by Don Johnson An occasional series on sanctification — Part 1 is here. In my first article on sanctification, I discussed God’s Strategy for Sanctification, found in Romans 6. Four big words dominate the chapter: Know, Reckon, Yield, Obey. The strategy starts with Knowing something – the full meaning of your identification with the death…
by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • March/April 1999. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The theme of the Book of Romans is bound up with the dynamic concept of “righteousness” (first mentioned in 1:17). The Greek word, or one of its derivatives (such as righteous, justify, or justification), occurs 66…
by Rick Barry This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The story recounted by this article is probably fairly well known – a favorite illustration in many a sermon. We republish it here, at the close of the week, to remind you of it once again…
by Don Johnson Scandals come and scandals go, but internet rumour mongers abide forever. Or so it seems. If you were a vigilant Googler (is that a word?), you could probably find a scandal a day, at least, among the many religious groups in America alone, not to mention around the world. We aren’t encouraging…
by Layton Talbert This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The most effective way to illustrate the importance of context in Bible interpretation—and simultaneously to address an equally important doctrinal issue—is to present a real-life case study. Gordan Fee and Douglas Stuart have written a mostly…
As a follow up to our recent article, “Ministering in Love to Homosexuals”, by Matt Recker, we offer this special edition of Around the Web featuring an index of a sermon series by Pastor Gary Reimers on the same subject: The Biblical View of Homosexuality Individual messes: The Root of Sin The Root of Sin…
by Matt Recker Recently, I was confronted with a challenging statement followed by some questions that deserve answers: “Many Christians fight hard against gay rights (which is not an incorrect battle), but few grapple with how to minister the gospel to homosexuals and other equally tempted believers in this lifestyle. For example, what do you…
A popular perspective of movements shaping fundamentalism from 1880s to the 1920s, being a lightly edited transcript of a series of lectures given for the Adult Bible Fellowship of Tri-Cities Baptist Church during the spring of 2012 (Part 4) by Dave Sproul Click here for Part One – here for Part Two – here for Part…
On John MacArthur Review of Iain Murray biography of John MacArthur from Banner of Truth: John MacArthur – A Review by Jeffrey Riddle – Note: this review is from a non-dispensational perspective. On Legalism Fred Zaspel, former classmate of this editor, addresses the over-use of the words Legalist and Legalism in “Legalism or Obedience?” Fred runs…
by Layton Talbert This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Click here for Part One, here for Part Two Interpreting the Bible: A Tale of Two Questions Accurate Bible interpretation starts with asking two questions— and asking them in the right order. What did it mean…