Friday Church News Notes
August 21, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 34
ISRAEL MISTAKENLY EXPECTS CLEANSING FROM A RED HEIFER (Friday Church News Notes, August 21, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Orthodox Jews in Israel are trying to raise a red heifer that can be used for ritual cleansing according to Numbers 19. A third heifer was born the first week of August in Shiloh, Israel. Under the law of Moses, the heifer was to be slain outside the camp, its blood sprinkled before the tabernacle seven times, and it was to be burned together with cedar wood, hyssop, and.. see full report
August 21, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 34
ISRAEL MISTAKENLY EXPECTS CLEANSING FROM A RED HEIFER (Friday Church News Notes, August 21, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Orthodox Jews in Israel are trying to raise a red heifer that can be used for ritual cleansing according to Numbers 19. A third heifer was born the first week of August in Shiloh, Israel. Under the law of Moses, the heifer was to be slain outside the camp, its blood sprinkled before the tabernacle seven times, and it was to be burned together with cedar wood, hyssop, and.. see full report
Christ’s Resurrection: The Testimony of Lawyers
August 20, 2026 (first published November 6, 2025
August 20, 2026 (first published November 6, 2025
Following are the testimonies of lawyers and judges in regard to the evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is excerpted from An Unshakeable Faith: A Christian Apologetics Course, www.wayoflife.org:
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was a noted Dutch “jurist and scholar whose works are of fundamental importance in international law,” according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. He wrote Latin elegies at the age of eight and entered Leiden University at eleven. Considered “the father of international law,” he wrote The Truth of the Christian Religion (1627) in which he legally defended the historical fact of the Resurrection (cited from “The Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ - Part 2,” John Ankerberg Show, jashow.ca).
Thomas Sherlock (1678-1761) wasn’t a lawyer but he was trained in law. He was a Cambridge-educated theologian.. see full report
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was a noted Dutch “jurist and scholar whose works are of fundamental importance in international law,” according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. He wrote Latin elegies at the age of eight and entered Leiden University at eleven. Considered “the father of international law,” he wrote The Truth of the Christian Religion (1627) in which he legally defended the historical fact of the Resurrection (cited from “The Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ - Part 2,” John Ankerberg Show, jashow.ca).
Thomas Sherlock (1678-1761) wasn’t a lawyer but he was trained in law. He was a Cambridge-educated theologian.. see full report
Form Criticism Creeping Into Fundamentalism
August 19, 2026
The following is excerpted from The Doctrine Which Ye Have Learned, 503 pages, available from the Books or the Courses section of wayoflife.org.
Form criticism or redaction criticism are modernistic theories about the formation of the Gospels.
Major Principles of Form Criticism
August 19, 2026
The following is excerpted from The Doctrine Which Ye Have Learned, 503 pages, available from the Books or the Courses section of wayoflife.org.
Form criticism or redaction criticism are modernistic theories about the formation of the Gospels.
Major Principles of Form Criticism
The Gospel writers used a common oral tradition that was circulated among the Christians for some time before anything was written down. Textual critics Alford (1849) and Westcott (1860) promoted this view.
The Gospel writers used other sources. One supposed source is the “Q” document. Though no such document exists, many false teachers believe this mythical writing was the source of some or all of.. see full report
A Library on the Music Issue
August 18, 2026
The following materials are available at the Way of Life web site under the Books and Courses sections at wayoflife.org -
The Directory of Contemporary Christian Musicians. Free eBook. This large directory contains information on influential contemporary worship musicians who are creating the music that is being used ever more widely by independent Baptists and very conservative Bible and evangelical churches. The Directory documents the history of contemporary praise music from its inception in the Jesus People movement and.. see full report
August 18, 2026
The following materials are available at the Way of Life web site under the Books and Courses sections at wayoflife.org -
The Directory of Contemporary Christian Musicians. Free eBook. This large directory contains information on influential contemporary worship musicians who are creating the music that is being used ever more widely by independent Baptists and very conservative Bible and evangelical churches. The Directory documents the history of contemporary praise music from its inception in the Jesus People movement and.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes
August 14, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 33
IRAN CONTINUES BRUTAL KILLINGS OF PROTESTERS (Friday Church News Notes, August 14, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “The world looks away,” The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 6, 2026: “The Islamic Republic’s response to January, when an estimated 30,000-40,000 people were massacred in two days, did not suddenly end when gunfire emptied the streets. It continued through arrests, interrogations, forced confessions, Revolutionary Court proceedings, and executions carried out months after the uprising’s.. see full report
August 14, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 33
IRAN CONTINUES BRUTAL KILLINGS OF PROTESTERS (Friday Church News Notes, August 14, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “The world looks away,” The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 6, 2026: “The Islamic Republic’s response to January, when an estimated 30,000-40,000 people were massacred in two days, did not suddenly end when gunfire emptied the streets. It continued through arrests, interrogations, forced confessions, Revolutionary Court proceedings, and executions carried out months after the uprising’s.. see full report
Chuck Swindoll’s Unbiblical Grace
August 13, 2026
See full report for important introduction.
