Cleanse Yourself: A Look at Paul’s Metaphor and Its Application in 2 Timothy 2:20–21

By David Huffstutler | July 4, 2025 | Comments Off on Cleanse Yourself: A Look at Paul’s Metaphor and Its Application in 2 Timothy 2:20–21

In between two passages telling Timothy how to deal with false teachers (2 Tim 2:14–19, 22–26), Paul uses a variously understood metaphor in verse 20…

Dads, Take Your Family on Family Vacation

By Ben Hicks | July 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Dads, Take Your Family on Family Vacation

Last year our church had a father and son breakfast the Saturday before Father’s Day. We brought in a speaker from a nearby church, and…

Beauty by Design

By Jonathan Johnson | July 2, 2025 | Comments Off on Beauty by Design

How are Christians to create beauty in their works? How can beauty become a practical goal for Christians in their worship and in their work?…

The Four C’s of Doctrinal History: Part 5 – The Chalcedonian Definition

By Taigen Joos | July 1, 2025 | Comments Off on The Four C’s of Doctrinal History: Part 5 – The Chalcedonian Definition

The doctrine of the Trinity began to be articulated in the early centuries of the Christian church. The Apostles’ Creed began a formal articulation of…

The Religious Roots of Anti-Semitism: Judaism and Israel are Not One Thing

By Kevin Schaal | June 29, 2025 | Comments Off on The Religious Roots of Anti-Semitism: Judaism and Israel are Not One Thing

Nearly everyone in the world holds a strong opinion—often a deep, visceral attitude—about Jews and the state of Israel. These attitudes are largely rooted in…

Podcast: Interview 77: A History and Assessment of the Christian School Movement (Ken Rathbun)

By Proclaim and Defend | June 28, 2025 | Comments Off on Podcast: Interview 77: A History and Assessment of the Christian School Movement (Ken Rathbun)

I’ve already talked to some of our authors for the Frontline edition on the theme, “The Christian School Revival.” If you’ve missed those sessions, I…

A Biblical Understanding of Culture and Music

By Erik Hanson | June 27, 2025 | Comments Off on A Biblical Understanding of Culture and Music

According to Lifeway Research, “The worst thing pastors can do is use the time they have in the pulpit—time for unfolding the glories of God…

Does the Bible Teach that America Should Stand with Israel?

By Ben Hicks | June 26, 2025 |

Last week, Tucker Carlson interviewed Ted Cruz in a long-ranging interview revolving around Israel, Iran, and America. There were quite a few fireworks about a…

Committed to Sunday Night Services

By Caleb Phelps | June 25, 2025 | Comments Off on Committed to Sunday Night Services

The Barna Group performed a research study in 2014 and found, not surprisingly, that many people were not attending church. The statistics revealed in this…

The Four Cs of Doctrinal History: Part 4 – The Nicene Creed

By Taigen Joos | June 24, 2025 | Comments Off on The Four Cs of Doctrinal History: Part 4 – The Nicene Creed

The Bible is a book that transcends human intellect. It is a Divine book, yet a revelation of God and by God that He intends…

Why Online Church Isn’t Enough

By Kevin Schaal | June 22, 2025 | Comments Off on Why Online Church Isn’t Enough

An article in The Christian Post revealed that nearly half of churchgoers attend multiple congregations regularly—not in person, but virtually through online worship services. Some…

Common Characteristics of Christians

By David Huffstutler | June 20, 2025 | Comments Off on Common Characteristics of Christians

As a pastor, I often review Acts 2:41-42 before our church observes the Lord’s Supper. Like other passages in Acts, Luke gives a short summary…

Wise-Up! Part 4: The Spirit of Wisdom and Christ, the Wisdom of God

By Ben Hicks | June 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Wise-Up! Part 4: The Spirit of Wisdom and Christ, the Wisdom of God

So far in this brief series, we have seen that wisdom is a fairly broad concept with a number of overlapping words that help us…

The Danger of Prosperity

By Randy Livingston | June 18, 2025 |

The Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah, delivered a series of warnings from God to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem to turn from their sin and…

You Don’t Owe the Mob a Meeting

By Andy Montgomery | June 17, 2025 | Comments Off on You Don’t Owe the Mob a Meeting

We’ve all seen it. A godly leader is doing what’s right — leading with integrity, making an impact for God’s glory. And then, someone attacks…

Make Disciples of All Nations

By Don Johnson | June 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Make Disciples of All Nations

Editor’s note: Last week I attended the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International annual meeting held at Maranatha Baptist University. Our theme was: “The World at Our…

Podcast: Interview 76: How to Spot a Counterfeit Christian School (Mark Stupka)

By Proclaim and Defend | June 14, 2025 | Comments Off on Podcast: Interview 76: How to Spot a Counterfeit Christian School (Mark Stupka)

Today we are looking at the May/June edition of FrontLine which came out recently. The theme of this edition is “The Christian School Revival.” My…

The Church: A Source of Glory and Joy (1 Thessalonians 5:12–24) 

By David Huffstutler | June 13, 2025 | Comments Off on The Church: A Source of Glory and Joy (1 Thessalonians 5:12–24) 

It is easy for pastors to say of a vibrant church, “You are our glory and joy” (1 Thessalonians 2:20). On the one hand, such…

Wise Up! Part 3: Where Do I Go Looking for Wisdom?

By Ben Hicks | June 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Wise Up! Part 3: Where Do I Go Looking for Wisdom?

In this brief series on wisdom—which was rudely interrupted after N.T. Wright made some regrettable comments about abortion—we’ve seen that the concept of wisdom in…

Triggered: How to Overcome Destructive Obsessions

By Matt Recker | June 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Triggered: How to Overcome Destructive Obsessions

An exploration of how to handle those moments when life pushes your buttons In our journey through life, we all experience moments when something sets…

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