Faith Pulpit
Since 1986, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary has published the Faith Pulpit to address significant matters of theological and ministerial interest.
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2018
- Ken Rathbun: Colossians 2:11-12 and the Circumcision-Infant Baptism Analogy (Winter)
- Don Anderson: Teaching and Teachers: Two Essential Components in a New Testament Church (Spring)
- Dean Taylor: Speaking for God: A Definition and Implications of Preaching that Glorifies God (Fall)
- Ken Rathbun: The Reformed Tradition and the Problem of Infant Communion (Winter)
2014
- Daniel R. Brown: When Is It Time to Quit? (Winter)
- Daniel R. Brown: Toward Expository Preaching (Spring)
- Ken Rathbun: Lessons From the Reformation for Biblical Fundamentalists (Fall)
- Ken Rathbun: Unity Versus Purity (Fall)
2015
- Don Anderson: Improving Adult Sunday School Classes (Winter)
- Don Anderson: In Defense of the Adult Sunday School Class (Spring)
- Ken Rathbun: The Christian and Church History (Summer)
- Ken Rathbun: Making Church History Relevant for Pastors and Students (Fall)
- Ernie Schmidt: The Synagogue and the Word (Fall)
2012
- Douglas E. Brown: A Theology of the Family (January-March)
- Douglas E. Brown: United Families Dividing Churches: An Assessment of the Family Integrated Church Movement (January-March)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Importance of Justification (Summer)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Active Obedience of Christ (Summer)
- Tim Little: Encouraging the Pursuit of Joy (Fall)
- Tim Little: The Viewpoint of Ecclesiastes: Cynicism or Realism? (November)
2013
- Andy Stearns: Bonhoeffer and the Scriptures (Winter)
- Andy Stearns: Bonhoeffer: Approaching His Life and Work (Winter)
- Ken Rathbun: The Israelite Prophecies: A Cause for Rejoicing (Summer)
- Ken Rathbun: The Future Kingdom in Zephaniah (Fall)
- Don Anderson: An Overview of Sunday School Publishers (Fall)
- Don Anderson: Choosing Sunday School Curriculum (Winter)
2010
- Rick Shrader: Let the Church Be the Church (January-February)
- Martha Hartog: Mothers Saved in Childbearing? (March-April)
- Douglas E. Brown: An Overview of the New Perspective on Paul (May-June)
- Douglas E. Brown: Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic (July-September)
- Tim Little: What Is New Covenant Theology? (October-December)
2011
- Don Anderson: The Ordination of Men to the Ministry (January-March)
- Ken Rathbun: The Reformers’ Defense of Infant Baptism (April-June)
- Myron J. Houghton: Distinguishing Law, Gospel, and Grace (July-September)
- Don Anderson: Faith Baptist Theological Seminary: Celebrating 25 Years of God’s Blessing (October-December)
2008
- Douglas E. Brown: The Call to the Ministry (January-February)
- Myron J. Houghton: A Critique of “Easy Believism” (March-April)
- Douglas E. Brown: The Emerging Church: The New Worldly Church (May-June)
- Paul A. Hartog: The “New Perspective” and Justification, Part 1 (July-August)
- Paul A. Hartog: The “New Perspective” and Justification, Part 2 (September-October)
- Don Anderson: The Christian Education Committee in a Local Church (November-December)
2009
- John Hartog III: The Heart and Hands of Leadership (January-February)
- James D. Maxwell III: The New Spirituality (March-April)
- Paul Hartog: Toward a Christian Approach to Culture (May-June)
- Robert G. Delnay: Keeping Institutions True (July-August)
- Jeff Newman: Discipleship in the Details (September-October)
- Myron J. Houghton: Reasons for Holding a Non-Charismatic Position (November-December)
2006
- David R. Boylan: When Does (The Sanctity of ) Live Begin? (January-February)
- Douglas E. Brown and Tim Little: The Value of Bible Software for Ministry, Part 1 (March)
- Douglas E. Brown and Tim Little: The Value of Bible Software for Ministry, Part 2 (April)
- Paul A. Hartog: The Da Vinci Code and Early Christian History, Part 1 (May)
- Paul A. Hartog: The Da Vinci Code and Early Christian History, Part 2 (June)
- Myron J. Houghton: What I Like to See in a Bible Version for Study Purposes (July-August)
- Troy Lohmeyer: David’s Musical Therapy – 1 Samuel 16:14-23, Part 1 (September)
- Troy Lohmeyer: David’s Musical Therapy – 1 Samuel 16:14-23, Part 2 (October)
- Rick Shrader: Seeker Sensitive or Sinner Sensitive? Part 1 (November)
- Rick Shrader: Seeker Sensitive or Sinner Sensitive? Part 2 (December)
2007
