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How Much do we Love our Children? (3)
Ben Strohbehn This is the third of three parts • One • Two From Dr. Strohbehn’s introduction to part one: In essence Solomon says that the more dearly he was loved by his parents (“I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother”), the more carefully was he taught…
Read More2014 FBFI Meeting–and other news
The Eclectic Web – By Don Johnson The annual National Fellowship Meeting of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International is to be held at Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, SC (Greenville area). The meeting will be held June 10-12. We will have more information as the date approaches. Faith Baptist Church 500 West Lee Road Taylors,…
Read MoreHigher Education and Our Daughters
Dr. Kevin Schaal It has been 12 years now since I wrote this article. The little girls mentioned are now 23 and 20. Rosemary works as an RN at a local hospital. Emily is in her sophomore year of college as a Math Education major. When I look into the faces of our two daughters,…
Read MoreCharles Homsher with the Lord
David A. Oliver Charles Brighton Homsher was born in 1925, the son of a southern Colorado rancher. As a young man he did just what his father and grandfather had done – plow, plant, and harvest the wide plains north of the Oklahoma panhandle. He was converted to Christ in his teen years while attending…
Read MoreA Christian View of Government Shutdown
Joel Arnold Writing about the government shutdown is automatically controversial. If you’re a conservative, it was the democrats fault; if you lean toward the left, the GOP did it; if you’re a libertarian it should have happened sooner and needs to last longer; if you’re in politics, it might cost you your job. But here…
Read MoreHow Much do we Love our Children? (2)
Ben Strohbehn This is the second of three parts • One • Three From Dr. Strohbehn’s introduction to part one: In essence Solomon says that the more dearly he was loved by his parents (“I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother”), the more carefully was he taught…
Read MoreThe Value of Suffering
Steve Pettit Suffering is one of the main avenues by which God brings revival. Perhaps no one understood this concept more than the apostle Paul. His writings are full of references to God’s power entering through the pathway of pain. In 2 Corinthians 12:7–10, he mentions his “thorn in the flesh,” a physical infirmity. He…
Read MoreGet it Straight! (Proverbs for Dummies)
Doug Wright Proverbs is one of the most practical books in our Bible. It is a contrast between wise and foolish behavior – surely you want to understand that! However, Proverbs could also destroy your confidence in God. I suspect that there are many believers whose faith has been undermined because they improperly interpret Proverbs.
Read MoreOrder in the Home and in the Godhead, (2)
David Potter This is part two of two • Part One In a previous post, I discussed the analogy between the position of the husband in a marriage and the position of the Father in relation to the Son in the godhead. Paul invokes this comparison in I Corinthians 11:3. In the earlier post I…
Read MoreServing Your Generation
Thomas Overmiller There is an interesting statement tucked away in Paul’s message at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption; but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption” (Acts 13:36-37).…
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