Now What? Thoughts On The 2022 Midterm Elections
If you are like me, there are three primary thoughts running through your mind following this election: “What happened to the red…
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Dr. Carl Trueman: When Should a Christian Fight and When Should They Leave?
In this excerpt from IFI’s interview with professor, theologian, and author Dr. Carl Trueman, Pastor Derek Buikema asks what should determine whether…
Por David E. Smith
The Red Wave That Really Matters
For a number of reasons, I would have preferred to see the Republicans take back both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate…
Dr. Carl Trueman: Why Has the Church Affirmed Sin Before the World?
In this excerpt from IFI’s interview with Professor Carl Trueman, author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Pastor Derek…
Por David E. Smith
Is It a Sin Not to Vote?
Founding father Samuel Adams once said, “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of…
Prayers for Election Day
We know you have likely been reminded multiple times over the past several weeks of the importance of this election and your…
Por David E. Smith
Bold Christianity
When freedom of religion doesn’t exist, you end up with horrible tyrannical governments and systems such as communism or socialism. Abolishing religious…
Por Kenna Rose
The Gay Celibate Christian?
Looking over a list of Christian conferences coming up in 2023 I ran across one that states it is for: “LGBTQ+ Christians…
Por Israel Wayne
Preparing Gen Z to be Lights in a Dark World
Pew Research recently released a report on an accelerating trend in the U.S. — adults who were raised in Christian homes and…
Por David E. Smith
Rocks Don’t Lie: The Faults With Evolutionary Theory
Dr. Tim Clarey of the Institute For Creation Research (ICR) holds a PhD in Geology from Western Michigan University, and two Master…
Por David E. Smith
The Church’s Silence is Hurting Young People
For the last 40 years, with rare exception, I have been teaching in (and leading) ministry schools on a weekly basis, having…
Scripture on Abortion Billboards?
Now that the Dobbs decision has shifted the abortion debate to the state-by-state battle, both the pro-life and pro-choice movements have galvanized…
Por Ecce Verum
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