- Myron J. Houghton: Why We Reject the Apocrypha (January-February)
- Paul A. Hartog: “Fundamentalism” Distorted and the Baptist Distinctives Resounded, Part 1 (March-April)
- Paul A. Hartog: “Fundamentalism” Distorted and the Baptist Distinctives Resounded, Part 2 (May-June)
- Adopted by the Board of Directors: Definition and Direction Statement, Part 1 (July-August)
- Adopted by the Board of Directors: Definition and Direction Statement, Part 2 (September)
- Adopted by the Board of Directors: Definition and Direction Statement, Part 3 (October)
- Ernie Schmidt: The Preacher and His Library, Part 1 (November)
- Ernie Schmidt: The Preacher and His Library, Part 2 (December)
2004
- George G. Houghton: Are Conservative Southern Baptists Fundamentalists? (January-February)
- George G. Houghton: The GARBC – A Rich History and Heritage, Part 1 (March)
- George G. Houghton: The GARBC – A Rich History and Heritage, Part 2 (April)
- Fred Moritz: Salvation Only in Christ (May-June)
- Troy Dowden: Come Home Spot, Come Home—Deuteronomy 4:25–31 (July-August)
- John Hartog III: First Century Local Churches in Association, Part 1 (September)
- John Hartog III: First Century Local Churches in Association, Part 2 (October)
- Alan D. Cole: Prewrath Rapturism and the Day of the Lord in the Old Testament (November)
- Alan D. Cole: Prewrath Rapturism and the Day of the Lord in the New Testament (December)
2005
- Charles R. Phelps: Decide to Delegate (It’s the only way to make a disciple) (January)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Relationship of Resurrection to Judgment (February)
- Manfred E. Kober: Reviewing Five Rapture Positions, Part 1 (March)
- Manfred E. Kober: Reviewing Five Rapture Positions, Part 2 (April)
- Ernie Schmidt: Real Religion, Part 1 (May-June)
- Ernie Schmidt: Real Religion, Part 2 (July-August)
- Paul A. Hartog: Economic Wisdom as an Analogy to Prudence of Separation, Part 1 (September)
- Paul A. Hartog: Economic Wisdom as an Analogy to Prudence of Separation, Part 2 (October)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Meaning of 1 John 3:9 (November-December)
2002
- Ralph G. Turk: Doing Church God’s Way (January)
- Ralph G. Turk: Doing Worship God’s Way (February)
- Robert G. Delnay: What Happened to Keswick? (March)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10 (April)
- George G. Houghton: Another Look at the New Evangelicalism (May-June)
- David R. Boylan: Theology and Thermodynamics: The Synergism (July-August)
- Alan D. Cole: The Compromise of Jeroboam (September)
- Paul A. Hartog: Jesus Christ as ‘God’ Before the Council of Nicea (October)
- Elvin K. Mattison: Incarnational Preaching (November)
- Myron J. Houghton: Baptists and the Body of Christ (December)
2003
- David R. Boylan: ‘And Man Became a Living Soul’: Powers, Probabilities, and Proteins – A Critique of Evolutionary Random Development of Living Systems (January)
- Troy Dowden: Am I Feeding My People Mouse Poison? Jeremiah 23:15-32 (March)
- Charles Hauser, Jr.: Carnality and the Believer (April)
- Douglas E. Brown: Pseudonymity and the New Testament (May-June)
- Ernie Schmidt: Are Separatists Divisive? (July-August)
- John Hartog III: Selecting a Seminary (September)
- Ernie Schmidt: Mission Statement: Conformity or Conviction? (October)
- Myron J. Houghton: Secondary Ecclesiastical Separation (November)
- John Hartog II: Why Should Missionaries Attend Seminary? (December)
2000
- Douglas E. Brown: Family-Based Youth Ministry (January)
- Alan D. Cole: Three Perils of Fundamentalism’s Next Generation (February)
- Paul A. Hartog: Paul and the Pagans (March)
- Elvin K. Mattison: A Call for Relevance (April)
- Robert G. Delnay: Rote Memory (May-June)
- John C. Whitcomb: The Coming Kingdom of Christ Our Lord (July-August)
- Don Anderson: The Gift of Teaching and Local Church Ministry (September)
- George G. Houghton: What Constitutes Worthy Worship? (October)
- Myron J. Houghton: An Evaluation of the Open View of God (November)
- John Hartog II: Tremendous Truths From Jesus’ Family Tree (December)
2001
- George G. Houghton: Some Reflections on the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements, Part 1 (January)
- George G. Houghton: Some Reflections on the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements, Part 2 (February)
- Paul A. Hartog: Christianity and Liberalism (March)
- Arthur B. Walton: My Swan Song (May-June)
