The bulk of the British and French armies were huddled on the beach at Dunkirk as German Stuka dive bombers pounded them from the air. (To enhance the terror, the Germans had attached whistles, “trumpets of Jericho,” to the planes and bombs.)1 The situation was desperate; Winston Churchill quietly agreed with the Admiralty that only ten to twenty percent of the over two hundred thousand British troops would make it out.2 The captain of a destroyer riding off shore surveyed the scene and said evacuation would be “like attempting to empty a swimming pool with a fountain pen.”3 Yet […]

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Revelation 4

  1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And […]

    Number of Treatments or Cures Using Embryonic Stem Cells: 0 Number of Treatments or Cures Using Adult Stem Cells:1 72 Auto-Immune Diseases 1. Systemic Lupus 2. Sjogren’s Syndrome 3. Myasthenia 4. Autoimmune Cytopenia 5. Scleromyxedema 6. Scleroderma 7. Crohn’s Disease 8. Behcet’s Disease 9. Rheumatoid Arthritis 10. Juvenile Arthritis 11. Multiple Sclerosis 12. Polychondritis 13. Systemic Vasculitis 14. Alopecia Universalis 15. Buerger’s Disease

   Obama, PETA, and the Value of Human Life  There was a lot going in the news the third week of June — riots over the election in Iran, North Korea’s nuclear saber-rattling.  But the biggest story of the week, it turns out, was — drum roll, please — the story of President Obama swatting a fly.

  The First Baptist Church of Perryville will have their church picnic on Saturday, August 8 at McCoy’s Farm Pavilion from Noon till 5 PM. Bring any type of large covered dish or dessert.   Hot dogs, hamburgers, (hopefully) chicken, drinks, condiments, plastic ware, and paper products will be provided. Please help us to have sufficient meat. RSVP is a must to attend.  RSVP to Terri at fbcp1@verizon.net by August 2.

   The next Bible study methods class for men will be 5 PM, Sunday, July 26, 2009 at the First Baptist Church of Perryville, MD. Even if you do not come to the study, you can learn and practice this method to grow and stay fresh in your study. Men can come without doing the assignment and still learn. But you will learn more if you take the time to study and practice this method. 

   by Kelly Boggs    ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)–With the recent death of Michael Jackson, the phenomenon of celebrity worship is on display in all of its strange glory. Fans around the globe are experiencing soul-shaking grief and shedding a flood of tears at the passing of the King of Pop.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Revelation 3

   Huddled in near-zero degree weather in a Himalayan base camp in Pakistan, outdoor guide Tom Vail spent hours reading his new Bible. In his tent, pitched at 12,500 feet, he pored over the pages, aided by the light of candle and headlamp. Repeatedly, he turned to the “salvation prayer” the lady who had given him the Bible had written therein.1