Posts by Proclaim and Defend
Around the Web–Study Resources
Courtesy of Pastor Gary Small of Linden, WA, we offer links to the following on-line study resources. Use what you can. Be aware that some of the resources include liberal and conservative materials. The Tyndale House Bible Toolbar (an interesting browser add-on) with an explanatory video here. The Crosswire.org study tools. Note especially this “parallels”…
Read MoreChaplains Report: Abba House opens in Perry, GA
Chaplin Fred Henzler reports to us about the opening of Abba House in Perry, GA. His enthusiasm is obvious. He says, “Wow! What a day yesterday was. It was the grand opening of the Abba House right here in Perry, just a little over a half a mile away from our house. Dignitaries were there,…
Read MoreAround the Web
A few things that catch our interest this week: How to dress in church – former Wheaton President Duane Litfin argues that we need to dress up, not down, but sets no particular standard in “Clothing Matters” What does President Obama believe? An interesting interview from 2004, re-published recently, offers insight into the President’s belief…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Times
Our subject matter in this first month of Proclaim & Defend is certainly not one that we relish addressing. What minister of the gospel relishes talking about Protecting Our Children? We sympathize with Jude who felt compelled to write about contending for the faith when he would rather write about the common salvation. Our times…
Read MoreThe Preacher’s Dark Secret (Spurgeon)
Spurgeon called it the “Minister’s Fainting Fits” in his classic Lectures to My Students. It is, yes I will use the word, the depression that preacher’s sometimes face. It is deep, miserable and desperate. It keeps him awake through the night in anguish of soul. He dare not talk of it to church members or…
Read MoreBolivia Fellowship
March 12-16, 2012 Bolivia Fellowship Iglesia Bautista Betel Ave. Membrillos #1040 Tarija BOLIVIA
Read MoreNorthwest Regional Fellowship 2012
Keynote Speakers: Larry Oats, Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Watertown, WI Wendell Heller, former pastor, Colonial Hills Baptist Church, Indianapolis, IN Message links: All Larry Oats Wendell Heller Lonnie Jacobsen Darren Hammermeister Tom Nieman Jake Schopf Stephen Hicks John Stima
Read MoreFrontLine Jan/Feb 2012
The subject of the first issue of FrontLine for 2012 is a topic brought to the fore by blaring headlines in 2011. From churches to playing fields to colleges to schools to almost any place where children interact with adults, we hear horrific stories of terrible situations involving vulnerable children. We can’t answer all the questions in…
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