Excellence in Conservative Christian Music Begins in the Home

By Taigen Joos | October 1, 2024 | Comments Off on Excellence in Conservative Christian Music Begins in the Home

In Part 1 of this series, I sought to highlight a situation in the general world I’m calling “Conservative Christian Music.” My intention was not, nor is not, to discuss specific musicians, or even really to address the controversial style question that is a key component of the “worship wars.” While there is a place…

Why Do You Want to Be Baptized?

By Kevin Schaal | September 29, 2024 | Comments Off on Why Do You Want to Be Baptized?

I was driving down the highway recently and I saw a decorated vehicle in the distance in front of me. It had white streamers taped all over it, cans dragging on strings behind, and painted boldly in the back window were the words, “Just Baptized.”  It made me smile. For more than a year now,…

Podcast – Interview 47: Heaven’s Citizens Under Human Government (Gordon Dickson)

By Proclaim and Defend | September 28, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast – Interview 47: Heaven’s Citizens Under Human Government (Gordon Dickson)

We are interviewing the authors of our July/August edition of FrontLine magazine. The theme of that issue was “God, the Christian, and Human Government.” A few weeks ago I had the chance to sit down with my friend Gordon Dickson, who wrote an article called, “Heaven’s Citizens Under Human Government” In this article, Gordon talks…

Jesus Christ, Our Great God and Savior (Titus 2:13)

By David Huffstutler | September 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Jesus Christ, Our Great God and Savior (Titus 2:13)

Titus 2:11–14 gives us the reason for why we should live as godly men and women, old or young, and in our places of service (cf. Titus 2:1–10)—the saving grace of God has appeared in the person of Jesus Christ to teach us how to live godly lives. Part of this godly life is to…

The Eleventh Commandment – Introduction

By Charles Phelps | September 26, 2024 | Comments Off on The Eleventh Commandment – Introduction

To conclude a study of the ten commandments (we called it “God’s Love Letter Etched in Stone”) we turned to O John 13.34. If you will, this could be seen as the Eleventh Commandment. You might wonder, what is the Eleventh Commandment? The Eleventh Commandment is the new commandment that Jesus speaks of in the…

Podcast: FBFI 2024 – Mount of Ascension (Nathan Steadman)

By Proclaim and Defend | September 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast: FBFI 2024 – Mount of Ascension (Nathan Steadman)

Today, I am happy to present another of the preaching sessions from our 2024 annual meeting held at Tri-Cities Baptist Church in Westminster, Colorado. I am once again publishing this on Wednesday as a bonus episode. Saturday we will give you one of our FrontLine interviews from the current issue. The theme for our meeting…

Incompatible Trajectories [Creation vs. Evolution]

By Andrew Hudson | September 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Incompatible Trajectories [Creation vs. Evolution]

Recent days have seen numerous attempts to harmonize the creation account in the Bible with the evolutionary science accepted by most of the scientific community. These attempts to harmonize creation and evolution have come primarily from the Christian community. Atheists either ignore or summarily dismiss creation (and creation science) because they view the Bible as…

Train Up a Child

By Don Johnson | September 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Train Up a Child

These four words can conjure up pain and disappointment for many believers. I’ve talked to many Christian parents who have now grown children who are not walking with the Lord. Often these parents are aged, their children have spent many years living in the world, yet the parents still hope in a childhood profession of…

Jesus or the Pope: You must choose one or the other

By Kevin Schaal | September 22, 2024 |

[Editor’s note: The image above is AI generated, but the Pope did say that all religions lead to God.] There has been a continuing movement to erase the divisions created by Martin Luther and the other Reformers. From the Evangelicals and Catholics Together statement in 1994 to the recent departure of J. D. Vance from…

Podcast: FBFI 2024 – The Mountains of the Gadarenes (Caleb Phelps)

By Proclaim and Defend | September 21, 2024 | Comments Off on Podcast: FBFI 2024 – The Mountains of the Gadarenes (Caleb Phelps)

Today, I am happy to present another of the preaching sessions 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 Pastor…