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Repentance in the Presentation of the Gospel
Dr. John Mincy There are few topics that evoke as much emotion among Baptist pastors as REPENTANCE. As in most controversial cases, there are two opposing viewpoints that are trying to be protected. Some are trying to protect the position that the Gospel should not be presented as “easy-believism,” and, therefore, argue that much emphasis…
Read MoreNew York City Regional Fellowship meeting
YOU ARE INVITED!! FBFI NYC REGIONAL FELLOWSHIP Tuesday September 15 Location: Grace Baptist Church 798 Hempstead Turnpike Franklin Square, NY Pastor Kent Sager Speaker: Dr. Ron Allen, Pastor of Bible Baptist Church Matthews, NC (see Biographical Info below) Testimony by U.S. Army Chaplain Michael P. Barnette (The FBFI serves as an endorsing…
Read MoreChristian Boasting
Don Johnson Recently I came to a passage in Romans where Paul talks about glorying about the things accomplished in his ministry (Rm 15.17-18). Some versions translate the word for ‘glory’ here as ‘boasting,’ as indeed the kjv does in some passages like James 4.16. As I thought about what Paul was saying about boasting,…
Read MoreOur Missions Trip to Southern Palawan, Philippines
Matt Recker Our church, Heritage Baptist Church in New York City, recently sent an eight member team on a missions trip to Southern Palawan, Philippines to serve with Pastor Jethro and Jane Malacao of the Brooke’s Point Bible Church. Dr. Malacao is a graduate of the Bob Jones Memorial Bible College in Manilla and has…
Read MorePreaching the Gospel from Prophetic Literature
An approach to preaching NOW about the Future Stephen J. Hankins Introduction I began my Christian journey during an era of eschatological sensationalism, characterized by books such as The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and punctuated by Christian “B” movies about the rapture and other future cataclysmic events, allegedly foretold in Revelation. (As…
Read MoreBy Their Parents Ye Shall Know Them
What you are, you may expect your child to be Ben Strohbehn “By their parents ye shall know them” is not a quotation from Scripture. It is a Biblical statement, however, for the Bible says “Isaiah, the son of Amoz,” “Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah,” “James, the son of Zebedee,” “James, the son of Alphaeus,”…
Read MorePreaching the Gospel
Matt Recker It seems strange to say that a missing element in much preaching is Jesus Christ and His gospel of grace, but I believe it is so. Even in my own experience, I have found that I can preach on Christian living, worldliness, the decaying culture, church growth, or a host of other topics…
Read MoreThe Evangelist and His Ministry
Phil Shuler Enough books have been written about the earthly ministry of our Lord to fill the average library, but the ministry of Christ beyond His death, burial, and resurrection can be pretty well summed up in John 16:7–11. In John 14:16 Christ explains why He must ascend unto His father, but he promises to…
Read MoreOut of the Will of God?
George Stiekes Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians 5:17 How do you know when you are out of the will of God? John 13 through 17 records a very intimate relationship between Jesus and His disciples. These chapters contain the farewell discourse of Jesus just prior…
Read MoreSermon and Song: A Vital Duet
Kurt Woetzel Does your church have a “good spirit” about it? That question has a measure of Scriptural basis. Christ said, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23). One of the practical functions and purposes of music in the church…
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