the Proclaim & Defend Podcast

And yes, there continue to remain HUGE problems with Roman Catholic theology. Just recently I heard of a conservative Baptist pastor leaving his church and turning to Catholicism. This type of move is not isolated. Many in the conservative political world are doing so with the rise of prominent cultural figures like Candace Owens, Michael Knowles, and Erika Kirk, who remain Catholic or deeply conn...

Our November/December issue of FrontLine just came out. I’ve been busy interviewing many of our authors. We plan to start airing those interviews next week. Today I am going back to the July/August issue to a conversation with Jaime Flack, the author of our Heart to Heart column. Jaime will describe what she does in her ministry as we begin the conversation. You will see that she has a full schedu...

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the king...

Today we have a unique guest, the daughter of our guest last week. If you listened to the episode with Preston Mayes, you might remember that he mentioned his daughter publishing an article in the same edition of FrontLine as his article. Well, that intrigued me as I hadn’t made the connection, so I had to check out her article and make sure we talked to her as well. Rachel Mayes Allen wrote an ar...

There is a lot of talk about revival lately. Even secular media types referred to the events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s memorial service as a “Christian revival.” However, the discussion is not new, it is just amplified in the wake of Kirk’s assassination. Young people are returning to religion in record numbers. Videos of mass baptisms abound. This phenomenon seems to be a reaction to the overbea...

We are talking about the September/October edition of FrontLine with some of our authors. The subject of this edition was “Using Your Words: Glorifying God with Language.” The issue hit on various aspects of things we say, good and bad, and what the Christian perspective should be. Today’s discussion is with Preston Mayes, who teaches at Central Baptist Seminary in Minneapolis. His subject was gos...

Peter Thiel and New York Times editor, Ross Douthat, differ about the nature of the Antichrist. Yep. It’s true. People in the business and media mainstream are now talking about the Antichrist—and they are talking about it seriously, not just in some derogatory manner. Peter Thiel is giving lectures about the rise of the Anti-Christ in this century, and it is related to AI, luddites, and global do...

We’re discussing the September-October issue of Frontline, which had the theme, “Using Your Words: Glorifying God with Language.” This issue of the magazine is full of helpful articles and we will be talking to a few of our authors to give you a bit more than they had time for in the magazine. Today’s conversation is with Mike Riley, a frequent guest on our program. He is the pastor of Calvary Bap...

If it did, is Donald Trump the Anti-Christ? At first, this title just looks like click bait, but it’s a question that has flashed across the minds of many dispensationalist Christians in the last week. There are a few things we believe about biblical prophecy that do give us pause. The Daniel 9 Prophecy. According to Daniel 9:27, the event that starts the 70th Week of Daniel is the confirmation of...

With this podcast we are getting into the September/October issue of FrontLine which had the theme, “Using Your Words: Glorifying God with Language.” This issue of the magazine is full of helpful articles and we will be talking to a few of our authors to give you a bit more than they had time for in the magazine. Today’s conversation is with Ryan Martin, pastor of Columbiaville Baptist Church in C...

I sat across the table from a young man with whom I have been having Bible studies for about two months— I will call him Dave. He was not a believer but clearly interested in the gospel message. I did not need to cajole him to meet with me. We had been working through The Exchange —a four part gospel presentation that starts with the holiness of God, moves on to the justice of God, then the love o...

We are transitioning over to a new edition of FrontLine with our podcast interviews today, the September/October edition. The theme of this edition is “Using Your Words: Glorifying God with Language.” I’ve recorded a few interviews with our authors. These will be published in due course. Before we get to them, I want to offer an interview with the author of one of our regular features in FrontLine...

The problem is that we must be able to disagree--even to declare others wrong--and others should be able to disagree with us as well. On Sunday a gunman drove into a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Michigan, opened fire, killing 4 attendees and setting the church on fire before eventually being shot and killed by police. We can all express our opinions regarding the motivation of the shooter. There a...

