The challenge in sorting through my mother’s possessions after she died was not because her possessions were so numerous. Part of the challenge was, of course, the grief that colored the process. But it was also difficult because mixed among the clothing, dishes, furniture, and a few pieces of gold jewelry, were items that seemed…
Read MoreDispensationalism Revisited: A 21st Century Restatement, Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Nov. 21 2023) [Support the FBFI by buying through our link.] I was reorganizing my desk after teaching a grad-level seminary block class last week and to my surprise I found a new book placed upon a pile of papers. It is entitled Dispensationalism Revisited:…
Read MoreOur latest edition of FrontLine is called, “The God of Beauty.” We introduced this edition with Interview 20, where coordinating editor Mark Herbster laid out his objectives in assembling writers to address this topic. You can catch that interview here. Today’s interview opens the topic as David de Bruyn discusses The Meaning of Beauty. Paying…
Read MoreClick here to read part one. A small thing can make a big difference. A tiny bit in a horse’s mouth can turn that massive beast in the direction that the rider determines. A small rudder on a huge ship has the power to turn that massive boat in the direction that the pilot determines.…
Read MoreThe gift of “tongues” was an important gift found in the early church and necessary for advancing the gospel among different ethnic groups. Tongues in the New Testament has reference to foreign languages unknown or unlearned by the speaker. It would be as if I were able to speak French or German without any instruction…
Read MoreAs with most first-person accounts, President Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiography provides unique insight and observations that would be missing from the full record of his life had it not been written. One extraordinary thing about Roosevelt’s autobiography is what is learned by what he omits. Roosevelt was married to a young socialite named Alice Hathaway. Two…
Read MoreIt was a Thursday night in December. I parked, and Grant and Joshua, two of my students from International Baptist College & Seminary, hopped out into the brisk air. Soon, the three of us were going to hike into the wilderness to observe a meteor shower on a moonless night. But first, we were visiting…
Read MoreBrandon Poulter at the Daily Caller published an article on the craziest courses being offered in institutions of “higher” learning across the US. Here are some extensive quotes from his horrible list. Princeton University offered a class titled “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” in the Spring 2023 semester, according to the…
Read MoreToday, we are publishing our final bit of audio from our summer Annual Meeting at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. We spread it out a little too long, I think. Next year you will get it at a more rapid pace. Our theme for the conference was “Reclaiming the Great Commission.” Besides the…
Read MoreThe Book of James is held together by the theme Tests of a Living Faith. The main exhortation of James is to be a doer of the Word, and not a hearer only who deceives himself about the genuineness of his claim to Faith (James 1:22). Being a doer of the Word can be exemplified…
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