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Crossroads Conference – June 17
Crossroads Conference Dr. Les Ollila Topics: A Good Legacy Does Not Guarantee a Good Future Avoiding Pragmatism Dear Friend – Pastor Rick Arrowood and I would like to invite you to a very special morning with Dr. Les Ollila on Monday, June 17, 2013 at Colonial Hills Baptist Church.
Read MoreJ. C. Ryle on Personal Separation
An excerpt from Holiness by J. C. Ryle The times require of us a higher standard of personal holiness, and an increased attention to practical religion in daily life. I must honestly declare my conviction that, since the days of the Reformation, there never has been so much profession of religion without practice, so much…
Read More2013 National Fellowship Meeting
Our annual fellowship meeting in June promises to be a very fruitful meeting. We hope you can make plans to attend. The good folks at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary will host our meeting in Ankenny, Iowa. You can find all the information about registration, lodging etc., here. Our speakers for the…
Read MoreBiblical Counseling Training – May 19-23, 2013
For more information, go to this site: Faith Counseling Institute
Read MoreArticulating the Gospel: FrontLine Mar/Apr 2013
Contents: Articulating the Gospel Jeff Musgrave Among those in our pews who understand the gospel well, how many of them can articulate it clearly, concisely, and compellingly to the lost? Relational Evangelism Anna Musgrave Develop relationships for the purpose of giving the gospel. Shifting from “Come” to “Go” Kevin Schaal Many of us have…
Read MoreTurning a False Profession into a True: an evangelistic testimony
By a veteran missionary The story that follows is the true story of an evangelistic experience in a small mission church in a remote area. The testimony of evangelism and salvation occurred over the last few months. Due to the size of the community where the story occurred and the desire to protect privacy, the…
Read More“A New Song for an Old World” (Final Excerpts)
More notes & excerpts from Calvin R. Stapert’s book, A New Song for an Old World. Previous excerpts: One •Two • Three• Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight In our last post, we began reviewing Staperts assessments of three arguments that moderns use to deny that music may be pernicious. The first…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013/3/11
This week on the Eclectic Web, we’d like to draw your attention once again to the subject of alcohol. This is a theme we’ve addressed numerous times here on Proclaim & Defend (links below). Many Christians today seem to have no conscience whatever against the use of alcohol, a view that we oppose. Last week,…
Read More“A New Song for an Old World” (Notes & Excerpt 8)
More notes & excerpts from Calvin R. Stapert’s book, A New Song for an Old World. Previous excerpts: One • Two • Three• Four • Five • Six • Seven Stapert believes that modern-day Christians should follow the church fathers in rejecting pagan music: “In our sensation-hungry, pleasure-mad society, we should be no less courageous…
Read MoreNorth East Fellowship
April 30, 2013 Be On Guard! Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. 1 Timothy 4.16 Sessions: Guarding the Minister’s Devotional Life Pastor Steve Whitmore Hill Village Bible Church Hill, NH Guarding Doctrinal Integrity Dr. Kevin Hobi New Boston Baptist Church New Boston, NH Guarding the Minister’s Family Pastor Mike Jones Cornerstone Baptist…
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