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the Proclaim & Defend Podcast — 296 episodes
Plagiarism and the Preacher
What Is Jesus Like, Right Now?
What’s the Big Deal about the Chaplains?
Interview 118: Four Features of Church Growth in Acts
Is it Mental Health or a Spiritual Problem?
Interview 117: Edwards and Brainerd on Church Growth
Covetousness: The Different Commandment
End of Life Decisions and the Christian Family
Interview 116: Built to Grow: Understanding and Advancing the Mission of the Church
Thank God for Liberty
The Jewish Curse
Interview 115: Multiplication Through Division
The Lies of Theological Liberalism in American Politics
Interview 114: “No Kings”? A Christian Perspective on Government “Rulers”
Unchristian Thinking about Christian Weddings
Interview 113: Is Missions Work ‘Kingdom Building’?
You Could Ruin Your Life with Sin Today—Are You Being Careful?
The Dangers of Doing Business with “Christians”
Interview 112: Missions: Are We Doing It Right?
Who Can Believe Anything Anymore?
Problems with the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 24:14-29
Interview 111: Israel, Palestinian Arabs, and Christian Attitudes
Is the Gathering of the Elect from the Four Winds (Matthew 24:31) Describing the Rapture of the Church?
The Conference on the Church for God’s Glory — Register Now
Three Ways to Build Your Child’s Biblical World View
[Podcast] Interview 110: Five Principles to Exercise Your Mind as You Read Your Bible
Why Believer’s Baptism is So Important
The Resurrection of Jesus Should Not Have Been a Surprise
Interview 109: The Ultimate Failure of the Moral Majority
What Kind of Pharisee are You?
Interview 108: Christ or Conservatism?
God Doesn't Take Sides
Interview 107: Purpose or Result?
Did God Tell Abraham to Sin in Genesis 22?
FBFI Statement on Christian Nationalism
Interview 106: Giving a Boost to Your Bible Reading
Worship without Understanding Isn’t Worship
Interview 105: Called in Community: The Local Church and the Shaping of Pastoral Ministry
Why Did the Triumphal Entry Crowd Turn on Jesus a Week Later?
Interview 104: The Second-Career Call
FBFI Position Statement 26_03: The Jewish People and Israel
The Draw of Eastern Orthodoxy: Maybe Baptists Should Consider Putting the Word “Baptist” Back in the Church Name
Interview 103: Mentor to the Mentors: A True Call to Ministry
Drawing Theological Boundaries
Interview 102: The Power of Radical Hospitality
The Changes in the “Wordless Book”
Interview 101: The World at Our Doorstep: Chaplaincy Ministry to Scouting America
Interview 100: Fostering Resilience in Young Adults
We Need an Old People’s Revival
Make a Big Bold Prayer List for the Coming Year
Looking for a Year of Impossible Things
Mary: Enduring Shame for the Cause of Christ
Interview 99: A Mother’s Faith
Should I Use AI in Sermon Prep? [edited]
Interview 98: Teach Them Diligently
Reports of Christians Leaving the Faith for Paganism are not Accurate
Interview 97 - Noah: A Parent Who Found Grace
Forgiving Demands a Heart of Thanksgiving
Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?
Interview 96: Promises God Gives Us to Face Our Trials
Roman Catholics No Longer Call Mary “Co-Redeemer”!
Interview 95: You Don’t Need to Know Yourself
Jesus and the Little Child
Interview 94: Hidden in My Heart
Is This Really Revival?
Interview 93: Let the Fire Die
Antichrist Discussion Hits the Mainstream
Interview 92: Lofty Words Versus Rhetorical Excellence
Did the Bible Prophesy Last Week’s Middle East Peace Treaty?
Interview 91: Every Idle Word
Putting the Authority Back in the Gospel
Interview 90: The Church’s View of Israel: A Historical-Theological Overview
Not One Word to Promote Violence Should Come from Our Lips
Standing for a Cause Is Not Enough
Interview 89: 6 Questions Our Children Have that Demand Answers
Talking to Your Family about Your Coming Death
Interview 88 - 31 Ways to Help Your Weary Wife
Teaching Children (and Adults) to Read is God’s Work
Is Christian Anti-Semitism on the Rise?
