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Biblical Servanthood Embodied
by Charles J. Mellring This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. A casual look at contemporary ministries evidences the widespread opinion that whatever works in the commercial world is what we should practice in ministry. There are certainly a great many tools and technologies that we…
Read MoreYap Island – Our First Ten Years [FrontLine feature article]
by Bob Whitmore This article appears in the current issue of FrontLine • March/April 2012. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. “Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands”—Isaiah 42:12. In 1999, my wife, Polly, and I accompanied a young missionary couple, Paul and Sherry Zimmer, on a…
Read MoreOne Essential Feature of Dispensationalism: A Consistently Literal Hermeneutic
by Bruce Meyer This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. No doubt every one of us has encountered the following objection when arguing theology: “That’s just your interpretation.” The statement, although often a convenient escape, does highlight the importance of a hermeneutic that is centered in…
Read MoreDispensationalism, Baptists, and Fundamentalism
by Larry R. Oats This article first appeared in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. While many think of dispensationalism as a way to divide history into seven (give or take one or two) eras, it is really more about hermeneutics than history. Its focus is on how to properly…
Read MoreDispensationalism and Faithfulness
by John C. Vaughn This article first published in FrontLine • July/August 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The Bible word “dispensation” means “economy, stewardship.” FrontLine magazine offers an opportunity to exercise faithful stewardship over Bible truth—in this issue, the truth of dispensationalism. As you begin to read this issue you will quickly…
Read MoreWindows: The Involvement of Discipleship
by Bud Steadman This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. The term “disciple” is used consistently in the four Gospels to describe the relationship between Christ and His followers. That relationship involved the disciples in the day-to-day affairs of His lifestyle. Thus the Lord Jesus taught in…
Read MoreWhat the Matter with Those GUBAs?
by John Brock This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Have you ever heard any of the following statements? “The biggest losers in our Christian school are our church kids.” “The new converts in our youth group are on fire, but our so-called Christian kids are carnal…
Read MoreShould a Christian Teen Attend the Prom?
by Taigen Joos This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Having attended public schools throughout elementary, junior high and high school, I can empathize with Christian teens in the public school system today. Though today’s public school system offers some activities in which Christian teens can participate without compromise, certain…
Read MoreCharacter or Christlikeness
by Jim Berg This article first appeared in FrontLine May/June 2003. We are seeing a renewed interest in character development today— even in the public sector. Some secular educators and even some public officials have taken up the cause of character education for the nation’s youth. Former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett penned a…
Read MoreThree Perils of Fundamentalism’s Next Generation
by Alan D. Cole The following article is from the February 2000 issue of Faith Pulpit, published by Faith Baptist Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa, and is reprinted here with permission. This article was first published by the FBFI in FrontLine Jul/Aug 2000. The 20th century has closed, and the world has moved into a…
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