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Thoughts on gay marriage
David Potter Having lived in the San Francisco area for almost 20 years, I have had the chance to look at the gay marriage issue from many angles. For instance, one of my students at San Francisco Baptist Seminary died of AIDS. He had contracted the disease before he was saved. I am thankful to…
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Purity in Christ
Jim Oesterwind If we keep the biblical teaching of separation in the classroom, few within Fundamentalism would question its importance. As it relates to the fundamentals, all would be in agreement. However, what many fail to understand is that separation must be applied to practice. Applying separation in practice to people, churches, colleges, etc. takes…
Read MoreThat Glorious Company: The Commentators! (1)
Mark Minnick Part One of Three: In which Dr. Minnick shares his wisdom on selecting commentaries. There are few writings worth reading twice. But one I’ve enjoyed several times more than twice is the first chapter of C. H. Spurgeon’s Commenting and Commentaries, entitled “A Chat About Commentaries.” Spurgeon loved books. His autobiography contains an…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Mihály Kornya (7)
David Potter Kornya was known for his home-spun wisdom, some of which an admirer has conveniently collected for us. On debt: “If you want something for yourself, count your money first. Have you seen a barrel rolling down from a hill? The person in debt is like that. The debt eats up the meat from…
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 MoreWhat Do You Want Me to Do About It?
Mike Tardive As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you (John 17:18).” What does this mean? How is this supposed to change my life? Many modern-day parables serve to illustrate forcefully for us what Jesus meant when He made this statement. One such parable came before our young church and helped us…
Read MoreTheistic Evolution: Tolerable or Treacherous? (4)
Joseph L. Henson This article first appeared as the lead article in the first issue of the magazine, Faith for the Family, published March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. This is the conclusion of the original article, we have republished it in parts.Part One • Part Two • Part Three We have been…
Read MoreMinistering to the Elderly
Laura Hutchison God bless you so much for coming.” The 98-year-old lady, sitting in a wheelchair, is dressed in a worn housedress and fuzzy pink slippers. “God bless you, young lady! Thank you for coming!” She continues to repeat the words as she clutches my hand. Every time I visit her assisted-living home, she seems…
Read More“Must Hear” Preaching–the 2013 South Regional
We apologize for the delay in publishing the messages from the recent South Regional FBFI Conference. Several of you have written looking for them. After editing and listening to them, I have to agree – these messages are more than worth hearing, they are “Must Hear” Preaching. Read on to get an overview.
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013.3.28
News of interest or oddity collected in recent rovings around the net. Relevance – we need to be ‘with it’, don’t we? Searching for one-size-fits-all religion As I mentioned before, I’m not religious. If I were, however, I think I’d have something more important to worry about than God’s relevance to me. I’d worry about…
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