All posts on September 2008

In this issue: • Northern Baptist Convention Splits Over Foreign Board • Studies in Genesis • Revival Needed—at Home • Studies in Revelation • Studies in First Corinthians • Pastoral Theology: The Office of Deacon • The Government Forgets the Church Again • Bleak Hour of Prayer • “Rebuilding the Gates”

In this issue: • Christ and the Crisis of Sin • The Eleventh Annual Conference of the GARBC • Pastoral Theology: When Is a Sunday School a Sunday School? • Delightfully Inclusive but Conveniently Inconclusive • Eternal Security: The Devil’s Last Stand • National Association of Evangelicals • Resolutions Adopted by the American Council of Christian Churches

What’s new on the road ahead for the GARBC? Here’s what I would like our association to give itself to over the next few years. …

Years ago a minister was called “the parson,” meaning “the person.” He was a VIP. He was honored as the preacher of the gospel, a …

Q. How does one answer an amillennialist to prove Christ will reign a literal thousand years on earth? Revelation 20 clearly says so, but that …

Over the years, fundamentalism has lacked a strong self-critical voice,” says Aaron Blumer, the new publisher of www.SharperIron.org. “We have not had people who are …

In this issue: • Why I Can No Longer Fellowship with the Northern Baptist Convention and Affiliated Bodies • “No Fire” • Shrunken Preachers • Pastoral Theology: Christian Cordiality and Cooperation among Ministers • “High Lights of Joshua” • Facts for Baptists to Face • Studies in the Revelation • Who Are the Agitators? • Studies in Genesis • What Goes on Backstage?

In this issue: • “An Issue of the Present Hour” • Studies in Genesis • Pastoral Theology: The Measuring Line for Ministers • Expositions in the Songs of Solomon • “High Lights of Joshua” • The Garden of the Cross • Facts for Baptists to Face

Throughout the course of life, parents make a variety of decisions that impact the lives of their children. This morning my wife and I had …

The process of finding the man of God’s choosing for pastoral leadership in a church is a challenging one. In independent churches like ours, the …

(DVD) Iowa Family Policy Center (www.ifpc.org), 3 minutes, $7 suggested donation It’s only three minutes long, but this DVD sends a powerful message concerning the …

Understanding the Meaning of Every Prophetic Passage TIM LAHAYE and ED HINDSON, GEN. EDS. Harvest House, 557 Pages, Hardcover, $24.99 If you have ever thought …

Because Marriage Lasts a Lifetime MARTHA PEACE and JOHN CROTTS P & R Publishing, 120 Pages, Paper, $9.99 Tying the Knot Tighter was produced out …

The Journey of a Pilgrim DVD, Vision Video (www.visionvideo.com), 42 minutes, $15.99 Here is a short but interesting and informative documentary on the man who …

A Biblical Handbook for New Testament Missions DWIGHT TOMLINSON and PAUL CHAPPELL Striving Together (www.strivingtogether.com), 201 Pages, Paper, $14.95 This book might interest you if …

Shepherd Press (www.shepherdpress.com), 188 Pages, Paper, $13.95 Many Christian parents are familiar with Tedd Tripp’s valuable earlier book Shepherding a Child’s Heart. Now comes this …

HAROLD J. SALA Harvest House, 269 Pages, Paper, $12.99 A book like this can be used greatly in minds that might otherwise be swayed by …

THOMAS WHITE, JASON G. DUESING, and MALCOLM B. YARNELL III, EDS. Kregel, 261 Pages, Paper, $18.99 The editors and back cover reviewers are Southern Baptists, …

A Biblical approach to evangelism “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and …

In this issue: • Johnson City: May 10–13 • Resolutions Passed by the Council of Fourteen • The Houdini Tragedy • Studies in the Revelation • “High Lights of Joshua” • Expositions in the Songs of Solomon • Pastoral Theology: Can We Preachers Avoid Going to Seed? • Studies in Genesis • The Psalm of the Envious Man