Proclaim & Defend
Are Your Lights Out for Christmas?
Thomas Overmiller Do you hang lights at Christmas? I’m not talking about the decorative kind that we buy at Walmart and plug in to a timer switch outside, though this kind is festive to be sure. Jesus mentioned a different kind in Matthew 5:14-16. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is…
Read MoreAn Examination of Sovereign Grace Ministries and Getty-Townend For Use in Fundamental Christian Churches (1)
Part 1 Douglas Bachorik and Ryan Weberg Introduction “The songs we write will shape people’s understanding of who God is, who we are, how we’re to think about our relationship with him, and what we’re to feel. Writing songs is no insignificant task.” ** With these words Bob Kauflin gives a succinct and accurate picture…
Read MoreLove not the World – Review
A Review of Randy Leedy: Love not the World: Winning the War against Worldliness This is our second review of this book. We add it to our list of reviews because we want to draw more attention to Dr. Leedy’s excellent volume. You can find our first review here. David Potter Charges and countercharges of…
Read MoreMusic and Missions
Doug Bachorik an excerpt from the new book, New Heart, New Spirit, New Song One of the temporal pleasures of being a missionary in a country and culture different from one’s own is the chance to experience the unique products of that place: exciting foods, new clothes, interesting architecture, fascinating music. I will never forget…
Read MoreDEPUTATION: The ministry before ministry from a woman’s perspective
Katrina Bate Sometimes when I take the kids to the park or go to a store and start a conversation with another mom, it comes up that I am not from the area. In fact, I live half way across the US. Most people then think we are on vacation, but when I explain that…
Read MoreA Single-Parent Success Story
Thomas Overmiller Many Christian mothers find themselves in the position of raising their son(s) without a father, or at least without a Christian father. They find it difficult to believe that their son can develop into a man of God without a godly father active in the home. Though a godly father is a crucial…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–Nov 29, 2012
An eclectic selection of links that may interest you: Biblical Interpretation Slow Down! A Different Perspective on Christ in the Old Testament Daniel Block answers questions about a popular approach to Old Testament interpretation. He urges interpreting the OT “Christotelically” rather than “Christocentrically”. While his remarks provide a welcome brake to some of the extremes…
Read MoreBlack Friday Possessions
Jim Oesterwind And Jesus said to them, ‘Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses’ -Luke 12.15 Covetousness is nothing new, but it is steadily tearing our country apart. Ron Colone wrote an op ed piece in the Santa Ynez Valley News. His…
Read MorePutting Scripture in Their Hands
Thomas Overmiller Ron Meznar was retiring as a veteran missionary. Over many years of service, he had developed a strong testimony as a New Testament scholar and Greek professor. He was also instrumental in planting many churches in South America. The last church he pastored was full of high class, well educated, professional people, some…
Read MoreThe Believer’s Responsibility in Sanctification
Mike Harding Paul’s framing of the paradox regarding divine sovereignty and human responsibility takes one of its most striking forms in Philippians 2:12-13. In order to soften the apparent contradiction between Paul’s imperative in Philippians 2:12 and the doctrine of justification, interpreters have sought to understand this passage in terms of the “sociology” of the…
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