To the young people who want to start new TPUSA chapters, there is something essential you must address first. As I listened to the Charlie Kirk memorial, I didn’t expect it to come from Tucker Carlson. I was thinking it-- and I hoped someone would say it. Here is what he said: Politics, at its core, is a process of critiquing other people and getting them to change. Christianity—the gospel messag...

We continue to discuss the July/August edition of FrontLine, even though it is now fall. Our topic for this issue was “Growing Fathers,” produced by the bloggers of the Growing Fathers blog and podcast. We will have links for both in the show notes. Today’s podcast concludes the interviews from this edition of FrontLine. I’ve found the topics to be very practical in touching on so many areas of pe...

Yesterday I was in the room with one of our long-time church members as he took his last breath. All the family members were gathered around. They wept and prayed. Mike had struggled with multiple ailments for many years despite his relatively young age. During a routine medical treatment on Monday morning, his heart stopped beating. Medical personnel were able to get his heart going, but it was g...

We continue to discuss the July/August edition of FrontLine, even though it is almost fall. Our topic for this issue was "Growing Fathers," produced by the bloggers of the Growing Fathers blog and podcast. We will have links for both in the show notes. Our topic today is "31 Ways to Help Your Weary Wife," with John Pate, who ministers in Beaumont, Alberta, about 70 miles from where I grew up . He...

Editor’s note: This post is a repeat, we uploaded the wrong audio the first time this was posted. We’ve made sure to get the right one this time. School is starting around the country again, and the Christian School movement is growing again significantly. I wanted to take a moment to remind all that literacy education, even from Bible times, has been seen by godly people as an essential aspect of...

It seems to be. In order to understand that question, we first have to define and refine what we mean by antisemitism . Realclearreligion.com ran an article by Chloe Sparwath on September 9th claiming that Medieval Antisemitism is creeping back into the church. By the church, she is speaking of all of professing Christianity—including Catholics and other groups that would not hold to the core fund...

We continue to discuss the July/August edition of FrontLine, even though it is almost fall. Our topic for this issue was "Growing Fathers," produced by the bloggers of the Growing Fathers blog and podcast. We will have links for both in the show notes. Our topic today is family fun with pastor Chris Lynch. He wrote an article called, "Family Fun God's Way." In our conversation we talked a lot abou...

According to the Barna research group there is a resurgence in church attendance that is led by young people—GenZers in the modern nomenclature. Millennial are also increasing their church attendance but not at the level of GenZers. According to Barna “These are easily the highest rates of church attendance among young Christians since they first hit Barna’s tracking.” We are finding these results...

We are back to interviewing our authors from the Growing Fathers edition of FrontLine, the July/August edition. We are fast moving on into fall, so we are gearing up for the next edition, but there are a few more interviews from this one to bring to your attention. Today's guest is Caleb French, who serves on the staff of Northwest Valley Baptist Church in Glendale, Arizona. His article had the ti...

The death of James Dobson this week has revealed a level of vitriol against him that I did not know existed. The reaction seems to be primarily focused on his 1978 work, The Strong-Willed Child . It is easy to dismiss such criticisms as the bitterness of people who never truly embraced the faith, and that might be true in many cases. But a bit of self-examination in humility is also in order. I ha...

This is a bonus edition of the podcast. It's the product of a summer visit from longtime friends who visited us for a couple of weeks this summer. I've been reading a bit about AI since our first FrontLine edition of the year that was devoted to the subject. Our friends mentioned that one of the professors at BJU had discussed the subject in a Sunday school session at Mount Calvary Baptist Church...

School is starting around the country again, and the Christian School movement is growing again significantly. I wanted to take a moment to remind all that literacy education, even from Bible times, has been seen by godly people as an essential aspect of reaching people and truly discipling people for the Kingdom of God. General education from a biblical perspective is God’s work. The Hawaii Examp...