Posts from March 2025

Weekly Update – March 27th, 2025  For the most part, I think that I am a pretty good listener.  Maybe some will think differently, but overall, I don’t think there is a lot that I miss.  But there is a difference between listening to something and truly hearing.  The same is true with seeing.  Have you ever looked inside the refrigerator for something that you wanted and not been able to see it, even though it was right in front…

Weekly Update – March 20th, 2025  If you were to ask a group of people to describe the love of God, you would likely get a different definition from every single person.  Our culture would describe the love of God as anything that is accepting of their way of life.  Christians might even have a difficult time trying to describe what it means for God to love.  But listen to how the apostle John describes the love of God in…

Weekly Update – March 12th, 2025  On April 6th, we will have a mini conference at First Baptist Church titled, Taking Every Thought Captive.  Our speaker for the entire morning will be Marshall Adkins.  Marshall has been with us before, but on April 6th, he will take time to specifically address many of the common thoughts of our day, how these thoughts influence us in our relationships with others and what we need to do to counter these thoughts with…

Weekly Update – March 6th, 2025  Every year at First Baptist Church, we participate in what is called, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.  The purpose of this offering is to give to missions all across North America.  So while we make a big push towards our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions at Christmas time, so too, we also make a push for stateside missions every spring.  The theme of this year’s offering is “Step Into the Story.”  The…