An Illinois city is seeking to force a Christian campground to demolish most of the buildings on its property damaged by flooding, a request the ministry believes is retaliation for holding a revival event during the COVID-19 pandemic.�

With a record number of congregations predicted to close their doors by 2025, multiuse developments may be the future for shrinking congregations and empty buildings. The future looked bleak for St. Peter’s United Church of Christ (UCC) in Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation had dwindled to a dozen elderly German Americans in a poor, predominantly Black neighborhood. Their building was falling apart.Despite its façade of stained glass and majestic steeples, all the building systems were failing, including plumbing, electrical, and heating. Plaster was falling off the walls and ceiling. The city eventually closed the building due to its dangerous lead paint.But thanks to the vision of pastor Jamesetta Ferguson and a partnership with the UCC’s Church Building and Loan Fund, the church’s property now houses a thriving multiuse development known as The Village at West Jefferson. It has injected life into the local economy—and the formerly dying church.With funding from multiple mainline denominations, private investors, the city of Louisville, and the federal government, St. Peter’s erected a complex that includes a coffee shop, a credit union, a daycare center, health care services, and more. Hundreds use it weekly. Plus, the congregation is up to 160, with a “multi-cultural, multi-generation” membership.“The community has really been renewed in many ways,” said Patrick Duggan, executive director of the Church Building and Loan Fund. St. Peter’s “is doing the work of serving the poor. In the meantime, it has created about 100 jobs. This is not just talking the talk. It’s actually walking the walk.”Similar multiuse developments are popping up across North America on the properties of formerly dying churches—most of them in mainline Protestant denominations.A Montreal Anglican church shares space ...Continue reading...

With a record number of congregations predicted to close their doors by 2025, multiuse developments may be the future for shrinking congregations and empty buildings. The future looked bleak for St. Peter’s United Church of Christ (UCC) in Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation had dwindled to a dozen elderly German Americans in a poor, predominantly Black neighborhood. Their building was falling apart.Despite its façade of stained glass and majestic steeples, all the building systems were failing, including plumbing, electrical, and heating. Plaster was falling off the walls and ceiling. The city eventually closed the building due to its dangerous lead paint.But thanks to the vision of pastor Jamesetta Ferguson and a partnership with the UCC’s Church Building and Loan Fund, the church’s property now houses a thriving multiuse development known as The Village at West Jefferson. It has injected life into the local economy—and the formerly dying church.With funding from multiple mainline denominations, private investors, the city of Louisville, and the federal government, St. Peter’s erected a complex that includes a coffee shop, a credit union, a daycare center, health care services, and more. Hundreds use it weekly. Plus, the congregation is up to 160, with a “multi-cultural, multi-generation” membership.“The community has really been renewed in many ways,” said Patrick Duggan, executive director of the Church Building and Loan Fund. St. Peter’s “is doing the work of serving the poor. In the meantime, it has created about 100 jobs. This is not just talking the talk. It’s actually walking the walk.”Similar multiuse developments are popping up across North America on the properties of formerly dying churches—most of them in mainline Protestant denominations.A Montreal Anglican church shares space ...Continue reading...

After opening their doors for two years to help a growing population of homeless people find emergency shelter during dangerously cold periods of the year, the small congregation of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Alaska's capital, Juneau, voted not once but twice against using their property to help keep the homeless warm.

