Your Life Affects Others, Rom 14:7

According to Rom 14:7, we don’t live to ourselves.  Your life affects others.  Therefore, we are commended not to put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in our brother’s way [v.13].  We are not to have a bad affect on others.  But we are also to “follow after the things which make for […]

False Teachers Among You, 2 Pet 2:1-3

Wherever there is truth, there are going to be lies.  In the Old Testament, there were false prophets among the people, when there were holy men of God who spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost [2 Pet 1:21].  In the New Testament, Peter said, “there shall be false teachers among you.” False […]

Special Events April 2020

Apr 12 – Easter – services on line Apr 12 – Caleb Caviness – Republic of Congo – Presentation and Preaching by Video Apr 26-29 – Mark and Liz Rogers – meeting cancelled

Special Events February 2020

Feb 17 – Presidents’ Day Feb 22-26 – Missions Conference Feb 22 – Missionaries meet – 5:00 pm Supper – 6:00 pm – Fellowship Hall Followed by Men’s and Ladies fellowships and prayer Feb 23 – Normal Sunday Service Times Sunday school – 10:00 am – Peter Putney, Colombia Morning service – 11:00 am – […]

Special Events January 2020

Jan 1 – New Years Day – Fellowship Hall at 6:00 pm Pot Luck Supper, Singing, Testimonies, and Fellowship Jan 20 – MLK, Jr Day Jan 26 – Perry Demopoulos – Ukraine Jan 29 – Annual Meeting – 8:15 pm (after prayer meeting)

Helpful Ideas on Sermon Preparation

An old-time evangelist, on his death bed, gave a friend of mine this advice, “You preach the word and let the word preach to the people.”  That’s some of the best advice I have ever heard.  So, in looking for something to preach, keep in mind that you are preaching “the word,” not a sermon […]

Teaching Bible – Building the Lesson

Teach a book in the Bible – The advantages of teaching out of a book of the Bible are: You won’t have to figure out what topic of the Bible to teach each week. Your people will know where you will be studying next, so the studies are cohesive. They will get a good understanding […]

God Given Desires, Ps 37:4

Our text is Ps 37:4, “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”  Do you ever wonder how God calls individuals into the ministry?  I know how he called me.  My call started with a desire. Perhaps by studying a few passages in the Bible in which […]

Uncertain Riches, 1 Tim 6:17-19

1 Tim 6:17 says, “nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God.”  We are not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God.  Riches are deceiving; Matt 13:22 mentions the deceitfulness of riches.  Riches, like sin and religion, deceive you into believing that you can trust them.  According to Mk 10:23-24, […]