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Servant Evangelism
Ted McClellan Last fall I preached a meeting in a small rural church in an unfamiliar town. The pastor, now older, had resigned a larger more intense ministry to work in this slower-paced setting. Four years in advance, while still pastoring the larger church, he had asked me to come for a week of meetings.…
Read MoreThe Evangelical Disaster
Rolland McCune The New Evangelicalism arose in the 1940s out of a dissatisfaction with and a series of complaints against Fundamentalism. One of the major issues was Fundamentalism’s alleged lack of scholarship and inability to command the attention of liberal and neoorthodox thinkers. Fundamentalists were charged with an intellectual and educational deficiency that prevented them…
Read MoreA Serpent’s Tooth
Betty C. Mitchell “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child” (Shakespeare, King Lear). The old king had tried to be a good father. He had given his daughters everything, and asked only their love. Now the time had come to retire and leave everything to them. He hoped to…
Read MoreThankfulness: Behemoth Revisited
Steve Skaggs I saw The Behemoth again today. I hadn’t seen it for many months. There it was, in a vacant lot in a bad section of town, crammed full of clothing and I don’t know what else. Seeing it made me consider anew God’s continued undeserved blessings to me and my family. The Behemoth…
Read MorePreach-ing or Preach-er? (3)
Mark Minnick Part One • Part Two • This is Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In part Two, he…
Read MorePreach-ing or Preach-er? (2)
Mark Minnick Part One • This is Part Two • Part Three In part One, Dr. Minnick urges on us the notion that preachers who live their message have more power for spiritual influence than men who are more gifted and skilled in speaking without the power of the devoted life. In this second part,…
Read MoreThe Believer’s Adornment
Terry Hamilton Regardless of the issue—be it music, media, dress, etc.—the child of God must be ever wary of the gravitational pull of a culture that is intentionally opposed to the Biblical mandate of holiness. Unless one resists its force and actively and persistently seeks the mind of God, gravity will do what gravity does:…
Read MorePreach-ing or Preach-er? (1)
Mark Minnick This is Part One • Part Two • Part Three It’s not my title. I’m borrowing it from William Quayle, pastor of large congregations in Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Chicago over a period of 30 years (1894–1925). Out of that extended, varied experience Quayle proposed something that every preacher sensitive to the state…
Read MoreOur Christian Movie Rating System
Cynthia Blake Simmons Scripture instructs us that our time is valuable and given to us for a purpose. The minutes and hours entrusted to us upon this earth require faithful stewardship as do our talents and financial resources. If we are guiding our lives with an eternal view, then we will not be haphazard in…
Read MoreAn Urgent Matter
Jonathan Threlfall The following is a condensed version of the article that appeared in our September/October 2013 edition of FrontLine. We are publishing it here by popular request. To receive this issue which includes other critically important articles, subscribe today while supply still lasts. Click here to subscribe to FrontLine magazine. Before Wednesday, June 26,…
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