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Theistic Evolution: Tolerable or Treacherous? (1)
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. In a day characterized by superficiality in every realm, we may expect to find many fundamental Christians incorporating ideas into their personal beliefs which…
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 MoreComments on government debt
David Potter With the current debates going on in Congress about raising the debt ceiling and other measures with regard to the US debt, reference to ancient wisdom on such matters would serve us well. “The … borrower is servant to the lender”–Proverbs 22:7. The biggest US creditor is the People’s Republic of China, our…
Read MoreGod and I or My iPhone and I?
Josh Prather From the January/February 2013 issue of FrontLine: It doesn’t matter where we are—the grocery store, a child’s music recital, in the middle of dinner, or even at church—when we here a beep or chime, we instinctively grab our phones or tablets to see who needs us or to find out what information we…
Read MoreIs It Worldly? Check the Expiration Date (3)
Thomas Overmiller This is part three of three. Part One • Part Two In Part One, Thomas said: We need to avoid using the term ‘worldly’ as mere jargon, but have a good grasp of the concept according to the Bible. The first aspect of worldliness we need to understand, based on 1 Jn 2.15-17,…
Read MoreGrappling With the Mystery of the Trinity
Joel Arnold It doesn’t take much experience on Planet Earth to learn that you don’t understand everything. After thousands of years of human research and reflection, plenty of subjects still elude the very sharpest minds. But strangely, we think that God is much simpler. Even though He created a world that outstretches our brains, we…
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 MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013.3.1
Our current roster of stories: Lots of talk in some quarters about giving up denominational names on church signs (and its not just Baptists who are thinking about this). Efforts made to protect young girls from abortions Freedom of religion pressure in Canada The fruits of sin: Holland and the aftermath of liberalized prostitution and…
Read MorePreparing to Speak for God (Part 2)
Richard Flanders Part 1 was published last week, you can read it here. Nearly every Christian will have an opportunity to speak for God in one situation or another. Even those without a special calling to the professional ministry will be asked to give a talk to a congregation or a youth group, or to…
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