- John Hartog III: The Inhabitants of the Millenium and the Timing of the Rapture, Part 1 (July-August)
- John Hartog III: The Inhabitants of the Millenium and the Timing of the Rapture, Part 2 (September)
- John C. Whitcomb: Babel, Part 1 (October)
- David Beale: Captain Myles Standish: Separatist Pilgrim, or Roman Catholic Soldier of Fortune? (November)
- John C. Whitcomb: Babel, Part 2 (December)
1998
- John Hartog III: Happy Hanukkah! (January)
- Myron J. Houghton: Pre-wrath Rapture: A Pretrib Evaluation (February-March)
- Ralph G. Turk: When is a Church a Church? (April)
- Robert G. Delnay: A Church Worth Choosing (May)
- Myron J. Houghton: Distinguishing Law and Grace (June-July)
- George G. Houghton: The Rise of the Bible School Movement and Its Implications for Today (September)
- Robert G. Delnay: On Service Organizations (October)
- John Hartog III: The Value of a Seminary Education (November)
- Ralph G. Turk: Ministry in the Local Church (December)
1999
- Ralph G. Turk: Motivation for Service in the Local Church (January)
- John Hartog II: Don’t Worry (February)
- George G. Houghton: Waving the Flag, Part I (March)
- George G. Houghton: Waving the Flag, Part II (April)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Destiny of Those Who Die in Infancy (May-June)
- Robert G. Delnay: Resources For Preaching (July)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Preservation of Scripture (August)
- John Hartog II: Effective Instruments for the Master (September)
- Ralph G. Turk: Functional Churches (October-November)
- John Hartog III: The Virgin Birth: A Mystery to be Cried Aloud (December)
1996
- Robert G. Delnay: What Became of Personal Separation? (January)
- John Hartog II: Lessons in Church Planting From the Apostle Paul (February)
- Robert G. Delnay: Ministering in the Spirit (March)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Impeccability of Christ (April)
- Robert G. Delnay: Third Generation Christians (May-June)
- George G. Houghton: Biblical Foundation for Victorious Christian Living (July-August)
- Myron J. Houghton: Those for Whom Christ Died: Some Reflections (September)
- Robert G. Delnay: Implications of Evolutionism (October)
- John Hartog II: Worship That Pleases God (November)
- Manfred E. Kober: The Mysterious Magi: Sages Seeking the Savior (December)
1997
- Myron J. Houghton: Promise Keepers: A Fundamentalist Evaluation (January)
- Robert G. Delnay: Customary Restraints (February)
- Manfred E. Kober: The Problematic Development of Progressive Dispensationalism, Parts 1 & 2 (March-April)
- Manfred E. Kober: Millennial Madness and the Year 2000, Parts 1 & 2 (October-November)
- Manfred E. Kober: The Shepherds in Search of the Savior (December)
1994
- John Hartog III: The Goal of Faith Baptist Theological Seminary (January)
- George G. Houghton: Is There a Future for Our Kind of School? (February)
- Robert L. Domokos: Whose Expectations Are We Fulfilling? (March)
- Manfred E. Kober: Confusion in the Charismatic Camp (April)
- George G. Houghton: The Matter of Militancy (May)
- Robert L. Domokos: Elements of Balanced Preaching (June)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Catholic View of Salvation: A Fundamentalist Evaluation (July-September)
- George G. Houghton: The Benefits of a Bible College Education (October)
- George G. Houghton: Helping Your Local Church to Prosper (November)
- Manfred E. Kober: The Forgotten Person in the Christmas Story (December)
1995
- Myron J. Houghton: Progressive Dispensationalism: A Traditional Dispensational Critique (January)
- George G. Houghton: Faithful Shepherding (February)
- Robert G. Delnay: The Handy Slogan-Word Legalism (March)
- George G. Houghton: Some Thoughts on Ecumenical Evangelism – A Case Study (April)
- Robert G. Delnay: What is in it for the Church? (May-June)
- Dennis Zuber: A Call for Separation (July-August)
- John Hartog III: Three Principles for Biblical Church Growth, Part 1 (September)
- John Hartog III: Three Principles for Biblical Church Growth, Part 2 (October)
- Myron J. Houghton: Biblical Holiness (November)
- Manfred E. Kober: The Star of Bethlehem: Its Mystery, Magic, and Message (December)
1992
- Myron J. Houghton: Eternal Security (February)
- George G. Houghton: Reflections on the Church Marketing Movement (March)
- Elvin K. Mattison: Where is the God of Elijah? (April)
- Manfred E. Kober: Are We Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth? (May)
