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Our interview offers a discussion around “The Ethics of Death,” an article appearing in the January/February 2023 issue of FrontLine magazine. Paid subscribers can read the full article at our Substack. Here is the opening paragraph: Death. It’s a term that evokes many negative thoughts and emotions. It certainly raises questions in the minds of believers. What is death? For that matter, what is l...

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We've just concluded our annual meeting held at Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary, a great time of fellowship and spiritual renewal. I hope you can join us next year in Colorado where Will Senn is planning a great meeting for us. While I was at Faith, I was able to connect with several of the professors at the college who contributed to FrontLine. I'm going to go to one of these interviews...

We are in a national crisis, morally, economically, socially, and spiritually.  We all know it.  In the Realclearpolitics.com polls, only 24 percent of those polled believe our country is headed in the right direction.  I am amazed that there are even that many.  This is evidence of a perceived national crisis. There are various definitions of the crisis, but it exists nonetheless. We are in a spi...

We present another edition of the Proclaim & Defend podcast with an interview of Pastor Ryan Martin based on his article in the January/February edition of FrontLine entitled "Cosmetic Surgery in a Plastic Age." We're all familiar with news about one actor or another undergoing multiple cosmetic "procedures." We even hear from time to time of some less prominent people who seem to have overdone it...

“I wasn’t raised in a _____________ (Christian, good) home and my father never talked to me. So, I don’t really know how to talk to my own kids.” It’s time for some tough talk to dads.  That is no excuse for failing your own children in your most basic responsibility as a father—to teach your kids. I know you believe your most basic responsibility is to provide for your children and protect your c...

But know this, that in the last days, perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, ]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its po...

The Proclaim & Defend podcast features interviews with the authors of FrontLine articles. Todd & Ruth Kilburn offered "Want to Work in Healthcare? Here's What to Expect" in our issue, "Biblical Counsel for Medical Choices," issued for January/February, 2023. What is the article about? In our topsy-turvy world, people in all kinds of jobs find themselves faced with ethical dilemmas where their Chri...

Our January/February 2023 issue of FrontLine, Biblical Counsel for Medical Choices, includes the article "Should We Heal or Pray? A Defense of Modern Medicine" by Brett Williams. Brett has been a pastor and is the provost of Central Baptist Seminary. We had an interesting conversation about his article which surveyed the history of Christian attitudes towards medicine and its practice. Our recent...

Dr. Michael P. Riley, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Wakefield, Michigan discusses his article on ethical questions Christians have about using the Covid vaccine and other medicines. Specifically, should the use of stem cell lines in medical research affect our choices about medical treatments? Watch on YouTube: Get full access to the Proclaim & Defend Podcast at proclaimdefend.substack.com/s...

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