Should Christian Homes, Schools, and Churches Have a Gender Curriculum?

By Kevin Schaal | April 30, 2023 | Comments Off on Should Christian Homes, Schools, and Churches Have a Gender Curriculum?

The answer to this question is a resounding “Yes!” We must be more purposeful about this than ever before.  It must be instruction that is Bible-based and does not follow the extremes or errors of popular culture. Fred McFeely Rogers might have had a pulse on the thinking and feelings of children more than any…

A Living Faith That Overcomes the Temptation of Disgust

By Kevin Collins | April 28, 2023 | Comments Off on A Living Faith That Overcomes the Temptation of Disgust

This part 3 of a 5-part series. For previous posts, click the following: part 1; part 2. I went almost ten years without a correct diagnosis regarding what exact muscle disease I had. Honestly, the muscle disease itself wasn’t the hardest trial. The hardest trials were the effects of the muscle disease: not being wanted…

The Self-Existent God

By George Stiekes | April 27, 2023 | Comments Off on The Self-Existent God

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Isaiah 40:13, 14 God revealed Himself in many ways in His…

A Family On Mission

By Treg Spicer | April 26, 2023 |

Our kids loved spy movies when they were growing up. No, not Mission Impossible or 007, but more on the lines of Spy Kids and The Spy Next Door. These types of spy movies would eventually involve the whole family going on some type of mission. I love this idea. How awesome would it be…

AI, ChatGPT and Ministry

By David de Bruyn | April 25, 2023 | Comments Off on AI, ChatGPT and Ministry

We have always produced machines to reduce our labour. These machines are necessarily stronger than we are. The Industrial Revolution produced machines that could build bigger, better and faster than human hands could manage. In the 20th century, we produced machines that could calculate more and faster than we could, machines that could store and…

Christians in the Medical Field are at an Acts 5:29 Crossroads

By Kevin Schaal | April 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Christians in the Medical Field are at an Acts 5:29 Crossroads

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”But Peter and the other apostles answered…

Episode 2: Christian Ethics, Abortions, and Stem Cell Lines

By Don Johnson | April 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Episode 2: Christian Ethics, Abortions, and Stem Cell Lines

Dr. Michael P. Riley, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Wakefield, Michigan discusses his article on ethical questions Christians have about using the Covid vaccine and other medicines. Specifically, should the use of stem cell lines in medical research affect our choices about medical treatments? Podcast: Episode 2: Christian Ethics, Abortions, and Stem Cell Lines…

Can I Get a Witness?

By David Huffstutler | April 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Can I Get a Witness?

Does the Bible allow us to appeal to others to affirm the truthfulness of our words? Can we ask for a witness when our reputation is on the line? We know that witnesses can be used to verify sin (Matt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Tim 5:19; cf. Deut 19:15–21), but what about righteousness instead?…

On Reading Widely: Four Benefits for Pastors

By M. R. Conrad | April 20, 2023 | Comments Off on On Reading Widely: Four Benefits for Pastors

“I just don’t have time to read widely,” says the modern pastor. Between preparing multiple sermons, planning outreaches, discipling believers, and so many other worthy activities that crowd his schedule, the pastor has little free time for outside reading. But if he made time, how would reading widely benefit him and his service in the…

Introducing the Proclaim & Defend Podcast

By Don Johnson | April 19, 2023 |

The many avenues of communication expand faster than any of us can keep up. Podcasting is one of those new forms in our world. Almost everyone has heard of podcasting, and, seemingly, almost everyone has a podcast. Why add one more? To start with, let me offer you our mission statement: FBFI’s Mission is to…