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When the Court Confirmed the Bible’s Demand
by David Cummins This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 1999. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The neighbors bristled to see the first Asian family move into the community. Though the mother appeared to be a young girl, she carried the little infant with all the tenderness of a seasoned mother. With…
Read MoreStraight Cuts: Laying Down the Law of Love
(Mark 12:28–34) by Randy Fox This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Following a battery of questions designed to entrap the Lord, one of the scribes asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” (Mark 12:28). The Lord quoted two Old Testament passages, one from…
Read MoreIn the Beginning, There Was No Buddha
by Forrest McPhail There are no hidden keys of knowledge about Buddhists that will ensure success in reaching them with the Gospel. Only the Spirit of God can enlighten the minds of unbelievers (1 Cor. 2:6–16). And yet the Apostle Paul was most serious about his need to adapt himself to the cultures he ministered…
Read MoreThe Christian in Complete Armor
by Mark Minnick This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. One of the saddest facts about today’s Christians is that they are unacquainted with so many older but valuable writers. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. You could almost…
Read MoreAround the Web – Sandusky pastor and more – 6/6/2012
Jerry Sandusky’s Pastor Comments on Case in Sunday Sermon (FULL TRANSCRIPT) The church and pastor are part of the United Methodist Church. You may agree or disagree with the pastor’s words, but here they are in their entirety. For our part, we’ll refrain from any editorial comment.
Read MoreWho Chose the Gospels?
A review by Brian Collins Hill, C. E. Who Chose the Gospels?: Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy. Oxford University Press, 2010. The fictional claims of Dan Brown, the sensationalized claims of Bart Ehrman, and the more scholarly arguments of Lee Martin McDonald, Ehrman, and others have promoted the idea of an early Christian movement notable…
Read MoreThe Problem in Government is Spiritual, not Political
Thinking about government in light of 1 Samuel 8 by Matthew Recker By the last days of the judges, national Israel had grown from a family to a loose confederation of sovereign tribes banded together for mutual worship and protection. 1 Samuel 8 offers us a turning point in the government of the nation where…
Read MoreA Hymn History Holiday
by Joe Henderson This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 1999. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Do you like hymn history? Our family does, and we especially enjoy visiting various places relating to hymn composers and their works. We recently took a trip that enabled us not only to find several hymn…
Read MoreObedience to His Word – An Essential Key to Ministry
by Bud Steadman This article first appeared in the Baptist World Mission Messenger. Used by permission. In Luke 5:1-11 our Lord used fishing to teach a vital spiritual truth to His disciples. This occasion on the Sea of Galilee was a second call from Christ to some of those who would become apostles, for although…
Read MoreP&D News: Facebook and National Meeting workshops
For better or worse, we now have a Facebook page for our blog. The main reason for this is to help us spread the word about Proclaim & Defend. If you “like” our page, you will start receiving updates in your Facebook news feed every time a new post comes out. We are working on…
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