� Temple Baptist Church - 9-3-2023Psalm 17:13-15� Introduction:� A.� Tonight's Psalm is another that can be preached in many ways, so I want to look at a phrase in it tonight that believe that will be a blessing to each of us.� B.� In verses 13-14, we see the prospering of the wicked around us.� � 1.� They seem to have more than the righteous and the tendency is to envy them to some degree. Many of God's children have chosen the better things of life at the expense of the luxurious things of life.� 2.� When we envy the world, we strive to emulate the world.� So many of God's people are caught up in “getting, getting, getting” instead of “giving, giving, giving!”� The Bible says that it is better to give than to receive!� 3.� Their “portion” is in this life, so I am glad that they have at least a temporal enjoyment.� God is good to the unsaved!� It rains on the just and the unjust.� 4.� Their bellies are full here, but they pass their riches down to children who will possibly or probably squander all they worked hard to earn.� C.� The Psalmist, in verse 15, gives us a proper, biblical perspective of death or the Second Coming of Christ.� Our “portion” will be an eternal one.� 1.� The word “satisfied” in found 43x and “satisfaction” 2x in the Bible with every mention of these words found in the Old Testament!� 2.� “Contentment” is found several times in the New Testament, but “contentment” is not “satisfaction.”� I often tell people that I am content but not satisfied.� I am good with the things that are but would love to see things better.� We are never satisfied.� D.� We often confuse these two words because we live in a temporal, ever changing world.� 1.� We often confuse the words “satisfied” and “content.”� We can be content but not satisfied though we may often use the word “satisfied.”� Temporal thing may bring a measure of joy but things often change and men become dissatisfied.� 2.� Contentment means that you can be comfortable in your present condition.� You eat until you are content but will later become hungry again because your physical appetite will soon return. Dissatisfaction then becomes their driving force.� 3.When truly satisfied in the eternal sense means that you will never desire or seek anything different because you have all you could possibly want forever.� � E.� The Psalmist lived in the light of his impending death.� Today, we do have another scenario facing us, the Rapture of God's Church.� But, the Psalmist understood that he would awake in Glory and be satisfied when he took on the likeness of the Lord.� F.� Eternity has an unnumbered amount of things that will satisfy us so here are just a few.� 1.� Satisfied with Our Saviour.� � 1 John 3:2� Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.� 2.� Satisfied with Our Likeness.� � 1 John 3:2� Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.� 3.� Satisfied with Our Bodies.� � 1 Corinthians 15:52-53� In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.� (53)� For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.� 4.� Satisfied with Our People.� � Revelation 7:9-10� After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;� (10)� And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.� 5.� Satisfied with Our Home.� � John 14:2� In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.� 6.� Satisfied with Our Surroundings.� Revelation 21:1� And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.� � 7.� Satisfied with New Jerusalem.� � Revelation 21: 2� And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.� 8.� Satisfied with Our Eternity.� � 1 Thessalonians 4:17� Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.� Conclusion:� One day just like today and could be today, we will leave or earthly home behind and wake up in the likeness of our Lord and Saviour.� In that day we will be completely and eternally satisfied.

There're a lot of secular theories for why the dinosaurs went extinct. But the Bible gives us the proper framework for understanding their extinction.

Perhaps you've heard the news. Fires torching hundreds of properties. Entire households burned to the ground. Every personal belonging lost. Thousands of lives destroyed. The devastation has been unprecedented, and it will take years to rebuild that which can be rebuilt. But the personal tragedies and lives lost may never heal.If you're in the West, you may have heard about the tremendous loss in Maui, Hawaii. Wildfires have left a trail of death and destruction. As horrible as that is, that's not what I am writing about today.While Maui was burning in what was an act of God, Christian communities in Pakistan have been burning, torched to the ground, not as an act of God but as an act of evil.

