Author: Jeff Voegtlin

Dr. Jeff Voegtlin has been in Christian service for over twenty years. He is an associate pastor at Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana, and a Vice President of Fairhaven Baptist College. As conductor of the church and schools' orchestra program, and overseer of the educational program of the college, his teaching has helped to train hundreds of young adults to prepare for full-time ministry. After completing a bachelor's degree from Fairhaven Baptist College, he received a master's degree in Bible from Pensacola Christian College. In 2007, he completed the requirements to finish a doctor's degree in education from Bob Jones University. Dr. Voegtlin is available for seminars in instrumental and choral music practice and philosophy, for education seminars, and to preach and present the college ministry.

St. Paul and Mr. Hyde

"Stevenson gives us Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but St. Paul in a single mighty paragraph at the end of the seventh chapter of the Epistle of Romans lays bare…

Squabbles – What I’m Reading

"Brothers and sisters quarrel and squabble with one another. Parents intervene, try to sort things out, and generally restore order. What happens when order is not really restored but moves…

Parental Sin – What I’m Reading

"Parents are sinners as well as children, and under the hand of the Lord, parents are children as well as children. This means everyone in the household, not just the…

More Activity

I believe this space will soon see more activity and not just interesting quotes from my current and recent reading. All college students are registered for classes, and we should…

A Cleansing – What I’m Reading

"Parents who discipline their children faithfully and regularly need to know it's almost certain they still miss things. In other words, in a disciplined household, kids still get away with…

True Learning

"True learning is revealed in character; it is not a matter of courses or degrees or preparation for a job… [it] is normative: it measures what is against what ought…

The Threat of Scientific Knowledge

"Where knowledge grows without wisdom and without reverence, it threatens both our humanity and our world. Yet modern man suppresses his natural desire to throw himself in the path of…

Praying Detectives – What I’m Reading

"Parents should use prayer as an investigative tool. Suppose the parents suspect that one of the children has lied about something to them, but they cannot prove it. It's important…

Detective Work – What I’m Reading

"One commonplace observation about parenting is how many professions are gathered up into that role. Cooking, cleaning, teaching, and so on, are all part of it. My point here is…

Listen to the Kids – What I’m Reading

"An important part of bringing up children is the art of listening to them. Of course, when they volunteer things, it's important to hear, but I mean much more than…

Love and Attention – What I’m Reading

"All parents have experienced the ebb and flow of ordinary life. In bringing up children, nothing is static; nothing stays put. This means that everything might be harmonious and smooth…

THE Book, the yardstick

"…The difference between it and the writings of men is like the difference between the Person of Christ and the person of man… "Look now at the Bible in comparison…

Linked to the Deed

"The moment a person takes the position that all truth is God's truth, he is committed to doing something. The Bible knows no such thing as truth that is merely…

Prideful Ignorant Dogmatism

"A great deal of humility is needed to avoid the rash assurance with which some Christians who know next to nothing about the spacious realm of science dogmatize regarding the…

Praying For Those We Minister WITH

Sometimes we put "so much" effort into praying for our ministries and those to whom we are ministering that we forget to pray for those with whom we are ministering.…