Chuck Swindoll (b. 1934) is an extremely influential evangelical leader and nationally syndicated radio personality. He was the senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, from 1971-1994, president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1994 to 2001, and founder of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, in 1998. In April 2024 he stepped down as senior pastor but continues to preach as health allows. His Insight for Living ministry hosts his web site, publishes his 70 books, and airs his radio program on about 2,000 stations in 15 languages. Swindoll’s wife, Cynthia, serves as president and chief executive officer of the ministry and its.. see full report
August 13, 2026
See full report for important introduction.
Chuck Swindoll (b. 1934) is an extremely influential evangelical leader and nationally syndicated radio personality. He was the senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, from 1971-1994, president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1994 to 2001, and founder of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, in 1998. In April 2024 he stepped down as senior pastor but continues to preach as health allows. His Insight for Living ministry hosts his web site, publishes his 70 books, and airs his radio program on about 2,000 stations in 15 languages. Swindoll’s wife, Cynthia, serves as president and chief executive officer of the ministry and its.. see full report
What a Conservative Independent Baptist Church Is Often Missing
August 12, 2026
I am thankful for those very conservative independent Baptist churches that are not yet caught up in “the collapse.” (See Fundamental Baptists: History, Collapse, and Revival at the Books section of www.wayoflife.org.)
They hold to the King James Bible and have not capitulated to contemporary music; they have biblical “standards”; they have some godly Christian families and some of the young people are serving the Lord from the heart; they are evangelistic and are seeing some real conversions. They are not “big man” followers. Typically they have Bible institutes. They give .. see full report
August 12, 2026
I am thankful for those very conservative independent Baptist churches that are not yet caught up in “the collapse.” (See Fundamental Baptists: History, Collapse, and Revival at the Books section of www.wayoflife.org.)
They hold to the King James Bible and have not capitulated to contemporary music; they have biblical “standards”; they have some godly Christian families and some of the young people are serving the Lord from the heart; they are evangelistic and are seeing some real conversions. They are not “big man” followers. Typically they have Bible institutes. They give .. see full report
Dr. Garlock Changed His Stance on Music
August 11, 2026 (first published February 3, 2015)
August 11, 2026 (first published February 3, 2015)
[A previous edition of this report was titled “Dr. Garlock Misses an Important Point,” Feb. 3, 2015.]
The music issue is a huge issue in Bible-believing churches, and I intend to continue to speak out about it as long as the Lord allows. The Lord has given me a unique background by which to judge this issue, not only as a former rock & roller, but also as a musician, preacher, missionary, father, grandfather, and researcher.
I realize that many independent Baptist preachers have shut their ears to anything I have to say, but that is their business, and the Lord will have the final word as to all such things.
I thank the Lord that many of the Lord’s people are still listening, and I hear from lots of these each year urging me to keep sounding the trumpet against the.. see full report
The music issue is a huge issue in Bible-believing churches, and I intend to continue to speak out about it as long as the Lord allows. The Lord has given me a unique background by which to judge this issue, not only as a former rock & roller, but also as a musician, preacher, missionary, father, grandfather, and researcher.
I realize that many independent Baptist preachers have shut their ears to anything I have to say, but that is their business, and the Lord will have the final word as to all such things.
I thank the Lord that many of the Lord’s people are still listening, and I hear from lots of these each year urging me to keep sounding the trumpet against the.. see full report
CHINA CLAIMS AUTHORITY OVER ANY CITIZEN OF ANY COUNTRY (Friday Church News Notes, August 7, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “Beijing’s New Law,” The Washington Times, July 27, 2026: “On July 1, a new Chinese law took effect. It claims the right to punish people who have never set foot in China, including those residing on American soil. Beijing calls it the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. In practice, it.. see full report
Reply to a Pastor About West Coast: Good Fruit, Hamilton, Gaither, Pastoral Ignorance, Etc.