� Temple Baptist Church - 7-9-2023Exodus 3:1-11� Introduction:� A.� Over the past few weeks,� I have been preaching about “Walking with God.”� We need people who are willing to pay the price required to walk with God.� The price begins with going to Him “without the camp.”� My introduction to this message will be short because most of us are familiar with the life of Moses.� B.� Moses was one of the greatest men, spiritually, who ever lived.� Moses would not have been a man of our choosing if we were to pick out a deliverer from the children of Israel.� What makes Moses such a notable example of “walking with God” was the impossibility of his circumstances.� � 1.� God is the God of Impossibilities.� 2.� What you ain't, God is.� What you think you cannot do (notice I used the words “think you cannot do”), God can!� 3.� From birth as supposedly� the son of Pharoah's daughter to the age of 40, Moses was being readied to deliver the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt.� 4.� Educated in all the wisdom� of Egypt and privileged with the royalty and power of Egypt.� � Acts 7:22-25� And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.� � 5.� The Greatness of Moses' Choice.� Hebrews 11:24-27� � By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;� (25)� Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;� (26)� Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.� (27)� By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.� � (It is unimaginable to us!� He left the riches, comfort, and power of Egypt—the most powerful nation on earth to suffer the reproach of Christ with a nation of slaves.� We give up so little to gain so much and this man gave up to, in the eyes of the world, to gain so little.)� a)� Moses had the spiritual fortitude� to turn his back on all that the world had to offer while suffering the wrath of the most powerful man in the world to bear the reproach of Christ.� b)� If there was ever a good example� of going without the camp, it was a man named Moses.� � c)� Saved from death� by his parents when he was born, he became the son of Pharaoh's daughter and heir to the throne of Egypt.� � d)� Nursed and raised� by his mother, he put his faith in the coming of the Messiah.� He gave up all that a man could ever dream of for the love of Christ and the privilege to bear His shame and reproach.� It is impossible to walk with God while holding hands with the world!� � 6.� Moses tried to do the right thing� at the wrong time with failure instead of success.� � Acts 7:22-25� And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.� (23)� And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.� (24)� And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:� (25)� For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.� � 7.� Moses thought that he could deliver� Israel by his own strength.� Moses was not up to the task.� 8.� It took Moses another 40 years� on the backside of the desert to finish his preparation for delivering Israel.� Before God could use Moses, he had to become humble.� a)� � God had to change Moses� from Might to Meekness.� b)� God had to change Moses� from Learned to Learner.� � c)� God had to change Moses� from a Superior to a Shepherd.� He needed to learn to be a shepherd to a flock of sheep and goats so as to shepherd the “sheep and goats” of Israel.� d)� � God had to change Moses� from the Possible before he could do the Impossible!� C.� On the backside� of Sinai, he met Jehovah God in the Person of a Burning Bush that was not consumed.� There, God showed Moses the purpose for which he was born.� D.� The word “impossible” is only found 9 times� in the Bible with every reference being found in the New Testament.� In both the First and Last Mention of impossible, it times impossible with faith and faithlessness.� 1.� The First Mention� is in Faith� -� Matthew 17:20� And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.� 2.� The Last Mention� is in Faithlessness� -� Hebrews 11:6� But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.� E.� I want to look at 4 instances� of such impossibility found in this man's life that made his faithfulness in walking with God such a great measure of faith and resolve.� � What will stand out in this message is that the impossible places in the life of Moses set an example for us to follow in the impossible places of our lives.� 1.� The impossibility of God's Choice.� Numbers 12:3� (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)� � (I would have picked a warrior, a champion, the most physical man that I could find to face the most powerful man in the world.� Moses was humble, lowly, poor in spirit.� I have known some extremely shy, what we would call backward people, but not the meekest man in the earth!)� a.� God chose Moses. � Hebrews 11:23� By faith Moses,� when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.� � (If God choses you to serve Him, it is He that will equip you.)� b.� God sent Moses.� Exodus 3:10-12� Come now therefore, and� I will send thee� unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.� (11)� And Moses said unto God,� Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?� (12)� And he said, Certainly� I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.� � (If God sends you, He will go with you.)� c.� God used Moses.� � Deuteronomy 34:10� And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,� � (IF God uses you, He will be glorified through you.)� d.� Who am I?� Moses felt inadequate to deliver the people of God, but he was the man of God's choosing.� God would give him the ability that he lacked.� The meekest man in all the earth would lead the millions of Jews out of bondage and to the Promised Land.� When it is impossible with us, it is possible with God.� e.� Will you and I walk with God when we come to the end of self?� What you are not, God is!� 2.� The impossibility of Moses' Foe.� � Exodus 3:10-11� Come now therefore, and� I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.� (11)� And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?� � (God sent a man who could and would get the job done!� The task was already done in God's eyes before He ever sent Moses.)� � a.� God raised Pharaoh up.� Romans 9:17� For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh (Exodus 9:16), Even for this same purpose� have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.� � (God placed him upon the throne of Egypt because he was a God hater and a cruel taskmaster.)� b.� God hardened his heart.� Exodus 10:27-28� But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.� (28)� And Pharaoh said unto him,� Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.� � (Pharaoh had already hardened his own heart and God finished the job!)� c.� Will you and I walk with God when facing an impossible foe?� What you can't do, God can!� 3.� The impossibility of Moses' Journey.� � Exodus 3:12� And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee:� When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.� (God had already promised complete deliverance before He ever sent Moses!)� a.� The impossibility of the Red Sea!� The Gulf of Aqaba.� With mountains on either side, Pharaoh's army bearing down upon them, and the Red Sea before the—God said, “Go forward?”� The impossibility of impossibilities!� � (The Red Sea!� A man standing on the shore can only see app. 3 miles because of the curvature of the earth so all that Israel saw was water.� They may as well have been standing on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean as far as their view was concerned.)� b.� The impossibility of the Command!� “Go forward.”� Exodus 14:14-16� � The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.� (15)� And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they� go forward:� (16)� But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.� (Can you imagine?� Nothing but water ahead with no visible path to cross and God commanded Moses to tell Israel to “go forward.”� There will be times in your life that you will see only the impossible lying before you, but God gives you no option but to move ahead.)� c.� The impossibility of the Crossing!� “Dry ground!”� Exodus 15:8� � And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.� � (God divided that great body of water with the blast of His nostrils.� They went through a path of dry ground with over a mile of water standing on either side.)� Matthew 19:26� But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.� d.� Will you and I walk with God when facing our “Red Sea?”� 4.� The Impossibility of Feeding and Watering the Nation of Israel in the Desert!� a.� Manna From Heaven.� Exodus 16:35� And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.� b.� Water From the Rock.� Exodus 17:6� � Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.� c.� Will you and I walk with God when the hard times come both financially and physically?� 5.� Moses was a chosen man� for a chosen purpose and, where God guides, God always provides.� God chose an impossible man for an impossible task to glorify a God of Impossibility!� Conclusion:� Will you and I walk with God when faced with impossibility?

