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Strange Fire – A review
Reviewed by Don Johnson MacArthur, John. Strange Fire. Nashville, Tenn.: Nelson Books, 2013. The Charismatic movement occupies a significant position in the modern church. Some say that there are as many as half a billion charismatics in the world. John MacArthur recently led a conference at his church and published a book on the subject,…
Read MoreA Case for Cessationism (4)
Fred Moritz This article first appeared in the Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal. You may also find it here. We republish on Proclaim & Defend with permission. The article will appear here in parts for easier reading. This will require an alteration of footnote numbering – for citation, refer to the longer article linked above. Part…
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Fred Moritz This article first appeared in the Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal. You may also find it here. We republish on Proclaim & Defend with permission. The article will appear here in parts for easier reading. This will require an alteration of footnote numbering – for citation, refer to the longer article linked above. Part…
Read MoreThe Evangelical Disaster
Rolland McCune The New Evangelicalism arose in the 1940s out of a dissatisfaction with and a series of complaints against Fundamentalism. One of the major issues was Fundamentalism’s alleged lack of scholarship and inability to command the attention of liberal and neoorthodox thinkers. Fundamentalists were charged with an intellectual and educational deficiency that prevented them…
Read MoreA Case for Cessationism (2)
Fred Moritz This article first appeared in the Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal. You may also find it here. We republish on Proclaim & Defend with permission. The article will appear here in parts for easier reading. This will require an alteration of footnote numbering – for citation, refer to the longer article linked above. Part…
Read MoreA Case for Cessationism (1)
Fred Moritz This article first appeared in the Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal. You may also find it here. We republish on Proclaim & Defend with permission. The article will appear here in parts for easier reading. This will require an alteration of footnote numbering – for citation, refer to the longer article linked above. This…
Read MoreA Bridge between Thanksgiving and Christmas
Don Harrelson Second Corinthians 9:15 says, “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” This verse is the perfect verse to bridge Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although the context of this verse is to appeal to the Corinthians to give a monetary offering; Paul is urging them to give and reminding them that they cannot out…
Read MoreEcumenism Then and Now
Noel Smith Alexandria in Egypt on the coast of the Mediterranean was founded by Alexander the Great, one of the most remarkable men in history, in 332 B.C. It was a splendid city. Its harbors formed by the island of Pharos and the headland Lochias, were suitable for commerce and war. Its merchant ships were…
Read MoreMyths about the Mayflower Pilgrims
David Potter As Americans, we rightly revere the Mayflower Pilgrims as pioneers of religious freedom and democratic self-government. As with heroes generally, mythology somewhat obscures the true story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Here I want to refute a few of the myths that you may or may not have heard.
Read MoreA Serpent’s Tooth
Betty C. Mitchell “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child” (Shakespeare, King Lear). The old king had tried to be a good father. He had given his daughters everything, and asked only their love. Now the time had come to retire and leave everything to them. He hoped to…
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