Interview 87 - Family Fun God's Way
The Young People’s Revival and How Churches Must Respond
Interview 86 - The Fatally Friendless Father
Parents Don’t Get a 100% Guarantee, and That’s a Good Thing.
Interview 85 – A Christian View of AI
Teaching Children (and Adults) to Read is God’s Work
Interview 84 – 5 Things Kids Need to Hear Dad Say
A Biblical Message for Children of Aging Parents
Interview 83 – Jesus' Guide to Praying for Your Children
A Biblical Message for Aging Parents
Interview 82 - Introducing the July/August FrontLine: “Growing Fathers”
Do You Talk Too Much, or Not Enough?
Your Fig Leaves Are Showing! Why your Christian home is not as close as it should be.
Interview 81 – Mutual Aid: The Christian and Law Enforcement
Interview 80 - The Benefits of a Christian School Education
John MacArthur and the Fundamental Baptists
Sometimes, Worship Should Be Hard
Interview 79 - Why We Need More Christian School Teachers for Christian Schools
Interview 78 - A Heavenly Take on Nerdiness
The Religious Roots of Anti-Semitism: Judaism and Israel are Not One Thing
Interview 77: A History and Assessment of the Christian School Movement
Interview 76: How to Spot a Counterfeit Christian School
The Biblical Pattern for a Multi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural Church
Interview 75: What Makes an Effective Christian School Administrator?
Don’t Confuse Fellowship with Salvation
The Difference Between Vibrant and Flat Preaching: Rekindling the Fire in the Pulpit
Interview 74: Preparation for Ministry
Satan Doesn’t Want People to Be Fruitful and Multiply
Interview 73: Rooted in Truth: The Biblical Framework for Christian Education
Fake Worship is a Problem Everywhere
Interview 72: More on AI – Shumate and Hanson Discuss AI Ethics
On Ministering with and Standing with Worthy Friends
Interview 71: Christian Liberty, Drugs, and Alcohol
Rethinking the Pre-Flood World
Interview 70: Why Marijuana Is (Still) Wrong
An Easter Sunday Invite and Transformed Lives
Interview 69: God's Way to Overcome Addictions
Are You a Mouthpiece for Satan?
Interview 68: Alcohol as a Beverage: What Does the Science Say?
Prayer Requests from Jailed Children
Seeking a More Perfect Union
Podcast - Interview 67: The Ministry of Personal Presence
General vs Specific Revelation
Interview 66: Logos Print Library
The Dangers of Ecclesiastical Clannish Loyalty
Interview 65: Does Homework Have to Be Human?
The Most Profound Aspect of Jesus Saying "I Never Knew You!"
Interview 64: Who's Afraid of AI?
A Congregation is a Voting Body
Interview 63: In Our Image and Likeness
Dismantling USAID is a Moral and Strategic Necessity
Interview 62: Developing a Biblical Perspective on Technology
Christian Ministries and Government Funding
Interview 61: AI: Developing a Christian Perspective
Illegal Immigration and the Bible Believing Church
Interview 60: The Only Wise Pursuit
On Warning Presidents, Truth, and Justice
Interview 59: How Wisdom Should Produce Discernment
On Wildfires, Judgment, and Compassion
Podcast - Interview 58: Biblical Decision Making
DEI and the Local Church
Interview 57: Maturity and Wisdom
When Kids Shoot Kids: A Christian Perspective on School Shootings
Interview 56: The Thinking Christian: Biblical Wisdom in an Emotionally Driven World
From Pastor Nicholas to Santa Claus
Interview 55: Chaplain's Report: Serving in the Secret Service
The Word is Jesus! Should you let Jordan Peterson preach the Word to you?
Interview 54: The Renewed Mind: The Key to Conformity to the Will of God (David Potter)
Psalm 118: Thanksgiving for Today's Believer
Interview 53: Revelation: When Does God’s Wrath Begin?
