupert During first-century battles, “the Roman soldier wore a bronze helmet equipped with cheek pieces. The helmet was a heavy decorative and expensive item which had an inside lining of felt or sponge which made the weight bearable. Nothing short of an axe or hammer could pierce a heavy helmet” (Reinecker and Rogers 542).…
Doug Wright Winchester Star, May 24, 2013 – “The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders . . . Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee.” Those…