Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) I have been preaching a series through the Book of Proverbs recently, and I finally got to the subject of social drinking. Proverbs has a lot to say on the subject. The language is clear.…
Welcome to the Proclaim & Defend podcast. Our topic today is an article from the January/February issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our guest today is pastor Ryan Martin from Columbiaville, Michigan. He wrote an article called “All Things to All Men.” He is talking about the concept of “contextualization,” something…
James 5:12 seems to be the last example of worldliness—living without reference to God. This fits into James’ application to be a doer of the Word (James 1:22) by keeping oneself unspotted from the world (James 1:27). James has been addressing different examples of worldliness since the beginning of chapter 4. Now he comes to…
The church was born at the first Pentecost following the resurrection of Christ. It was at that time that Jesus “having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit” sent Him to his disciples and “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit”…
“Where are the leaders?” I don’t need to convince anyone that the church is facing a leadership crisis. In times like these, churches can be tempted to hastily place unqualified men in positions of leadership before taking time to assess their character or qualifications (1 Tim. 5:22-25). As a result, the church suffers instead of…
Congratulations to Bob Jones University and to Joshua Crockett on his being named as the institution’s sixth president. Serving as the President of any institution of higher learning in these tumultuous times is an endeavor that requires wisdom, fortitude, humility, faithfulness to the scriptures, and the dynamic blessing of God. All those character qualities have…
The Passover meal had ended. Judas was well on his way to betray the Son of God. Bellies full, the remaining eleven prepared to sing the psalms they always sung before heading out for the evening. Matthew 26:30 reports that “when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” What…
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. (Proverbs 17:15) God is a just God and He demands that human beings treat one another justly. So why aren’t the Social Justice Warriors of our culture falling back on the Bible as they…
In this political season, we’ve heard about something called “Christian Nationalism.” It’s a term used by those on the left to demonize everyone on the right, while many Christians are mystified by these charges. After all, they are Christians, they love their nation, and what is wrong with that? Well, our guest today helps us…
This blog series is adapted from Sunday School lessons I wrote several years ago for women and teen girls. The goal was to form a “theology of woman” by looking chronologically at all of the major portions of Scripture regarding women and womanhood. What does the Bible say are the roles, duties, challenges, and opportunities…