Holding Pastors Accountable
A Baptist, Fundamentalist, Election Post-Mortem
Interview 52: 2024 Position Statements and “Why Was God Angry at Balaam?” (Dave Shumate)
Christians, please vote! It is not too late to head to the polls.
Interview 51: The Rapture in Matthew 24 (Michael Riley)
Why Negotiating with God Does Not Work
Interview 50: The Believer's Hope (Brandon Carmichael)
Pastors, Teach Your Church Members to Vote!
Interview 49: War and the Just War: A Christian Perspective (Gary Fisher)
Cultural vs Believing Christianity
Interview 48: A Christian Approach to Political Change (Brian Collins)
Biblical Separation Among the Methodists?
FBFI 2024 – The Mount of Olives (Will Senn)
Why Do You Want to Be Baptized?
Interview 47: Heaven's Citizens Under Human Government (Gordon Dickson)
FBFI 2024 - Mount of Ascension (Nathan Steadman)
Jesus or the Pope: You must choose one or the other
FBFI 2024 – The Mountains of the Gadarenes (Caleb Phelps)
Social Media or Scripture?
Interview 46: Christian Service Through the Military
Book Review: Biblical Separation: The Struggle for a Pure Church, by Ernest Pickering
Interview 45: Pacifism vs. Violence Which Is the Way of Christ? (David Saxon)
Podcast: FBFI 2024 - Mount of Temptation (Kristopher Schaal)
Abortion vs. Free Speech
FBFI 2024: The Mount of Transfiguration — Stephen Van Gelderen
Kamala Harris Says She is a Baptist
FBFI 2024 - The Sermon on the Mount – Roland Kassales
Transgender, Intersex, and the Olympics
FBFI 2024 - Mount Calvary: The first of the seven summits
Self-Censoring Your Faith is Denying It
Interview 44: Dan Brown - Why the Promises to Israel Matter Today
The Doctrine of Ecclesiastical Separation is Being Lost — We Cannot Let It Happen
Interview 43: Douglas Brown - No Future for Israel? Supersessionism 101
The World Tells Us How It Really Feels
Interview 42: Keith Kobelia: Ezekiel 37:15–28 and Elements of God’s Future Promises to Israel (The Two Sticks)
"A Few Inches from Civil War"
Interview 41: Mark Lounsbrough - Blessing and Dominion
The Abortion Issue and the Christian
Interview 40: A Future for Israel and Insights from the Unappreciated Prophets
Why is Proverbs So Negative About Women?
Why Did the Purity Movement Die?
Interview 39: Taigen Joos - From the Home to the World
A False Balance and Election Integrity: A Christian Perspective
Interview 38: Byron Foxx on Four Ways God Judges Nations
Summit Report (FBFI 2024)
Interview 37: Tom Alvis on Christian Influence in a Post-Christian Culture
Interview 36: Malinda Duvall on Landing the Learjet
Judgment Month is Upon Us—Again
Interview 35: Steve Thomas on The Salty, Light-Bearing Church
Don’t Mourn the Decline of Churches that Preach a False Gospel
Interview 34: Arin Hess - Lobbying for Jesus
What Does “Train Up” Mean in Proverbs 22:6?
Interview 33: Gordon Dickson on Salt & Light in Your City and State
Christianity and the School Choice Movement
Interview 32: Multiculturalism and the Local Church
The Glory of God, Alcohol, and My Brother in Christ
Interview 31: "All Things to All Men" with Ryan Martin
Interview 30: Baptists, Dispensationalists, and Christian Nationalism with Michael Riley
Do Not Forsake Your Father's Friends
Interview 29: The Church and Cultural Engagement
Interview 28: Abortion Is on Your Ballot: What Can You Do?
Anti-Semitism is Horrible Sin
Political Participation is a Biblical Stewardship
Praise God for Ox Chips!
Interview 27 – Matt Shrader, Christian Responses to Culture
God’s Plan for Marriage, Family, and Life-long Care
Interview 26: Kevin Bauder - What Is Worldliness?
The Vice President of the United States Tours an Abortion Clinic
It’s Christian Nationalism, Stupid!
