by Pastor Douglas B. Wright I am preaching through I Timothy and have come to a passage often used and abused by proponents on both sides of the alcohol debate. Timothy’s “frequent ailments” elicited practical advice from Paul to “use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.” Timothy concluded that he…
Read Moreby the late James Singleton This article appeared in FrontLine Mar/Apr 2000. The article displays great discernment about Christian problems. It is as relevant today as it was twelve years ago. It was said that Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. Today we face a cultural crisis that began in the last few…
Read MoreFrom the ‘items you may have missed’ category: In keeping with our recent theme on alcohol, LaShawn Barber writes in World Magazine about sobriety. (Article behind a subscription wall.) Marriage turning upside down? Consider these articles from Great Britain: Polygamous Muslim unions on the rise in Britain and Leave definition of marriage alone, Muslims warn.…
Read Moreby Jim Oesterwind For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. (Romans 8:15–16) And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the…
Read Moresubmitted by Don Johnson (HT: Pastor Sam Souza, Brandon, Manitoba) One of the unending debates is over the meaning of worldliness and how concerned we should be about it. Preachers of former days were not quite so uncertain on the subject: “Our ecclesiastical ancestors were in the habit of condemning in Christian men, not merely…
Read Moreby Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine Mar/Apr 1997. Click the link for subscription information. Part 1 here. Rightly Dividing the Word of God Those not well-acquainted with Puritan preaching may assume that it sacrificed exegetical accuracy for the sake of practical application. This was certainly not true of Caryl’s preaching. His work…
Read Moreby Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine Mar/Apr 1997. Click the link for subscription information. You have heard of the patience of Job (James 5:11). But have you heard of the patience of Joseph Caryl? With the exception of the Book of Job’s anonymous author, Caryl may have been its foremost authority ever.…
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