Christian Living

I meet weekly with a group of eight to ten men for prayer. One of the men is twenty-five and already successful in the corporate world. The pressures he faces and the demands on his time are enormous. His forty-year-old boss is in the hospital. For the last fifteen years, he has gone on little sleep and popped stimulants to try to stay on top of everything in his department.

During the middle of the sixteenth century, there was intense debate about music in the church. Several issues were on the table:

Are people hearing the gospel from us? It is God’s plan for people to hear the gospel from our lips. Romans 10:14 says, “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” (KJV).

^{Note: This article is reprinted with permission from As I See It, a monthly electronic magazine compiled and edited by Doug Kutilek. AISI is sent free to all who request it by writing to the editor at dkutilek@juno.com.}

“The Wines of the Bible: an Examination and Refutation of the Unfermented Wine Theory. By the Rev. A. M. Wilson. Hamilton, Adams & Co.

Author Tim Challies has embarked on a “blog tour” to promote the release of his new book, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment. A blogger on the tour will pose a question about discernment, and Tim will address the question and the comments that readers might have.

The questions SI posed to Tim are as follows, accompanied by his responses.

by Pastor Dan Miller

^{Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Dan Miller’s book Spiritual Reflections.}

“Who said anything about safe?”

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^{Author’s Note: Again, this section and series should not be viewed as an exhaustive treatment of the topic. These are mostly pastoral observations based on 17 years of local church ministry and on a desire to see hurting people grow to be spiritually producing, mentally stable, and emotionally strong disciples of Jesus of Nazareth—all the while remaining Baptist!}

Encouragement for Women Whose Husbands Have Fallen Into Pornography

^{Editor’s Note: The following article contains sensitive subject matter about sexuality. Some material may be inappropriate for children.}

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by Debi Pryde

Encouragement for Women Whose Husbands Have Fallen Into Pornography

^{Editor’s Note: The following article contains sensitive subject matter about sexuality. Some material may be inappropriate for children.}

by Debi Pryde

by Dan Miller