Posts Tagged ‘Evangelism’
Interview 12: With the Word to the World (podcast)
Our May/June issue of FrontLine was put together by the faculty and staff of Faith Baptist Bible College & Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. We appreciate all the articles that appeared in that issue. For this installment of the podcast, we offer an interview with Jim Tillotson, the president of Faith Baptist Bible College. He writes…
Read MoreWhatever Happened to Repentance?
Can I Keep My Sin and Go to Heaven? A while back, I was witnessing to a group of college-age guys. They were familiarity with Christianity, but they didn’t know the gospel. As I spoke of sin and judgment, one of the guys began squirming nervously. I could tell that he was troubled by what…
Read MoreFBFI 2023: Nathan Mestler – "I Will Build My Church" (podcast)
During our recent Annual Meeting held at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa, our theme was “Reclaiming the Great Commission.” Our featured message for this podcast comes from Nathan Mestler, President of International Baptist Bible College & Seminary in Chandler Arizona. I Will Build My Church You can find it at our podcast, here.…
Read MoreI Will Make You Fishers of Men
We recently took our kids fishing. Taking four young, inexperienced children to fish for the afternoon is a lot of work, just ask my husband. I’m not too helpful when it comes to catching literal fish. There are hooks caught deep under fallen trees in the water, there are hooks snagged high overhead in still…
Read MoreCultivating A Culture of Evangelism
The Inevitability of Culture Every church has a “culture,” or way of doing things, based upon shared convictions, ideas, and values. Some churches do what they do because that’s what they’ve always done. Others do what they do because that’s what popular or “successful’ churches are doing. The mindset and practices that shape a church…
Read MoreThe Weapons of our Warfare
It seems our world has been under increasing spiritual attack in the last months. It’s hard to remember when it all started, but the attack on reality itself is gathering no small amount of steam. We are told by our betters that love means hate, that a man can be anything he wants to be,…
Read MoreThe Old-Fashioned Revival Hour
As a teenager I used to listen to a local Detroit radio station that broadcast reruns of old time radio shows. I enjoyed the comedy of Abbott and Costello and Fibber McGee and Molly. Adventure and mystery shows like The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, and The Green Hornet were personal favorites. Today such “theatre of…
Read MoreI Love My Unbelieving Wife: How Can I Help Her Believe?
It is no easy thing to be the first believer in a household. Though less common, sometimes a man comes to Christ before his wife. When he does, he obviously will do all he can to encourage his wife to come to Christ as well. In this earnestness to see his wife follow Christ, he…
Read MoreI Love My Unbelieving Husband: How Can I Help Him Believe?
God has used countless women to lead their husbands to Christ. Every wife whose husband is not yet a Christian has every reason to believe that she can be a powerful influence towards his salvation. The Bible gives ladies a clear path for how to encourage their unbelieving husbands most effectively toward Jesus. There is…
Read MoreThe Gospel at Street Level
We often urge others to be evangelists, get out the gospel, be a witness, and so on. Most Christians would agree that our business is the Great Commission, but we often struggle with how to put it into practice. There are various barriers naturally in place that may seem insurmountable. For example, as an employee,…
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