Where have you been?

Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands.

When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset.

“You’re running around with other women” ,

she charged.

“You’re being unreasonable,”

Adam responded,

“You’re the only woman on earth.”

The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by someone poking him in the chest.

It was Eve.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Adam demanded.

“Counting your ribs,”

said Eve.

We are studying Genesis on Sundays and Tuesdays in our Bible class at church. On Sunday we have more of a textual study and on Tuesday we have been asking and answering tough questions from the book of Genesis, while doing character studies of people in Genesis that are found in the New Testament. You are sure to enjoy the class. Come out and be with us.

See you soon.

Be A Man…

“Be a man” is a statement that you hear often in our culture today. Usually this phrase expresses the idea of being a partying, sports fanatic, tough guy that is in control of his life and does what he wants to do.

In reality, the world has it all messed up. Paul indeed told Christian men to act like men and we read that Israel’s men were told, “Be strong, threrefore, and prove yourself a man” (I Kings 2:1-4). But these passage don’t speak of some macho man. No indeed they speak of men that are surrendered to the Lord and find their greatest strength in their weaknesses. These are men that still have compassion, like our Lord. Who love their spouse and seek to raise up their children in the way of the Lord.

I am the first one there when it comes to Monday night football and a camping and fishing trip, but there is more to being a man than these things.

From March 27th – 29th we will be having a meeting at the church on biblical manhood with Fredric Gray. We will be dealing with the following subjects:

March 27th – 7:00 pm – Lesson From Creation

March 28th – 7:00 pm – Loving your wife

March 29th - 10:00 am – Being a Father

 

Join us for these studies and learn how to be a man of God.

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Redeeming the Time

Every year we have a new opportunity to get our lives in order, right some wrongs, start doing something different or just to appreciate that we have another year to enjoy.

God is the giver of life and all things good. Yet someday this world as we know it will be no more and we will be called to a higher plain where we will give an answer for how we spent our days on this earth.

There is no better time than right now to resolve to get your house in order, make your life right with God, changing your ways and using every moment to give praise and glory to the God of heaven and earth.

Redeem your time wisely. If we can be an encouragement to you while assisting you in your spiritual goals in 2009, please let us know.

What’s New

I have always been interested in things that are new. My wife picks on me because I have to buy every new flavor of soda, bubble gum or potato chip. My logic is that new things are enjoyable, because they are new.

When we read the Bible we read about a new heart, a new spirit, a new covenant, a new and living way, a new song, a new heaven and new earth where righteousness dwells, a new commandment, being a new creature in Christ, being a new man with a new self (a new convert), and my favorite; a new Jerusalem.

Perhaps now I understand why I love God and His word so much. He will one day make all things new, but in the meantime, He has given me all kinds of new things to enjoy and look forward to. Praise God for He is a God of newness.

“The LORD’S lovingkindnesss indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. {They} are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lam 3:22-23)

Eyes On Eternity

We want to invite you to come out to our next “Weekend in the Word”, August 8th-10th with Phil Robertson. The theme for the weekend is “Eyes on Eterntiy” and the following subjects will be addressed:

August 8th
7:00 pm – Eye’s On Eternity

August 9th
11:00 am – A Hospital For Sinners or A Hotel For Saints

7:00 pm – Our God is Awesome!

August 10th
10:00 am - What I Want My Children To See

11:15 am – What Is Saving Faith?

Lessons that encourage us to fix our eyes on Jesus

Why Does A Loving God Allow Suffering?

Lately, we have started a series of lessons on the question, “Why Does A Loving God Allow Suffering?” Most people lose their faith in God over the fact that there is suffering in the world. Nevertheless, there is a reasonable answer to the problem of suffering.

See Lee Stoebol’s Answer.

Click here for our first lessson in this series.

Click here for our second lesson in this series.

Woman At The Well…

I saw this on Godtube.com and I couldn’t help but share it. Periodically, I will think about how the world around us feels if all we do is look upon them with contempt but never reach out to help them with their soul’s salvation. When compared with Jesus how are we doing in the area of compassion? This will make you think.

For those of you who watch this and you are not in a right relationship with the Lord, please know that we do love you and we are concerned for your soul. Come and let us know how we can serve you.

Click here

Read Your Bible…

Do you spend time in the book of God? Where does your Bible sit throughout the week? Is it possible that you only pick it when you assemble for a church service where you are expected to have your Bible? Does your sword go with you when you enter into the strife of battle each day? Do you partake of spiritual food when you nourish your body physically? How much of your learning comes from a personal study of the Scriptures while you are at home? Watch this video

If you want help with reading your Bible, check out our Bible reading plan

Taking The Lord’s Supper Seriously

This congregation of Christians is passionate about spending quality time as we surround the Lord’s table each week to remember Him. You can find a list of studies on our website that have been offered during our assemblies together. We believe that early Christians came together for this purpose (Acts 20:7) and it was a meaningful time for them. We want to capture that same love for surrounding His table. Often though this Supper has lost its meaning amongst so many religious circles. The following cartoon demonstrates this:

Jesus said that children had the heart that God was seeking. As children of God we can never lose our appreciation for what Jesus did for us on the cross. Our emotions should be stirred and our will stormed when we remember what the Lord did for us.

In this new year, make it a priority to take your salvation in Christ more seriously. If you aren’t a Christian, seek the Lord and His salvation. Let us help you in your spiritual journey to heaven. 

We hope to see you some time soon.

How Will You Start The New Year?

We want to encourage you to start 2008 by:

 -Coming out to assemble with us…

-Studying God’s word with us in our Bible classes (i.e. Love & Respect)

-Catching the VISION for 2008 (TBA)

-Making sure your life is right with God

We hope that you know you are always welcome to come and be with us. We urge you to check us out and grow closer to the Lord with us while being a part of a wonderful spiritual family.

Here’s hoping that we will see you soon.

God is going to do great things in 2008…be a part of it all.