Proclaim & Defend
Understanding the Times
Our subject matter in this first month of Proclaim & Defend is certainly not one that we relish addressing. What minister of the gospel relishes talking about Protecting Our Children? We sympathize with Jude who felt compelled to write about contending for the faith when he would rather write about the common salvation. Our times…
Read MoreA Request for Assistance
The following appeal came to the FBFI from Jan Milton, director of Operation Renewed Hope. We offer it here for your consideration. If you are led of the Lord to assist, please contact Jan Milton at the address listed below: ~~~ February 22, 2012 Dear Sirs: For several years ORH has worked with the FBF. …
Read MoreThe Preacher’s Dark Secret (Spurgeon)
Spurgeon called it the “Minister’s Fainting Fits” in his classic Lectures to My Students. It is, yes I will use the word, the depression that preacher’s sometimes face. It is deep, miserable and desperate. It keeps him awake through the night in anguish of soul. He dare not talk of it to church members or…
Read MoreWelcome to Proclaim & Defend
In 2008, Time Magazine published an article asking this riveting question: “How Many Blogs Does the World Need?” Writer Michael Kinsley concludes with this: But many readers may be reaching the point with blogs and websites that I reached long ago with the Sunday New York Times Magazine–actively hoping there isn’t anything interesting in there…
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