Temple Baptist Church - 7-9-2023Psalm 15� Introduction:� A.� This Psalm is one of faithfulness or the lack thereof concerning the House of the Lord.� 1.� Church attendance is not optional with the Lord.� � Hebrews 10:22-25� Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.� (23)� Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)� (24)� And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:� (25)� Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.� 2.� Church attendance is not optional to the spiritual believer.� � Psalms 122:1-2� I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.� (2)� Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.� Acts 2:46� And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,� B.� As the “manner of some is”� in Hebrews 10:25 continues to grow, I believe that it is essential to take a biblical look at some of the reasons behind unfaithfulness.� King David, who wrote this Psalm fielded the question to the Lord in verse 1 and would seem to be the Lord answered in verses 2-5.� The Psalm is summed up in the last sentence of the Psalm.� C.� � Verse 1.� � A Question to be Pondered.� “LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?” (Psalms 15:1)� Let us define some terms to get a proper understanding of the question that David asked the LORD.� 1.� Abide.� To turn aside for lodging or other important things.� To gather or sojourn. � To use or to wait for a time.� We often sing the song, “Abide With Me.”� Abide with me, fast falls the evening tide; the darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide.� Genesis 19:2� And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.� � 2.� Dwell.� A permanent stay, to remain or inhabit.� A residence where we live.� Psalms 23:6� Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.� 3.� Tabernacle.� � This comes from a root word in Hebrew that means to be clear or to shine.� 4.� Holy Hill.� � A mountain or high place that can easily been seen.� A holy place where God has chosen.� D.� The Tabernacle was the place where God inhabited and spoke to the people of Israel.� In our day, it would be the Local Church, the place where God intended for His children to meet, pray, and attend to the Word of God.� E.� The Local Church is a place to where we are to turn aside permanently on a regular basis.� Unfortunately, “not forsaking” has turned into a “general forsaking” as most “church members” attend either not at all or on an irregular basis.� F.� Will you abide in God's house?� Will you continue to dwell in God's house?� David listed some things that will cause you to stay with their opposites, things that will cause you to leave.� G.� King David set forth some things that, if attended to, can keep you faithful to church.� 1.� Verse 2.� He is right Upwardly.� To Abide and Dwell, one must be Right Upward with God.� a.� He must Walk Right. “He that walketh uprightly”� Where he goes.� b.� He must Work Right.� “He … that worketh righteousness”� What he does.� c.� His Words must be Right.� “He … speaketh truth in his heart”� What he says.� 2.� Verse 3.� He is right Outwardly.� To Abide and Dwell, one must be Right with Others.� a.� He does not speak evil of others.� “backbiteth not”� b.� He does not injure others.� “nor doeth evil”� c.� He does not engage in bad conversations with others. “nor taketh up a reproach”� 3.� Verse 4.� He is Right Inwardly.� It Abide and Dwell, on must be right with Self.� a.� He sees Right.� “In whose eyes a vile person is condemned”� b.� He deals Right.� “swearth to his own hurt and changeth not”� c.� He continues Right.� “and changeth not”� 4.� Verse 5.� He is Right Financially.� a.� Honest in his finances.� “putteth not out his money to usury”� b.� Honest in his financial gain.� “nor taketh reward against the innocent”� 5.� Verse 5.� He is now Right in his Faithfulness.� a.� Who this person Is.� “He that doeth these things”� b.� Who this person Will Be.� “shall never be moved”� Psalms 92:12-15� The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.� (13)� Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.� (14)� They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;� (15)� To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

In the debate over the proper interpretation of Genesis 1:1, the key issue is over the meaning of a compound phrase.

