Guest Speaker Larry Malizzi Mission Report from Tez

On September 9 we will have our annual Pig Roast on campus.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Matthew 18:1-35 & Phillipians 2:5-8

In remarks prepared for his acceptance of the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for literature in 1993, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn torpedoed the modern obsession with finding creative alternatives to truth. Beginning with the art world and expanding his comments to culture at large, he remarked, “Looking intently, we can see behind these ubiquitous . . . experiments of rejecting ‘antiquated’ tradition, there lies a deep seated hostility toward any spirituality. The relentless cult of novelty . . . conceals an unyielding and long-sustained attempt to undermine, ridicule and uproot all moral precepts. There is no God, there is no truth, […]

In America and Britain roughly half of all marriages end in divorce.1 While few pretend this is easy for the children, conventional wisdom holds that there is nothing worse for them than growing up amid marital discord; furthermore, if the divorce is reasonably amicable and the children stay in touch with both parents, the damage will be limited. However, according to a recent American survey, even the so-called “good divorces” typically result in psychological damage to the children, who experience more stress, loneliness, and inner confusion than those whose parents stayed married.

Guest Speaker Scripture Reference: II Corinthians 2:14-17

The next Bible study methods class for men will be 7 AM, Saturday, August 25 at the First Baptist Church of Perryville, MD. We continue to study various methods of studying the Bible so we may better understand God’s Word.

by Amy W. Richardson KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–“Does God care what I wear?” It may not be a question most fashion-savvy teenage girls consider when they get dressed in the morning, but it should be, says Sarah Bragg, author of “Body. Beauty. Boys.”

The Marriage Works campaign recognizes that the benefits of marriage have been quantified through decades of research. Scientific studies, distilled into clear, simple messages that teens can grasp instantly reveal: