Posts by Proclaim and Defend
[Podcast] Interview 105: Called in Community: The Local Church and the Shaping of Pastoral Ministry (Nathan Mestler)
We continue our interviews with authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme: “It Takes a Church to Grow a Pastor.” Today’s episode is a discussion with Nathan Mestler, president of International Baptist College and Seminary in Chandler, AZ. Nathan offers us the article, “Called in Community: The Local Church and the Shaping…
Read More[Podcast] Interview 104: The Second-Career Call (Matt Klassen)
We continue our interviews with authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme: “It Takes a Church to Grow a Pastor.” This week our guest is Matt Klassen. His article is his own testimony about his call into the ministry after a long career in a field we don’t usually think of as…
Read More[Podcast] Interview 103: Mentor to the Mentors: A True Call to Ministry (Jeff Caupp)
We continue our interviews with authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme: “It Takes a Church to Grow a Pastor.” This week it is Jeff Caupp, his article is on Mentoring, a subject that was much talked about a few years ago, but his emphasis is a bit different. Of course, we…
Read More[Podcast] Interview 102: The Power of Radical Hospitality (Dave Shumate)
Today we begin our interviews with authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme: “It Takes a Church to Grow a Pastor.” I’ve got Dave Shumate with me to talk about this issue and his article in the magazine. Dave is a regular on the podcast and this time is what we call…
Read MoreInterview 101: The World at Our Doorstep: Chaplaincy Ministry to Scouting America (Alan Ashley)
We are wrapping up our interviews for the November/December issue of FrontLine with this podcast. This interview is unique among all the others for this issue of the magazine as it combines the theme “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World” with a chaplains report. Alan Ashley is an FBFI endorsed chaplain with…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 100: Fostering Resilience in Young Adults (Emily Haynes)
We took a few weeks off over Christmas and are just now getting going once again. Today’s interview also comes from our November/December FrontLine magazine, which had the topic “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” In this interview, I’m interviewing Emily Haynes, whose article was called “Fostering Resilience in Young Adults.” I…
Read More[Podcast] Interview 99: A Mother’s Faith (Matt Davis)
We are talking to authors from our November/December FrontLine magazine, which had the topic “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” Our author this time is Matt Davis, the Chief Executive Officer at Maranatha Baptist University. His article was called, “A Mother’s Faith: The Forge of a Biblical Leader.” He was looking at…
Read More[Podcast] Interview 98: Teach Them Diligently (David Potter)
We are talking to authors from our November/December FrontLine magazine, which had the topic “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” Our author this time is my friend David Potter who wrote an article called, “Teach Them Diligently.” He is drawing from Deuteronomy 6 in reminding us of the importance of passing on…
Read More(Podcast) Interview 97 – Noah: A Parent Who Found Grace – Steve Love
We are getting back into our podcasting schedule here, just a few weeks before Christmas, and then we will take another break. Today we begin talking to some of our authors from the November/December issue of FrontLine on the theme “Raising Children to be Adults in an Adolescent World.” Our first author is Steve Love,…
Read MorePodcast – Interview 96: Promises God Gives Us to Face Our Trials (Mark Love)
Today we begin interviews with authors for the November/December issue of FrontLine, though today’s guest, Mark Love, was writing for a section of the magazine that is not part of the theme. I like to have authors of our regular feature pieces come on from time to time to promote those aspects of the magazine.…
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