Against the Flow! / Live Son or Dead Daughter? / Why Contemporary Christian Music Makes Me Uneasy

Author

Douglas Jacoby
June 14, 2026

2026 Antioch Seminar Group, Peter’s Cave Church, Antioch

Good morning from London! I’m on a brief layover en route from Istanbul to Atlanta. Below are some photos from the Aegean Voyages of Paul and the Antioch Seminar—more to come in the next June newsletter! The fellowship was excellent, and I learned even more about this remarkable part of the world. Thanks for your prayers while I’ve been away. In this issue:

  • Against the Flow: A new video series

  • “Live Son or Dead Daughter?” — gender issues

  • A European reflection on contemporary Christian music

  • Several areas of need — for potential donors

L side: Aegean Sea, Patmos, Mountain Theological Seminary professors, detail from Parthenon, Knossos, Turkish rug detail, Temple of Artemis

Center column: Patmos windmills, Patmos view, Tomb of John, Library of Celsus (Ephesus), with Tutku president Levent Oral and NT scholar Ben Witherington III, Heraklion (Crete), Palace of Knossos (Crete), of Minotaur fame, Gladiators

R side: Thistle (Antioch), with NT scholar David de Silva, Thera, Black vanilla ice cream—almond cone, Rhodes, Antioch Seminar talk, Windmills of Rhodes

Against the Flow: New Video Sermon Series

I’m in the midst of creating a third series of iFaith messages. These are short video-sermons (10-15 minutes in length). They have been created for the underground churches in Asia, but those in other parts of the world may benefit from them, too.

Live Son or Dead Daughter?
by Alan Shlemon

“Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter?” This question has stopped many parents of transgender-identifying children in their tracks, but here’s why it’s merely emotional blackmail masquerading as compassion.

Click on the image for the article from STR

Christian Music Makes Me Uneasy
A European Perspective, by Nadine Templer

Click HERE for the article.

Q2 Engagements

Apr: The Call, with Nancy Sabato — interview on When God is Silent
Apr: Athens, GA: Against the Flow
Apr: Atlanta Braves Front Office Bible Study (Sermon on the Mount)
May: Private Counseling
May: Atlanta Braves Front Office Bible Study (After Death, 2 sessions)
May: Communion as Fellowship (international communion service)
May: iFaith series "Against the Flow" commences (66 talks, 2026-2027)
May: Athens, Greece (Sunday service)
Jun: Greece & Turkey: Paul’s Aegean Voyages
Jun: Turkey & Cyprus: Antioch Seminar
Jun: Local Women's Bible Study series
Jun: Atlanta Braves Front Office Bible Study (Salvation I)

Financial Needs

If you would like to be part of this ministry through giving financially, please note the follow needs.

Note: IBTM has already met these needs in faith that the donations will come.

  1. Antioch Seminar sponsorship: dozens of men and women from around the world were sponsored to attend the recent Antioch Seminar. Total cost: $85,000.

  2. Evangelistic biblical material: Indonesia: $190. Nigeria: $225. Ghana: $84. Gambia: $20.

  3. Bibles for Uganda: $531

CLICK HERE to donate. You can indicate the target in the memo line. Thank you!

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