Monthly Archives: March 2023

As American society devolves into hyperindividualism, baby boomers need to restore the institutions they sought to dismantle: the traditional family, objective truth, and transcendent morality. The ideas sown in the ‘60s have yielded a bumper crop of mental health issues, depression, loneliness, suicide, and addiction—the byproducts of a post-truth world. English author and cultural critic Malcolm Muggeridge...

Ah, I am so cozy," my daughter Evelyn sighed with contentment as she snuggled a little deeper into her fleece-lined sweatshirt her brother gave her for Christmas. Evelyn and I were sipping hot tea, putting together a puzzle, and listening to one of our favorite movies in the background. Comfort at Home

A total of 42 people were baptized at Bible Fellowship Church Church Plants in 2022. Forty-two people stepped forward to publically declare their faith in obedience to Christ! Praise the Lord! Here are the ins and outs of the baptisms: The Ins Christ Alone Fellowship in Lancaster City owns...

Early on Sunday morning, October 9, the Lord called Clyde Snyder from his earthly life into His presence, leaving a legacy that will live on in his family and all who knew him. For his entire life, Clyde had the privilege of being part of the BFC. For fifteen years, he was employed by Pinebrook Junior College...

Everyone has a picture in their mind of what life ought to be like. For some, life as it ought to be is a good job, a house in the suburbs, and 2.5 kids or simply a nice life. For others, it may be fame or fortune. But God’s picture of life as...

What follows are excerpts from Dan Allen’s "tablet" sermon on finishing well, edited for length and the clarity that always was Dan’s style. – RER, General Editor. As Paul was winding his way back to Jerusalem where he figured he'd face steep opposition, he visited a few of the churches. The first we...

Roy grew up as a preachers kid, and so did I. F.B. Hertzog, his father, was a leader in what was then the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church, the precursor of the Bible Fellowship Church. Having served as pastor in several churches, he became a District Superintendent overseeing many churches. After graduating from...

I sat down with Dr. Benjamin Harding, Dean of the School of Music at Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University) in suburban Philadelphia (Langhorne, PA) to discuss their new - and fully online - graduate program for church musicians. Watson: Thanks for taking time to share about this exciting program! Briefly describe Cairn...

I got a call one day in my new office on Van Kirk St., Philadelphia. It was Wayne Clapier, longestserving past pastor of Wissinoming BFC. He brought it to my attention that in 2022 the church would have its 100th anniversary. In conversation with Wayne, it was decided to prepare for a good celebration with Homecoming Sundays....

Some readers of BFC OneVoice do not know what Lent is. What is Lent? Lent is the 40 days leading up to Resurrection during which time the individual is to focus on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving (giving to the poor). Lent is observed in the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Methodist Churches, the United Church of Christ,...