Podcast – Interview 48: A Christian Approach to Political Change (Brian Collins)

By Proclaim and Defend | October 12, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast – Interview 48: A Christian Approach to Political Change (Brian Collins)

We are talking about the July/August FrontLine on the theme, “God, the Christian, and Human Government.” For this interview I am speaking with Brian Collins who works for BJU Press. He’ll tell you a little bit about what he does when we start. Brian’s article is called “A Christian Approach to Political Change.” We are…

A Theology of Woman from Proverbs 31: A Wise Woman to Emulate

By Holly Huffstutler | October 11, 2024 | Comments Off on A Theology of Woman from Proverbs 31: A Wise Woman to Emulate

Last month we examined the Proverbs 7 Woman. We saw a negative model to avoid. This week we are going to look at the Proverbs 31 Woman. What makes her so excellent and more precious than jewels? We are going to find that a godly woman applies wisdom in daily living. Passage Overview Proverbs 31:10-31…

Understanding Our Union with Christ

By Micah Colbert | October 10, 2024 | Comments Off on Understanding Our Union with Christ

A Forgotten Doctrine When was the last time you heard a sermon about union with Christ? Union with Christ might be one of the most neglected, overlooked doctrines of the Christian faith. And yet, as we will see in a moment, this glorious truth is the basis for every blessing and joy we experience as…

Disaster Relief Efforts after Hurricane Helene

By Gordon Dickson | October 8, 2024 |

On Thursday, September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category four storm – the strongest hurricane to strike the Big Bend area of Florida. As you know, the storm proceeded to devastate parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. As of this writing, estimates put the damage as high as…

The Eleventh Commandment – Exclusivity

By Charles Phelps | October 8, 2024 | Comments Off on The Eleventh Commandment – Exclusivity

Previously: The Eleventh Commandment – Introduction The Eleventh Commandment – Authority Now Jesus is not only speaking forcefully here, but also exclusively. Let me point out that Judas was not in the room when Jesus shares the eleventh commandment. If you come back to me to John 13.30, we read, “He [that’s Judas] then having…

Biblical Separation Among the Methodists?

By Kevin Schaal | October 6, 2024 | Comments Off on Biblical Separation Among the Methodists?

The battles over the fundamentals of the faith that ravaged every major ecclesiastical body in the 1920s are repeated in the 2020s but over different issues.  It’s not like those old issues don’t exist—they do.  However, we are facing new problems that are as pertinent to Orthodox Christianity as the fundamentals were one hundred years…

Podcast: FBFI 2024 – The Mount of Olives (Will Senn)

By Proclaim and Defend | October 5, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast: FBFI 2024 – The Mount of Olives (Will Senn)

Today, we present the final preaching session from our 2024 annual meeting held at Tri-Cities Baptist Church in Westminster, Colorado. The theme for our meeting was “Called to Summit” and each speaker gave a message related to one of the mountains mentioned in the New Testament. Today’s message comes from our host pastor, Will Senn,…

Natural Disasters and the New Testament Theology

By Greg Stiekes | October 4, 2024 | Comments Off on Natural Disasters and the New Testament Theology

Editor’s Note: This post was written during Hurricane Irma in 2017. Its message will encourage us today and especially those affected by Hurricane Helene.  — Classic discussions about the paradox of evil in the world, given the Bible’s claim that an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent Creator governs all things, generally proceed on the grounds that evil…

What is True Love?

By Treg Spicer | October 3, 2024 |

It was our Senior year of High School. And it was finally announced. The dreaded Bible project we had all heard the upperclassman talk about and the one we finally got to write. The project was a two-page paper titled “What you are looking for in a future mate.” This project would not have had…

The Eleventh Commandment – Authority

By Charles Phelps | October 2, 2024 | Comments Off on The Eleventh Commandment – Authority

As we open our Bibles to John 13, we find a passage that is pulsating with love. The chapter opens with the words, “Having loved his own where were in the world, he loved them unto the end” (Jn. 13:1). In the last verses of John 13, we find what we’ve discovered here this morning,…