Posts from August 2024

Weekly Update – August 29th, 2024 Over the last year, we have been slowly walking through our newly adopted statement on Biblical Sexuality.  There are nine points to this statement.  This week we will look at the final point.  Point one can before found HERE.  Point two, HERE.  Point three, HERE.  Point four, HERE.  Point five, HERE. Point six, HERE. Point seven, HERE.  Point eight, HERE.  Point nine is as follows: Christ Jesus has come into the world to save sinners. Through Christ’s death and resurrection, forgiveness…

Weekly Update – August 22nd, 2024 Last Sunday we began an in-depth study into the gospel of Luke.  I preached through the entirety of the gospel of Mark back in 2015, but I think it is necessary for us to return to the gospels once again and simply soak in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  My hope through this series is that we would not only gain a deeper appreciation for Christ and his work for us,…

Weekly Update – August 15th, 2024 I have said on several occasions that everything we strive to do at First Baptist Church is deliberate.  We are not looking to merely fill your time, nor are we looking for additional meetings to take up nights of your week.  Instead, we want to use the time that we have together as a church to its fullest as we seek to fulfill our mission to proclaim and display the truth of the gospel…

Weekly Update – August 8th, 2024 On Sunday morning for the last two weeks, we have been talking about evangelism.  Two weeks ago, we saw the apostle Paul’s desire for his fellow countrymen to be saved (Rom. 10:1). This desire flows out of the agony that he has in his heart because of their separation from God (Rom. 9:3).  Though they have a zeal for God, Paul says that their zeal does not come with a knowledge of the truth…

Weekly Update – August 1st, 2024 During our members’ meeting last Sunday, there was a lot of discussion about what it looks like to remove non-attending members from membership.  Ten years ago, we had 2200 members connected to our church.  Since then, we have removed those who have passed away and those who we are unable to contact.  That amounted to around 1400 members.  Now we are in the process of removing members we have contact information for but who…