A young man sits on the floor of a dimly lit room, hunched over with his head in his arms, conveying feelings of sadness and despair.

By Art Farstadi This morning as I drew aside the drapes and looked out my bedroom window, I saw a pale purple-and-gold-streaked sky that brought to mind this fine nineteenth-century […]

January 1, 2026 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles
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By Art Farstad* * This article is adapted from a 1990 journal article he wrote entitled, “We Believe In: Water Baptism.” Quite early in Christian history the idea grew up […]

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By Art Farstad* Have you ever heard or had a conversation something like the following? “Are you a Christian?” “Well of course I’m a Christian! Do you think I’m a […]

By Art Farstadi During the hundreds of years in which the notorious Spanish Inquisition was in force to root out and destroy “heresy,” there was a ceremony called the auto […]

November 1, 2024 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles

By Art Farstadi Many have heard the story of the man whose devotional reading consisted of cracking his Bible at random and reading the first verse his finger touched. One […]

September 1, 2024 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles

By Art Farstadi “What a beautiful service!” is a comment you often hear after a fine public worship gathering. But we shouldn’t be dependent solely for our spiritual nourishment on […]

By Art Farstad1 Many well-meaning Christians are not well taught on this supremely important and practical subject. A common phrase heard in Christendom (and sadly even by supposedly evangelical Christians) […]

January 1, 2024 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles

By Art Farstad February is a presidential month for historically minded Americans. And rightly so. Our first and truly great president, George Washington, was born in February (Feb. 11, 1732, […]

October 31, 2023 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles

By Art Farstad* *This article first appeared in December 1991 in Grace in Focus. At Christmastide, even the most convinced Protestant should be allowed a little Latin–for example, gloria in […]

March 1, 2022 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

Arthur L. Farstad1 (1935-1998) But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy” […]

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