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Lottie Moon was a great missionary to China in the 19th century. Southern Baptist churches take up a special offering every Christmas season in which all of the money goes to support International Missions. This special Christmas Offering is named after Lottie Moon. Our church is doing the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering throughout all of…

Genesis 16:13 “So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” This morning while reading through Genesis I was blessed by these words spoken by Hagar. Hagar is the Egyptian servant to Sarai,…

Earlier I posted about the various Bible Reading Plans that there are out there. Many of you have expressed interest in doing this along with me. I am excited to be beginning it. Well I have chosen one that I really like and will be doing this year. I began on January 1, and I…

Drew Dillman is a Senior at PRP High School. He is a very focused and gifted bike rider. He is also a member of our church, First Baptist Fairdale. Over the last few years, Drew has grown a lot in his relationship with Jesus Christ. He has become very involved in the life of our…

Each year we talk about a New Year resolution to read the Bible more, better, and consistently.   This year, I would like for some folks to join me in choosing a Reading Plan and then sticking with it throughout the year. I am going to make a list or group of folks who are…

This year our family advent season devotional time has more fullness to it. JJ is almost four years old and Eli is two and a half. So now we have two little men who are listening attentively and taking in this great story. Noah just turned one, and so he is often already in bed…

I recently wrote a little article for our church newsletter. I wanted to draw out the truth that while Christmas is a very special holiday for most people, it should be even more special for those who are believers in Jesus Christ. “Jesus Christ the Lord is the Savior! That truth being understood, trusted in, depended…

Once again this year, our church has put together an Advent Devotional Guide written by different men and women in our church. The 2011 version is very nice and such a blessing to those who want to love Jesus well this Christmas. Please click this link to be sent to the Online version.  Feel free…

This past Sunday evening our church had a special prayer service as we brought our Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. What OCC is is a way to get Christmas presents to kids in third world countries. People here stuff a shoebox with toys and gifts and then pray for the child who will receive it. Each…

I recently began reading Tim Keller’s new book, The Meaning of Marriage. In the Introduction, Keller writes “the primary goal (of the book) is to give both married and unmarried people a vision for what marriage is according to the Bible.” He also concludes the Introduction with: “Unless you’re able to look at marriage through…