What Makes Our Church Special?
In our part of America, there are a lot of churches to choose from. Even when you narrow your choices down by denomination, you may still find two or more …
Why Join a Church?
We have looked at the question, “Why come to Church?”, but it is important to go one step further and consider the question “Why Join a Church?”. Coming to church …
How to Judge a Pastor
Today is a little awkward as I will be talking about myself and my role as pastor. Sometime in the future, however, First Baptist of Elimsport will need to find …
Why Does the Church Meet on Sunday?
I can remember in 1989, when I started working at a local grocery store, we were closed on Sundays. In fact, apart from the mall, gas stations, and restaurants, most …
The Mission of the Church
This third installment of our series on the local church focuses on one of the most important questions we should be asking: “What is the Mission of the Church?” We …
Learning From the Early Church
In our first message in this series on the local church, we looked at the fact that the church was God’s idea, it is not manmade. While man has produced …
The Origin of the Local Church
How important is the church? I have been a pastor for over 25 years and I have been a follower of Jesus for 45. If I have not learned anything …
The Hope of All People
It says in Proverbs 13:12 that “Hope deferred makes the heart sick”. Have you ever experienced that, where you had high hopes, only to have the dashed at the last …
To Save Us From Our Sins
Can you believe this is the week before Christmas? We have been celebrating it here at First Baptist for the past couple of weeks and we continue this celebration in …
Jesus, the Ultimate Fulfillment or “What Can We Learn from a Genealogy?”
In our Boys Only Club we have been looking at the reliability of God’s Word and the fact that every word in the Bible was put there on purpose by …