Living in a reasonably large city like Indianapolis I can see the signs are everywhere. In fact, once you notice it, it becomes hard to unsee—dogs are the new kids. We take our kids to play on a playground and with a small handful of other families and watch countless individuals and couples walking their…

Paul wrote to the believers in Philippi “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others” (Philippians 2:4). He was instructing his audience to be mindful of the situation pertaining to those around them, whether spiritual or material. Paul was not advocating that they should be nosy…

It’s Sunday morning. You’re a pastor looking over your sermon when you see some new faces walk through the front door of your church. Your greeters shake their hands, yet there seems to be some awkwardness there. Unable to hear from this distance, you walk over and introduce yourself. The father of the new family…

Just before the Zelensky Oval Office fiasco last week, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this on X. “Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine,”  It…

We are discussing the January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” Our guest today is pastor David Huffstutler, a fellow board member of the FBFI, and author of the article, “Does Homework Have to Be Human?” We discussed issues that come up in the classroom with the use of AI.…

This 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 that…

Two men were part of a band of brothers. Both had been trained as members of an elite group, specifically chosen from hundreds or perhaps thousands of candidates. They had bonded into an exclusive team. Both received special training in preparation for a greater undertaking, trained by the best and prepared for an important task.…

This afternoon I enjoyed a “first” in my relationship with the United States of America. As most of our readers know, I am a Canadian by birth, and except for when I went to the USA to get an education (and a wife), I’ve spent my entire life living in Canada. Through all this time…

Paul wrote to the believers in Philippi “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others” (Philippians 2:4). He was instructing his audience to be mindful of the state of those around them, whether spiritual or material. Paul was not advocating that they should be nosy or…

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  I just preached this message on Sunday, and in studying the passage, I saw something there that I had not noticed in my 35-plus years of ministry. I have quoted…