- Gilbert G. Braithwaite: There Is No Hell on Earth (June)
- John Hartog II: Jacob’s Labor Contracts (July-August)
- Myron J. Houghton: Divine Sovereignty and the GARBC (September)
- George G. Houghton: The Danger of Drifting (October)
- Robert L. Domokos: Evangelism That Is Theological (November)
- Elvin K. Mattison: What Happened to Christmas? (December)
1993
- Manfred E. Kober: Do We Really Know the Gospel? (February)
- Ralph G. Turk: Biblical Unity (March)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Eternal Sonship of Christ (April)
- Robert L. Domokos: A Conscious Awareness of God’s Presence (May)
- George G. Houghton: The Doctrine of the Church and Its Identifying Marks (June)
- Manfred E. Kober: Chuck Colson and The Body Book (July-August)
- Arthur B. Walton: Ecclesiastical Separation (September-October)
- Myron J. Houghton: What is Legalism? (September-October)
- Manfred E. Kober: Personal Separation (November)
- George G. Houghton: What’s in a Name? (December)
1990
- Ralph G. Turk: The Mosaic Law and National Reconstruction (January-February)
- Manfred E. Kober: Prophetic Portents in Eastern Europe? (March-April)
- Robert G. Delnay: Learning from the Closing of Des Moines University (May-June)
- Robert L. Domokos: Effective Pastoral Leadership (September)
- Myron J. Houghton: The Importance of Water Baptism (October)
- Manfred E. Kober: Prophetic Guidelines for the Persian Gulf (November)
- Elvin K. Mattison: Jesus’ Birth…An Act of God or an Accident of Man? (December)
1991
- Elvin K. Mattison: Biblical Preaching in the Twentieth Century (January)
- Myron J. Houghton: Resurrection, Christ’s and Ours (March)
- Manfred E. Kober: Is Rosenthal Right About the Rapture? (April)
- Ralph G. Turk: The Pastor—Scholar (May)
- Elvin K. Mattison: Faith Baptist Seminary…A Distinctive Graduate School (June)
- Robert L. Domokos: Followers of Faithful Men (July-August)
- Robert L. Domokos: Pastoral Direction and Congregational Motivation (September)
- George G. Houghton: Evangelicals and the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment (October)
- Robert L. Domokos: Evangelistic Preaching and Giving Invitations (November)
- John Hartog II: Christmas (December)
1988
- George G. Houghton: Hearing the Call of God (January)
- Robert G. Delnay: Is Redemption an Opinion? (February)
- Myron J. Houghton: Dispensational Theology (March)
- Manfred E. Kober: Spiritual Gifts: Essential, Expedient, or Extra-Biblical? (April)
- Myron J. Houghton: Marks of a Fundamentalist in the Book of Jude (May)
- Robert G. Delnay: Electronic Evangelism Versus the Old (June-August)
- Gilbert G. Braithwaite: Transform the Bones of the Word into Meat (September)
- Manfred E. Kober: How Soon the Rapture? (October)
- Robert G. Delnay: Faith’s Distinctive Goals (November)
- Ralph G. Turk: Our Most Important Task (December)
1989
- Mel Walker: A Prescription for Safe Counseling (January)
- Robert G. Delnay: What Killed the Idealism? (February)
- Manfred E. Kober: Forgotten Truth or a False Doctrine? Part 1 (March)
- Manfred E. Kober: Forgotten Truth or a False Doctrine? Part 2 (April-May)
- Robert G. Delnay: Historic Marks of Fundamentalism (June-August)
- Robert G. Delnay: Shall We Go For Entertainment? (September-October)
- Robert G. Delnay: Volunteers or Draftees? (November-December)
1986
- Robert G. Delnay: An Idea of a Seminary (January)
- Myron J. Houghton: Congregational Rule Versus Elder Rule (February)
- George G. Houghton: We Believe in Preaching (March)
- Manfred Kober: The Rapture: A Hope or a Hoax? (April)
- Robert G. Delnay: A Biblical Separatism (May)
- George G. Houghton: Seeing Answers to Our Prayers (June-August)
- Robert L. Domokos: Understanding Pastoral Theology (September)
- Robert G. Delnay: New Testament Principles of Music (October)
- George G. Houghton: Why Evangelism and Missions (November)
- Gilbert G. Braithwaite: Committed to a Cause (December)
1987
- Mel Walker: The Mission Field of Youth (January)
- Robert G. Delnay: The Unnoticed Baptist Distinctive (February)
- June S. Delnay: Why Should Women Attend Seminary? (March)
- Robert G. Delnay: Vital Preaching (April)
- Myron J. Houghton: “I Have Kept the Faith” —A Tribute to Dr. Gordon L. Shipp (May)
- Robert G. Delnay: Ecclesiastical Separation (June-August)
- Robert G. Delnay: The Missionary We Would Like to Produce (November)
- Robert G. Delnay: The Evangelical Drift (December)