May/June 2013 Frontline: Speaking Up without Talking Down

Contents: Speaking Up without Talking Down David Shumate The Promise and Perils of Speaking Up David Shumate What we say does have eternal consequences. Biblical Sexual Ethics in Light of God’s Institution of Marriage Michael Harding It is absolutely necessary in a militantly pagan culture to submit our sexual practices to the Lordship of Christ,…

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This is How We Know

Webster defines hermeneutics as “the science of interpretation; esp[ecially] the study of the principles of Biblical exegesis.” Nevertheless, a well-educated person may have no understanding of hermeneutics. In a conversation with a college professor from a well-known conservative (non-Christian) college, he challenged a clear interpretation of Scripture with the charge, “That’s your opinion.” When I…

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What Is at Stake in the Music Debate?

by John Vaughn Nothing seems to provoke dogmatic statements like dogmatic statements. Solomon said in Proverbs 15:1, “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” The thoughts in this column are a sincere attempt at a soft answer, but they may still touch a nerve. Most of our controversies involve three…

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FrontLine Magazine–Growing in Grace

The subject of our current issue is Sanctification or Growing in Grace. This was the theme of our recent annual meeting held in Phoenix, AZ (Click here for audio). Two articles by local church pastors, John Stima and John Monroe, kick us off by defining the concept of progressive sanctification and the instruments by which…

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FrontLine Magazine–Islands of the Sea

The subject of our current issue is missionary effort around the world on the Islands of the Sea – Yap in Micronesia, New Zealand, Japan, Guam, and the Philippines. Veteran missionaries and some of our bright young men contribute articles on missions. This issue is well worth your time. In addition our regular feature, The…

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Dispensationalism 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…

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Welcome to Proclaim & Defend

In 2008, Time Magazine published an article asking this riveting question: “How Many Blogs Does the World Need?” Writer Michael Kinsley concludes with this: But many readers may be reaching the point with blogs and websites that I reached long ago with the Sunday New York Times Magazine–actively hoping there isn’t anything interesting in there…

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