Posts by Mark Herbster
The God of Beauty
FrontLine | Volume 33 • Number 6 In his book Till We Have Faces C. S. Lewis said, “The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing to find the place where all the beauty came from.” For the Christian there is an internal awareness and an external acknowledgment that all the beauty…
Read MoreReady to Answer
FrontLine: Volume 32 • Number 5 The Christian faith is defensible, and learning to defend it is an act of obedience for believers. First Peter 3:15 instructs Christians to “be ready always to give an answer to every man.” The term “apologetics” has historically been used for this careful defense of the Christian faith. But…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals: “Even So, Come”
July/August 2020 | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 4 Eschatology: A Necessary and Spiritually Edifying Study God is not limited by time or space, yet He is the God of history. All of history fulfills God’s purposes and will ultimately culminate to bring Him glory. Eschatology (from Gk. eschatos, “last”) is the branch of theology that…
Read MoreTHE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper
November/December 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 6 THE FUNDAMENTALS: Who Is God? Theology Proper Charles Spurgeon said, The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great…
Read MoreTuning Out Television
Mark Herbster FrontLine • July/August 2008 Technological advances have brought new challenges into Christian families. Most families own at least one television set, and many Christians are struggling with a daily battle with television and its ungodly influences. Television has a great impact on our lives: it teaches our children; it trains our culture. Though…
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