Wednesday, October 21, 2009
After the parenting series, I’ve gotten some questions from several of you regarding blended families. Here are some sites that I believe will be helpful……..
http://www.loveandlogic.com/
http://www.drleman.com/store/parenting-books/step-parenting-101/prod_38.html http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/parenting_roles/blended_families.aspx http://www.shopfamilylife.com/smart-stepfamily.html
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Friday, October 09, 2009
10 Things Every Pastor Wants Parents To Know
(but is afraid to say)
#1 You are responsible for spiritual training
Ephesians 6:1-4
Deuteronomy 11
Psalms 78
Purpose of Parenting
To train my child to know and love the Lord Jesus in such a way that he or she walks with Jesus as an adult
#2 You must train your...
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Biblical Principles for Disciplining Your Child - Hebrews 12:4-11
Purpose of Parenting
To train my child to know and love the Lord Jesus in such a way that he or she walks with Jesus as an adult
Principle 1
Discipline is a natural and necessary part of spiritual growth
Principle 2
Discipline as a part of training your child and spiritual discipline are direct parallels
Principle 3
Discipline is a positive...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thank you congregation for a wonderful service today. FBC is a wonderful place to preach and you are a wonderful congregation. You give us the freedom to preach the Bible. Even when we are louder than eloquent, you have the ability to listen and glean the real message from the scripture. Thank you for the privilege of being your pastor.
I explained in the sermon today that I would break out the 4 principles on this blog for you so you would not have to try to write everything. Here are...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Gentlemen,
I am looking forward to spending the evening with you tonight during the first night of Men's Fraternity. I am excited to get to spend some time with just the fellas. Talking guy talk. Focusing on guy stuff.
This is a great study. I have taught this study before and I love it. Every man should have an opportunity to go through this study. If you have not taken it before, you will enjoy it I promise. If you have, I can promise you will still learn something about yourself...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Christ’s Love is the Foundation for Any Home Ephesians 5
Purpose of Parenting
To train my child to know and love the Lord Jesus in such a way that he or she walks with Jesus as an adult.
Why is that such a key?
Jesus said, “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his own [child’s] soul?” (Mark 8:36-37)
Josh McDowell
The Last Generation
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
In an effort to enhance your worship experience and to grow from the Bible teaching we have each week, we have created a binder for sermon notes. We have an initial run of 100 binders available starting this week. They will be available for $5.00 in the Commons area.
Notetaking is a valuable tool which enhances your spiritual growth and worship experience. It has been well-said that the strongest mind is still weaker than the weakest ink. By coming prepared to take notes, you are...
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Friday, September 04, 2009
Just thought I'd pass along these points of interest along to you.
What it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit Ephesians 5:18
“spirit filled” means to walk relationally with God so closely that He reveals Himself in your life.
Bible Study = relationship time
Observation - “what does the passage SAY?”
Interpretation - “what does the passage MEAN?”
Application - “what does the ...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
This is an important question for everyone in their personal walk with Jesus because we were created to worship Him with our lives. It is also an important question for the church at large because it is a source of conflict, debate, challenge, and even a place of innovation. It is an important question for FBC because we have two different styles of worship and are about to embark on a third service, which will be different by the nature of the service and its setting.
So what...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The Fall has begun and a praise the Lord! is definitely in order. We do not talk alot about numbers at FBC because we are not here for numbers,but for individual families. However, when you collect as many families as we have it is wonderful to stop and thank the Lord for how many families He is allowing us to touch.
Sunday August 23 was promotion Sunday. We had 950 in bible study(Sunday School). Sunday August 30 we had 900. Praise the Lord!
These are incredible numbers....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
2 Timothy 2:15 states very clearly "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth."
If God were to show up today as your supervisor and inspect your Bible work, how would that go? Pretend He stands over your shoulder to watch you take a chapter from the Bible and study it - how would He grade you?
Let me ask you another way: God calls you and says, "Greg, tomorrow we are on to work through...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Promotion weekend was wonderful! I hope you and your family had an opportunity to enjoy some part of the family weekend this past weekend.
Friday night at the Travelers game was great fun and we had a chance to fellowship. I met a lot of new families and visitors and it was great to get together. Saturday morning was fun to be with the fellas at the trap shoot. We had a great crowd and fantastic bar-b-q!
Saturday evening and then again on Sunday morning our Youth got the...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
This Sunday evening we have an incredible ministry opportunity for you - join the FBC family as we come together to prayer walk each school campus that we touch in our ministry. We began this last year and hope to make it more than a church tradition. We hope to make it a church passion!
In Colossians 4:2-4, Paul strongly admonishes the church to "Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying for us, that God would open to us a door for the...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
This Sunday we looked together at John 3:16 and saw how powerfully Jesus communicated God’s love to a man named Nicodemus. In the midst of their theological discussion together, Jesus pointedly told Nicodemus that God SO loved him, and the rest of the world’s people, that God gave Jesus to be the full and exact payment for sin.
It is so important to be reminded that God’s love is powerful. It is God’s love that draws people to Him. In fact, we know that at some...
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Here are the steps for e-giving.
On the website click on the “resources” tab on the far right, it will bring up “giving” and go to the First Baptist Church e-giving page. The first time you will set-up a user name and password and sign the Authorization Agreement. You then click the “Go to My Organization’s E-giving Transaction Page” and proceed along the steps for making a transaction. There is a place for both General Budget giving and Foundations for the Future...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Hello Church Family: These are exciting days as we approach the Fall. The smells of paint and carpet glue are in the air. Please take a moment to check out the progress of the on-going projects as you come to church this weekend. By next Sunday, the adult education wing will look completely different. It has been a joy to work with our Facilities Design Team and our lay teams that have worked on the various aspects of this project. We are blessed as a church to have some wonderfully gifted...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Hello FBC!
There is so much going on these days at First Baptist Church. It is truly exciting! In fact, there is so much going on that it is difficult to keep track of it all. That is why we have started this new blog - to stay in contact as much as possible.
Over the coming weeks, we will use our website to communicate much more effectively as a church family. I will post a blog every week in order to talk to you about what is happening at church and to praise the Lord for the...
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