Christianity Requires Defending the Faith

By Richard Bargas

It always astounds me that Holocaust deniers exist. Those who claim the systematic murder of Jews in Europe by Adolph Hitler is a hoax and has no factual evidence behind it often do so to advance antisemitic agendas.* Despite living Holocaust survivors, extant concentration camps, written and recorded testimonies from victims, photographs, artifacts, and other evidence, there are still those who will not accept the historicity of the Holocaust.

The denial of the Christian faith is less surprising. After all, we worship a God who is Spirit, and proclaim a faith that since…

What Is Real Success?

By Christopher Cone

Google the phrase “What is success” and you will get 1.13 billion results. I’d like to examine each of those with you today (not really). Much has been said about success. Everybody seems to want it, but it is surprising how few actually can define it.

One dictionary defines success as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose, the attainment of popularity or profit, or a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity.” But what should be the aim or purpose? And how do we define prosperity?

Some suggest success changes with age:

At age 4…

Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics Tackles ‘Myths About Dispensationalism’

By Paul J. Scharf

The 17th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 18 and 19, at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. The theme for this year’s conference is, “Answering the Myths About Dispensationalism.”

“CDH is an academic study group established in 2008 for traditional dispensationalists, where various issues are studied in regional settings in different parts of the United States,” explained Mike Stallard, vice president for international ministries with The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and…