FrontLine | Volume 33 • Number 6 In his book Till We Have Faces C. S. Lewis said, “The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing to find the place where all the beauty came from.” For the Christian there is an internal awareness and an external acknowledgment that all the beauty…
Read MoreI pass out Bible reading schedules every year on the last Sunday of the year. It is a blessing to see people enthusiastically take up the project each year. Last year I published an article here on P&D called “Bible Reading and Vain Vows.” How did you do with your vows of Bible reading last…
Read MoreOur July/August 2023 edition of FrontLine focused on “The Gender Controversy.” The article we focus on with today’s podcast is by Matt Recker, called “Reaching Those in the LGBTQ Movement.” As you know, the gender issues are front and center in our media today. It can seem overwhelming to us as we confront it in every area…
Read MoreIn one of the Bible’s “new years,” 2 Chronicles 29:3 records of Hezekiah, “In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.” At first glance, this may seem like simple maintenance, but further study shows that opening and repairing these…
Read MoreAfter learning about the then on-going Welsh revival, well-known British Bible teacher F.B. Meyer traveled by train from London to the city of Cardiff to investigate the reports. Accompanied by a friend who was somewhat skeptical regarding the religious fervor sweeping through the land of Wales, Meyer attended a service in which the young evangelist…
Read MoreLast week I posted an article based on the first sermon in my Christmas series this year. I had plans to write up each message in full, but life intrudes. Today I’d like to summarize the series to give a coda to the opening overture of last week. The first message dealt with failure and…
Read MoreThe Evangelist Luke tells us that after the visit of the shepherds to the infant Jesus and their report of the angelic messengers, Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. We may take the comment as a historian’s citation of his source. It is possible that the Evangelist met Mary and…
Read MoreNow in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with…
Read MoreYes, we are still publishing audio from our summer Annual Meeting at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. This is the penultimate post, one more to come in due course. Our theme for the conference was “Reclaiming the Great Commission.” Besides the preaching sessions, our speakers and other leaders conducted several outstanding Workshop sessions,…
Read MoreMy favorite Christmas hymn is “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” written by Charles Wesley. I love its rich truths about Christ and the gospel. The text is based on many different passages in Scripture. In the first stanza, Wesley poetically summarizes the angels’ message to the shepherds that Christ, the newborn King, had been born…
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