August 6, 2026 (first published November 16, 2011)
August 6, 2026 (first published November 16, 2011)
For an audio-visual report on the contemporary churches founded by West Coast graduates, see The Satanic Attack on Sacred Music - Lancaster’s Contemporary Fruit at the PowerPoint section of www.wayoflife.org. --
Lancaster Baptist Church, Lancaster, California, and West Coast Baptist College, are still adapting music from contemporary worship. The latest example is West Coast Choir’s performance of “Speak Jesus” by contemporary worship rocker Charity Gayle. The West Coast version was posted to YouTube in June 2024. You can be sure that most of the West Coast singers, if not all, are listening to Gayle’s full blown rocking edition in their private lives.
The following is an excerpt from a recent series of e-mails from a pastor about my warnings about Lancaster Baptist Church’s adaptation of.. see full report
Lancaster Baptist Church, Lancaster, California, and West Coast Baptist College, are still adapting music from contemporary worship. The latest example is West Coast Choir’s performance of “Speak Jesus” by contemporary worship rocker Charity Gayle. The West Coast version was posted to YouTube in June 2024. You can be sure that most of the West Coast singers, if not all, are listening to Gayle’s full blown rocking edition in their private lives.
The following is an excerpt from a recent series of e-mails from a pastor about my warnings about Lancaster Baptist Church’s adaptation of.. see full report
Evangelicals and Liberal Views of Scripture
August 5, 2026
August 5, 2026
Evangelicalism has been leavened with theological liberalism and a multitude of other heresies since the fathers of New Evangelicalism renounced “separatism” in the 1950s. Evangelicalism today is the New Evangelicalism of the past.
It should be noted that a large number of fundamental Baptists are morphing into evangelicalism.
Consider the heresy of Form Criticism, a liberal view of the Gospels.
The Lord Jesus Christ taught that the Spirit of God would lead the apostles and prophets in recording the Gospels.
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (Joh. 14:26).. see full report
It should be noted that a large number of fundamental Baptists are morphing into evangelicalism.
Consider the heresy of Form Criticism, a liberal view of the Gospels.
The Lord Jesus Christ taught that the Spirit of God would lead the apostles and prophets in recording the Gospels.
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (Joh. 14:26).. see full report
Pro Sports Enthusiasm: Its a Feeling
August 4, 2026
August 4, 2026
Recently a young man in an Asian country asked me, “Are you keeping up with the World Cup?” I told him I have no interest it; it has nothing to do with my life. I said, “It’s just a ball; it’s nothing.” He replied cheerfully but seriously, “It is not just a ball, it is feeling.”
I was amazed. He nailed the attraction. It is an emotional high. It is a major stirring of man’s fallen nature driven by massive, electronic-fed hoopla: endless omnipresent ads, sports paraphernalia, fanaticism, illusion, profanity, blasphemy, beer, liquor, marijuana, pulse pounding music, horns blaring, larger than life images of super-fit sports stars, endless empty nostalgia, massive wealth, huge crowds, dancing, shouting, screaming, thrilling game highlights, hyper-enthused sports announcers, sports news, sports talk talk talk, enticing advertisements, unholy advertisements, embellishment,.. see full report
I was amazed. He nailed the attraction. It is an emotional high. It is a major stirring of man’s fallen nature driven by massive, electronic-fed hoopla: endless omnipresent ads, sports paraphernalia, fanaticism, illusion, profanity, blasphemy, beer, liquor, marijuana, pulse pounding music, horns blaring, larger than life images of super-fit sports stars, endless empty nostalgia, massive wealth, huge crowds, dancing, shouting, screaming, thrilling game highlights, hyper-enthused sports announcers, sports news, sports talk talk talk, enticing advertisements, unholy advertisements, embellishment,.. see full report
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Friday Church News Notes
July 31, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 31
WOKE, DEI NOT DEAD, JUST WAITING (Friday Church News Notes, July 31, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The New America that is at war with the Old America is alive and well and biding its time. Politics cannot destroy it. Strong churches, godly homes, and effectual prayer are the only hope. The following is excerpted from “The Woke Left Captured the Smithsonian,” Fox News, July 24, 2026: “Contrary to what some on the right may believe, we are not winning the war against DEI [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion] placements and promotions, and we are not winning the war against.. see full report
July 31, 2026, Volume 27, Issue 31
WOKE, DEI NOT DEAD, JUST WAITING (Friday Church News Notes, July 31, 2026, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The New America that is at war with the Old America is alive and well and biding its time. Politics cannot destroy it. Strong churches, godly homes, and effectual prayer are the only hope. The following is excerpted from “The Woke Left Captured the Smithsonian,” Fox News, July 24, 2026: “Contrary to what some on the right may believe, we are not winning the war against DEI [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion] placements and promotions, and we are not winning the war against.. see full report
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