Interview 25: Jonathan Johnson - Beauty by Design
The Epoch Times and Falun Gong
Shen Yun: The Evangelistic Effort of a Chinese Religious Cult
Interview 24: Doug Bachorik - Beauty in Our Worship
Should We be Trying to Redeem the Culture?
Interview 23: Mike Riley - The Art of Appreciating Beauty
Alistair Begg and Controversial Advice
Pergamum: The Compromising Church
What are the Letters to the Seven Churches About?
Interview 23: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? - Scott Aniol
Is It Ever Right To Lie Like Rahab?
Interview 22: The Story of Beauty in Church History – David de Bruyn
Unboxing a New Work on Dispensationalism
Interview 21: The Meaning of Beauty – David de Bruyn
When Success is Worse than Failure
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Jim Berg – Notepad Discipleship
Interview 20: The God of Beauty
Interview 19: Reaching Those in the LGBTQ Movement
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Helping Members Own Spiritual Reproductivity — Theology of Disciplemaking
69 Weeks: Daniel’s Prophecy of the Advent of the Messiah
Interview 18: Gender Controversy - A Little Compromise Is a Big Deal
Why “I Surrender All” Still Applies
FBFI 2023 Workshop: The Lone Star Revival
Winning the "Nones" Roman Catholic Style
Interview 17: Put God to the Test
Be Anxious for Nothing? Really?
Christian Nationalism vs. the Social Gospel
Interview 16: Investing versus Gambling
The David Question
Introducing Dr. David Anderson of Maranatha Baptist University
Interview 15: Gambling and the Bible
Gambling What's the Big Deal? [FrontLine preview]
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Life on Life — Women Influencing Women
Sex Education in the Family
Against Liberal Theology: A conversation with Roger E. Olson
Wars and Rumors of Wars
FBFI 2023: Home Evangelism
Dealing with the “Prosperity Gospel” Verses of the Bible
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Creating Pathways into Our Churches
Dangers of Growing (slightly) Older in Ministry
Interview 14: Living with Adult Children in the Home [FrontLine May/June 2023]
The Three Bad Men (or Women) of the Book of Proverbs
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Woman to Women
What Would Jesus Do? Well, Not Exactly.
Interview 13: Unique Opportunities of Community Chaplaincy
Fighting for Free Speech is Fighting for the Gospel
FBFI 2023: A Lesson on Evangelism from John 4
What Is the Fear of God?
Interview 12: With the Word to the World
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Connecting the Local Church to the Local Community
He Gets Us, but do we get Him?
FBFI 2023: Nathan Mestler - "I Will Build My Church"
Does Viewing Pornography Biblically Justify Divorce?
Interview 11: Rescue the Perishing
Pornography as a Spiritual AND Public Health Crisis
Interview 10: Preparing for Life's Final Transition
The Prosperity Gospel Family Style: The Gothard Movement and Biblical Fundamentalism
FBFI 2023 Workshop: Changing Your Midweek Ministry Using Kids4truth Clubs!
Toxic Masculinity vs Biblical Masculinity
Interview 09: Christian Choices and Reproductive Technologies
FBFI 2023: Tim Potter - “The Organic Spiritual Lifestyle of the Church”
FBFI 2023 Workshop: “A C.A.R.E. Model for Discipleship”
FBFI 2023: Creating a Culture of Evangelism
Interview 08: Jonathan Edwards - EMS Evangelism
Parents: Are You Paying Attention to What Your Children are Being Taught?
Equipping God's People to Disciple
Do the Work of an Evangelist
Interview 07: The Ethics of Death
The Weapons of our Warfare
Interview 06: Singleness and Service for the Lord
“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste”
Interview 05: Cosmetic Surgery in a Plastic Age
For Fathers: How to Talk to Your Children
On Christians and Boycotts, Bans, and Petitions
Episode 04: Want to Work in Healthcare? Here's What to Expect
Episode 3: Should We Heal or Pray? A Defense of Modern Medicine
Episode 2: Christian Ethics, Abortions, and Stem Cell Lines
Introducing the P&D Podcast