How to Love One Another in God’s Family
As we wrap up our study on what it means to be part of God’s family, we continue to focus on the ways we are to put our love into …
Tough Love in the Family of God
What do you do when you when someone you know has gotten caught in some form of serious sin; maybe an addiction, maybe a crime, maybe marital unfaithfulness?Do you pretend …
Foundations of Our Faith: The Doctrine of the Church
There are so many churches and denominations, so many styles, so many arguments. What is the church? Does the Bible tell us? Or is it all just up for debate?The …
Our Church Covenant
In the front of our church’s constitution booklet, you will find a page entitled “Church Covenant”. If you do happen to take the time to start reading it, you might …
What Makes Our Church Special Part 2
In the book of Revelation, Jesus dictates letters to seven different churches. It is clear that even back then churches were different, and some were clearly better than others. That …
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 …
What Makes a Baptist Baptist?
As you well know there are hundreds of church varieties. Not only are there different religions, but within the different religions, there are different sub-groups. Under the broad heading of …
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 …
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 …