Prayer, praise and provision.The Water for Life ministry returned and drilled 2 more wells for us. One for the school across from us that turned out great. Enough water for the school and surrounding homes... including our local mayor. So maybe a softer tone toward our Honduras Missions ministry.Plus it keeps all the school children from crossing a busy highway to our property for water. Seven people have been hit including one of ours in the last 10 years. The second well was in the mountains for the Ven a Mi Baptist Church. Water is not as abundant in the mountains, but we are hoping it will provide the church and surrounding area clean drinking water for the first time.Pastor Ruis is healing well with the meds and care that was provided. So much so he came to visit us and is now preaching up in the mountain for one of our preachers. He plans to return to Cuba

21 baptized today on the Lighthouse property. A former drug dealer, a former gang member, a preacher's daughter,

We made it up to the Mentoring Timothy property in this episode of The Wild Way, and we are heading out to gather wood for the property's fireplaces.

by Phil Johnson any readers will remember a blogpost I wrote in August of 2011 analyzing Mark Driscoll's claim that he had a bizarre spiritual gift: an uncanny psychic ability enabling him to function as a kind of supernatural peeping Tom. He claimed to be able to watch vivid, full-color replays of his counselees' sexual sins on some sort of cosmic big screen. It was a tasteless claim� No, it was worse. It was a rank blasphemy to claim such a freakishly prurient peculiarity had been given to him by the Holy Spirit. A few weeks ago he filed a copyright claim to have YouTube remove that video. It was an ironic stance for him to take, given his own reputation as an unbridled plagiarist. Anyway, I never received any notice of the takedown, and since I rarely look at my own YouTube channel, I didn't notice until YouTube's referees had already judged Driscoll's claim as legitimate. I nevertheless wrote three appeals pointing out that my use of the video clearly falls well within the 1976 Copyright Law's definition of "Fair Use," because I posted it in order to make critical commentary for a purpose that was both newsworthy and (in the proper sense) educational. YouTube's judges held their ground, however�apparently because my actual criticisms of Driscoll's remarks were posted in the accompanying blogpost, and not in the video itself. So I have corrected that problem by incorporating the gist of my critical remarks into the video and reposting it, together with a quotation from the relevant legal statute demonstrating why the Fair Use doctrine protects my posting of these excerpts. If you'd like to see the revised video (unaltered except for the addition of my commentary), you can observe it where it is now imbedded in that 2011 blogpost, or at my Youtube channel. I won't imbed it here, because frankly it gives me nausea every time I see it. But I wanted to keep the matter well documented, because I hear that Driscoll has gained a sizeable new following of naive young people, and frankly, I think he is more dangerous and more unorthodox than he was at the peak of his original popularity.

This article will seek to show that the proper genre of Genesis 2:4ff is historical narrative and not mytho-history.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Family Research Council today released a new report, titled "Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States." The report argues: "Criminal acts of vandalism and destruction of church property are symptomatic of a collapse in societal reverence and respect for houses of worship and religion-in this case, churches and Christianity. Americans appear increasingly comfortable lashing out against church buildings, pointing to a larger societal problem of marginalizing core Christian beliefs, including those that touch on hot-button political issues related to human dignity and sexuality." The report noted several trends including (but not limited to):...

More than 40 people have reportedly been killed during anti-government protests in Iran, stemming from what many say was a deliberate beating death of a woman.

Bro. Rick Kelley baptized Brandon Schacher at Matapang Beach at our back to back service last month. FBC went down to Sis. Frances’ family beach property by the Holiday Resort in Tumon to enjoy fellowship, food, and a devotion by Pastor Jay Aarseth.  

“Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.”   I’ve read that lots of times but this morning the verse speaks to me.   In the past I’ve read the verse and thought about the landmarks that divided property.   Of course it would be wrong for a person to arbitrarily move the property line, stealing [...]

Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan have begun destroying and banning Protestant churches, forcing an increasing number of Christians to meet and worship "underground" missionaries said Wednesday, October 15.

A tense calm returned to a village in Indonesia's Central Maluku province, where angry Muslims torched churches, dozens of homes and other properties after a Christian teacher allegedly made comments insulting Islam, rights investigators said Wednesday, December 17.

The Shield of Faith is our protection from Satan. But to use it properly, we must know what it is. Find out here.

We have collected the funds for the property that was sold north of town. We will be  be receiving a letter of Abatement from the City Manager which will enable us to receive some help in dismantling the building that ws destroyed by fire nest to the church parking lot. Dates to remember: Sunday, September 7 - Grandparents Day Sunday, September [...]