Fairdale Pastor’s Blog:

No Servant is Greater than his Master

  • 4 Things I Love about Working with F.C.A.

    4 Things I love about working with FCA Nearly 10 years ago a close friend introduced me to the fine people who work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in the Kentuckiana area. When we met then, I did not know how much God would bless me through their ministry and their devotion and commitment…

  • article on Shut-in ministry

    Caring for those people who are physically unable to get to church is a challenge. Many churches fail to remember these people. Kevin Greer has written an excellent article about “Shut-In Ministry.” You can read the article here.

  • What we believe about the Bible

    For the past 3 Sunday evenings, we have been blessed and encouraged to have one of our church members teach us about the Bible. Josh Wamble has been a part of First Baptist Fairdale for 8 years. He is a gifted teacher in our church.  The title of his 3-part series was “What we believe…

  • Lullaby for my daughter

    When our first son, Joshua Jr., was born on January 2, 2008, I wrote him a lullaby. I was overcome with God’s goodness to me. I couldn’t then and I cannot now believe that I am father and daddy. I most certainly do not deserve all the blessing in my life. God is good to…

  • 3 Really Good Life Lessons from a Godly Mom

    I will never forget that day in my front yard as a little boy when a friend from the neighborhood made me mad, and I called him something that I should not have called him. My mother heard me say it. She grabbed me by the arm; took me inside, into her bathroom in her…

  • 5 Things I Learned While Sick

    This past week I became very sick with a stomach virus that I had heard had been going around. This terrible “bug” left me depleted and in bed for several days. Cold, shaky, and weak, I did not leave my bed for nearly 48 hours. (Thanks to Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o, I was not…

  • Shoutout to my church

    Here is a video of Drew Dillman being interviewed after he finished 2nd place in Nationals for Under 23 Cyclocross. At the 2:30 mark he speaks about his church. First Baptist Fairdale.  

  • Drew “Dizzle” Dillman

    This past Sunday one of our dear church members, Fairdae boy and Marian University student Drew Dillman, was riding for Team USA in Belgium. While he was racing there, his mother and sister were being baptized here. Here is a recent article on Drew and how he is using cycling to magnify Christ! We are…

  • Reactions to the Christmas Message

    During the month of December, we took a break from our usual sermon series from the Gospel of Luke. For the 4 Sundays leading up to Christmas, I preached 4 different sermons on Reactions to the Christmas Message. (Our church found this series to be such a blessing. We would recommend it for any future…

  • Christmas is about God clarifying God

    Someone once said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This old and familiar phrase means that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image. In many ways, I learned this on my first trip to New York City. I had often heard that New York City was so big,…