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RBP 2021 Annual Report
This has been a year of uncertainty for Regular Baptist Press, but by God’s grace we are still here and we are still pursuing our mission of glorifying God by producing church educational resources that are true to God’s Word…
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God the Son Cannot Be Contained
Springtime is a vivid reminder that death is not the end.
As summer gives way to autumn and autumn to winter, we witness in the natural world the process of living things succumbing inevitably to their own mortality. It is… A Resolution for Holiness
If you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution for 2021, I’ve always liked one of Jonathan Edwards’s: “Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken my fight with my corruptions, however unsuccessful I may be.”
The “fight…
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Something Worth Remembering, Celebrating, and Treasuring
There’s a fascinating passage in Joshua 4 related to the parting of the Jordan River. The Children of Israel are about to cross the Jordan and enter the Promised Land after multiple decades of expectation and planning. Right in the…
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Thanksgiving, Ingratitude, and Idolatry
By David Gunn
The pages of the New Testament are positively saturated with the concept of giving thanks. By my count, the epistles discuss the importance of Christians giving thanks to God eight times. The New Testament writers mention their…
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“Captive to the Word of God”
The Protestant Reformation began humbly on October 31, 1517. When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the castle chapel door in Wittenberg, Germany, he wasn’t really intending it as a grand revolutionary act. Nailing theses to church doors was…
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Overcoming a Competitive Spirit
This year’s Regular Baptist Books releases is No Contest: Overcoming a Competitive Spirit by Mike Hess. No Contest deals with competitiveness and comparisons from a Biblical point of view. By applying Scriptural commands and principles, Mike helps readers conquer the…
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RBP 2020 Annual Report
As I write this report, our state (along with many others) has been on COVID-19 lockdown for just over two months. This situation has been disastrous for businesses all across the country, and Regular Baptist Press is no exception. Our…
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Absolutely Sure
In the nineteenth century, a fascinating exchange of letters took place between Queen Victoria and the English evangelist John Townsend. After attending a service at St. Paul’s cathedral, the queen had asked her chaplain, “Can one be absolutely sure in…
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Changing Times and a Changeless God
Times change. Sometimes they change rapidly. Just a few months ago, COVID-19 seemed very vague, distant, and shadowy. Today, the virus has completely reshaped the way we view the world and interact with one another. As I write these words,…
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Our Blessed Hope
The New Testament Scriptures are saturated with hope. This is not a wishy-washy, wishful-thinking kind of hope, like the concept that hope most often communicates in English (“I sure hope they aren’t out of coleslaw already”); rather, New Testament hope…
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Why Originalism? Part 3
Why Originalism? Part 2
The superiority of an originalist hermeneutic
In the previous article, I suggested that there are three essential principles for an originalist interpretation of Scripture: the text means what the author meant; the text means what it says; and the… Easter Is Going to Be a Little Different This Year
Easter is going to be a little different this year.
How could it not be? With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the nation and most states currently under a shelter-in-place order, maintaining our cherished Easter traditions has become all but…
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Why Originalism?
Far too often we like to discuss theology or Christian living without first addressing the more fundamental issue: hermeneutics, the art and science of interpreting the Scriptures.
When Jesus was interrogated on a point of theology (“What shall I do… “Living Is Killing Us”
To be human is to be incurably curious. From the moment we become capable of abstract thought, we begin to ponder the mysteries of the universe. Where did I come from? Why am I here? What is the meaning and…
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Merry Christmas from Regular Baptist Press
The year is nearly over, and that means Christmas will be upon us soon. I’ve been reflecting on the profundity of that silent, holy night in the little town of Bethlehem. The story is so familiar and the greeting card…
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God Never Changes
Ironically, one of the few constants in life is change.
As I write this, I am sitting on my back porch gazing at the treetops, a seemingly endless expanse of red, gold, and brown. Not too long ago all these…
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RBP 2019 Annual Report
This year has been both challenging and rewarding for RBP. The work on the Strong Kids curriculum revision has occupied a great deal of energy and thought, and as I write this report, we are just over halfway through with…
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The Pro-Life Movement Is on the Right Side of History . . . and Science
Recent events have thrust the issue of abortion back into the public spotlight. Now the culture war’s battle lines are being redrawn in familiar places as pundits, partisans, and politicians line up to yell at and talk past one another.…
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Happy Easter from Regular Baptist Press
The climax of history is the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Until that glorious Sunday morning nearly two millennia ago, mankind languished under the curse of Adam and all the destructive penalties it entailed. Our condition was defined by depravity. Our…
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The Importance of Biblical Separation
What Do Regular Baptists Believe about Lent?
Easter is fast approaching! One of the questions we routinely receive around this time of year is, What do Regular Baptists believe about Lent? So GARBC national representative Mike Hess and I sat down to discuss this question on a…
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The Greatest Gift of All
Every year I agonize over which gifts to buy my children for Christmas. It isn’t always easy to find the perfect present or group of presents for them. I have to take into account their unique interests, their current ages…
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Colin Kaepernick and Nike: Believe in . . . Something?
The new ad campaign from Nike has attracted an enormous amount of social media attention. Pictured in the ad is Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback who ignited a firestorm of controversy two years ago with his decision to kneel…
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The Need for a Regular Baptist Commentary Series
There is a fascinating account in Nehemiah 8. The seventy years of captivity in Babylon are over. Cyrus has decreed the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and many have answered that call. Now, we read, the returnees…
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Happy Easter from RBP
Picture the scene: an empty, uninviting tomb, hewn from the rock. It is utterly dark and dank and desolate. Its only occupant is a bloodied and battered corpse that has been wrapped in cloths and laid on a stone slab.…
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Reflections on Billy Graham, Fundamentalism, and the Legacy of a Godly Man
by David Gunn
Billy Graham was a remarkable man. He was known the world over not only as a passionate gospel preacher, but also as a pastor to presidents and as something of a statesman, the public face of evangelicalism.…
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No Greater Friend
There is a profound statement in John 13:1. As the gospel narrative prepares to transition from the days of Jesus’ general ministry to the final hours of His life, the apostle records of Jesus that “having loved His own who…
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Cutting through the Chaos
Is it just me, or has life become a lot more chaotic lately?
Every day, the news cycle is a veritable avalanche of scandal, catastrophe, and drama. The airwaves and smartphone screens are chockablock full of bad news and ill…
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Merry Christmas from RBP
The late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia had a story he liked to tell about his graduation from Georgetown University in 1957. In those days, Georgetown required its baccalaureate students to pass a comprehensive oral exam in their chosen major…
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David Gunn Named Director of RBP
In September Regular Baptist Ministries announced the appointment of David Gunn as director of Regular Baptist Press. Gunn had joined the RBP staff in 2014 as editorial director of publications and managing editor of the Baptist Bulletin. He comes…
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Publishing for Maturity
The mission statement of any organization is what drives it and keeps it on course. Our mission statement at Regular Baptist Press is simple and to the point. We are committed to glorifying God by providing church educational resources that…
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Merry Christmas from RBP
Christmas greetings from Regular Baptist Press! As the year comes to a close, I wanted to express my sincere appreciation to all of you who purchased and put to use our RBP products either personally or in your ministries. All…
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Advancing the RBP Story
by John F. Klem
Life’s journey does not always go as expected. When Cathy and I moved to Florida three years ago, we planned to settle in for the long term. In fact, we brought her parents with us so…
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A Jazzed-Up Sunday School?
Curriculum That Is on Target
Nearly every summer while I was growing up, my family would load up the station wagon and head to family camp in Genoa, Neb. During a particular week when my three brothers and I were all around 12, we took…
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Remember the Coming of the Light