Posts by Charles Phelps
Living In Light of Looming Judgment
(A Christian Response to the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage) Chuck Phelps The Sky Hasn’t Fallen – Yet! Ever since July of 2000, when Vermont became the first state to legalize Civil Unions, people have been saying, “The sky hasn’t fallen!” In August of 2014, Judge Craig Daughtrey, of the United States 6th Circuit said, “Gay…
Read MoreThe Greatness of the Gospel
Chuck Phelps The gospel is “good news.” It is the good news of God. God sent His Son, our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, into the world to bear our sins in His body on the tree (Isaiah 53) so that we might be reconciled to God through Him (2 Cor. 5:18). In a world filled…
Read MoreAll Fundamentalists are Cultural
Chuck Phelps In seeking to define the new direction of a ministry some will claim to be historic fundamentalists while refuting “cultural fundamentalism.” When Christian leaders get honest, all of us are at times frustrated by the never-ending battle to define who we are and why we do what we do within Christian ministry. Yet,…
Read MoreChuck Phelps on Personal Separation
FBFI Board Vice Chairman, Dr. Chuck Phelps has written an excellent article titled, ‘It’s Not About Cultural Fundamentalism It’s About Personal Separation,” that deserves wide circulation. Although the article has already appeared on other sites, the article needs to be read by all readers of Proclaim and Defend, and is featured below, with the author’s permission:…
Read MoreMay Christians Drink Beverage Alcohol?
Chuck Phelps In 1979 a drunk driver veered off the road, tore across a well-manicured lawn, and struck a parked car. In that car, tucked safely into her baby seat, was my friend’s infant daughter. While the little girl’s mother was escorting her brother and sister into her grandma’s house, the drunk driver struck, and…
Read MoreAs Goes The Music – So Goes The Ministry
by Charles Phelps The past 40 years are marked by major worship wars. Music is now a primary battlefield within America’s evangelical congregations. In his book, Worship in Spirit and in Truth, John Frame states the obvious, “Worship in music is a large topic, fraught with controversy today” (p. 111). In times past, many warned…
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