Posts Tagged ‘FrontLine’
What Is Revival?
F. W. Boreham described the time when he tried to comfort a distressed woman in an Australian railway station. Upon leaving the train she discovered that she had lost her parasol, and it moved her to tears. He felt a compassionate urge to assist her in finding it. He inspected every carriage. He looked on…
Read MoreReady to Answer
FrontLine: Volume 32 • Number 5 The Christian faith is defensible, and learning to defend it is an act of obedience for believers. First Peter 3:15 instructs Christians to “be ready always to give an answer to every man.” The term “apologetics” has historically been used for this careful defense of the Christian faith. But…
Read MoreLaying Up Treasures on Earth or in Heaven? (Part Two)
In the last article I addressed the matter of laying up treasures upon earth. The Lord Jesus Christ exhorted His disciples not to focus upon the physical—that is, the temporal. The person whose life is consumed with the things of this earth will be greatly disappointed. Even King Solomon admitted in Ecclesiastes 2:11, “Then I…
Read MoreLaying Up Treasures on Earth or in Heaven?
Our Lord declared to His disciples in Matthew 6:19, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.” In this passage the Lord taught His disciples not to make it their goal to amass wealth for themselves. Again He declared in Luke 12:15,…
Read MoreTechnology and Social Media
FRONTLINE Volume 32 • Number 4 What should you do when Mr. Potshot vents his spleen? What is a meme? What happened in Virginia? How can you use digital technology to share the gospel? What is “FOMO,” and is it catching? When you get right down to it, how is technology affecting us? And does…
Read MoreGod’s Work through His People
A History of Baptist Principles As Baptists we are a part of His story. I believe that the core of Baptist beliefs that will be enunciated in this issue by the faculty of International Baptist College and Seminary are the closest to the New Testament Church as is possible today.1 That makes us “primitivists.” We…
Read MoreIs the Bible a Supernatural Book? — FrontLine
FRONTLINE Volume 32 • Number 3 How Does Fulfilled Prophecy Relate to the Believer? Have you ever received a text or an e-mail telling you that you are the winner of a subscription, are eligible for a discount, or are the recipient of a gift card? More often than not those communications do not pan…
Read MoreThankfully, Some Things Just Never Change
Typically, when comparisons are made between current events and past events, the result is a realization that things are worse today or that negative realities of the past have been perpetuated. Rarely do we find ourselves recognizing improvement or encouragement through the passage of time, whether it be centennial retrospectives or otherwise. However, in the…
Read MoreWhy the FBFI?
We enjoyed tremendous services and other sessions at our recent annual meeting, held at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Greenville, SC. You can find audio and video for our sessions here (not all sessions recorded in video). One of our afternoon panel discussions featured a worthy question for our panelists, “Why join the FBFI?” Our…
Read MoreDifferentiating Holiness from Legalism
One of the most emotionally divisive issues between Christian brothers and sisters is something hotly labeled legalism. But ask nearly anyone to define what legalism actually is, and the explanation quickly gets vague. The old joke is that legalism is anything to the right of me! Worldliness is anything to my left. Unfortunately, in real…
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