Search results

Interesting item about an annual conference I never heard of until now, at First Baptist Church (IFB) in Rockford, Illinois. "The conference has always focused on conservative music and expositional preaching, though it has featured presentations of other sorts. Furthermore, CCGG was organized...

https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/the-history-of-how-evangelism-was-corrupted.php This is a lengthy article but worth perusing. David Cloud cites John R. Rice and other authorities who taught repentance prior to the 1970s, such as Leon Maurer: "A rotely memorized prayer or some repeated...

https://cbctrenton.com/church-matters/2023/6/26/spiritual-influences-fundamentalism-and-its-many-manifestations "Weird Comes in Many Forms - The quest for safe spaces sent many Christian teens and their parents and pastors to packed sports arenas around the country where rapt audiences...

https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/news/bob-jones-university-president-steve-pettit-resigns/article_a238aedc-cf58-11ed-904d-330e664d5f47.html Comments from Sharper Iron: https://sharperiron.org/filing/42737 I don't know what this is all about - is it about some people wanting to go...

No, according to this blogger, Pastor Jason Kaspar, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, LaGrange, Texas: "The last, indiscriminate charity can be directly harmful to the beggar. I once ran across a woman who reported an example as normative in her giving. 'This man, an obvious alcoholic, had a...

How is it that the principle of dictatorial pastoral leadership worked so well, during the glory days of the IFB movement in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, but not so well today? Kevin Schaal, president of Foundations Baptist Fellowship International, has a plausible explanation. "The great...

There is a big fuss over Pensacola canceling an appearance of a British group called the King's Singers because of the gay lifestyle of one of the singers. A no-win situation for PCC - they paid the performers anyway for the canceled gig. They would have been heavily criticized by their own...

I am not familiar with this author or web site, but this article appears to present some insights worth considering, with regard to the billion dollar "He Gets Us" promotional campaign...

"You will recall that Ben Lacey stated in his bio that he was 'burdened to return to the Fort Worth area to see more healthy churches established.' "Ben (ben) Robin said that he and Anna (uh-nuh) 'are eager to see healthy churches established elsewhere, particularly in areas of great need, such...

I haven't read the book "Bully Pulpit," but it sounds interesting - here is Tim Challies' review: https://www.challies.com/book-reviews/confronting-the-problem-of-spiritual-abuse-in-the-church/ "We cannot and should not escape the fact that some pastors and some church leaders behave in...

State GARBC association, Michigan Association of Regular Baptist Churches, has changed its name to "Bridge Fellowship:" https://sharperiron.org/filings/010423/42361 Interesting discussion on possible motivations for dropping the Baptist name: "Regarding the name change, it could be...

Has anyone seen the new book "The Case For Christian Nationalism" by Stephen Wolfe? Here are two reviews of the book, by Kevin DeYoung (Presbyterian) and Neil Shenvi (appears to be Baptist): https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/christian-nationalism-wolfe/...

The November-December 2022 issue of the Global Baptist Times reports, "We are excited to see the Lord working in the current student body. Thank you for praying for God to call more laborers into His harvest. We believe the growth in the freshman class is a direct result of your prayers. This...

Do you agree?

The liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church of America denomination has voted in favor of giving their church properties back to the American Indians: "Fifth, the overwhelmingly positive vote on the Land Back Memorial is another example of ELCA inconsistency and hypocrisy. The assembly fully...

Interesting article that sums up the current controversy over the move to dismiss BJU President Steve Pettit, with historical background: https://www.navajosh.com/2022/11/bob-jones-university-epicenter-of.html " Historic fundamentalism was about contending for the faith. Historic...

The Earliest Baptist Critics of the KJV: Leonard Busher (1614) and Henry Jessey (Part 2) | SHARPER IRON Article by Doug Kutilek: "Here, then, is the clear testimony of a pre-eminent Baptist of the 1600s that the final authority for our faith is the Scriptures in the original tongues of Hebrew...

I noticed that Keith Gomez has stepped down as President of Providence Baptist College and as pastor of Northwest Bible Baptist Church in Elgin, Illinois. The new pastor/president is Phil Cavanaugh, who has worked with Pastor Gomez as co-pastor since 2016. Keith Gomez is still on the staff as...

Interesting new material here on Peter Ruckman's multiple plans of salvation. The Kent Brandenburg blog is IFB and KJVO but they obviously do not identify in any way with Ruckman. (I always wondered where Twisted got 6 plans of salvation when Scofield had only 4 and the Bible only has one -...

Some "King James Only" proponents advocate that the 1611 "Authorized Version" or AV1611 should be considered the "Final Authority" for all renderings of Scripture in the English language, and that all foreign language translations of the Bible should be based on the AV1611, not on the original...