Posts by Proclaim and Defend
Clement on the music wars (an excerpt)
The battle over music in the church is an old, old battle. Calvin R. Stapert writes about it in his book, A New Song for an Old World. We publish an excerpt here: “Clement [of Alexandria] affirms music that he describes as sober, pure, decorous, modest, temperate, grave, and soothing, over against music he describes…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–January 4, 2013
Your Bible Reading Plan Do you have a Bible Reading Plan? We are encouraging our church members to adopt a plan of regular Bible reading. I’d like to share some good options for you – some are more rigorous than others. From NavPress and their Discipleship Journal, three variations with flexiblity and ‘catch-up’ days. Here’s…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2012/12/30
More on school shootings: Game Theory: A Year When Real-World Violence Crept Into Play The author denies a connection between real world violence and video games (certainly a debatable proposition), but the article reveals some interesting insight into human nature as the author, a young dad, considers what to do about his video games and…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web: Dec 21, 2012
Two miscellaneous items of interest: How the internet is changing language “There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. And with half the population of China now on line, most of them are written in Chinese. “Still, some linguists predict that within 10 years English will dominate the internet – but…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2012/12/13
Alcohol Greg Laurie: Is It Acceptable for Christians to Drink? “I can’t think of a single good thing that comes from drinking, but I can think of many bad things that come from it: broken homes, violence, accidents, people killed on the road by drunk drivers, addiction, destroying your health . . . the list…
Read More2013 South Regional Fellowship
Truth with Confidence Haddon Robinson in his book, Making a Difference Through Preaching said: “Does the preacher subject his thought to the Scriptures, or does he subject the Scriptures to his thought?” The information, explanation, application and exhortation of our messages and ministries must be demonstrably linked to the text of the Scriptures. Truth With…
Read More2013 Rocky Mountain Regional
FBFI Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting January 28-29, 2013 Host church: Westside Baptist Church 6260 West 4th Street Greeley, Colorado 80634 970.346.8610 The meeting begins Monday evening, January 28 at 7:00 and concludes after a 1:00 lunch on Tuesday, January 29. Dr. John Vaughn, president of the FBFI and Dr. Greg McLaughlin, pastor of Calvary Baptist…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–Nov 29, 2012
An eclectic selection of links that may interest you: Biblical Interpretation Slow Down! A Different Perspective on Christ in the Old Testament Daniel Block answers questions about a popular approach to Old Testament interpretation. He urges interpreting the OT “Christotelically” rather than “Christocentrically”. While his remarks provide a welcome brake to some of the extremes…
Read MoreAround the Web–Nov 16, 2012
Religious freedom, tolerance, free speech: In Canada, a ‘watershed’ religious freedom win Matters of morality, including the perceived morality of certain types of sexual behavior, are topics for discussion in the public forum. Freedom of speech does not just protect polite speech. Hopefully this is the end of this particular case, but if the complainant…
Read More2012 New Mexico Regional–audio available
The audio from the New Mexico Regional Fellowship is now available. The meeting was held in Farmington, New Mexico, Oct 22-23, 2012.
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