Pastor John Scripture Reference: II Kings 9-10

   In 1963, Harvard psychology professor Jerome Bruner convened a group of scholars in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their purpose was to develop a new social studies curriculum for America’s schools. Intoxicated with visions of the Great Society, many believed that the social sciences could solve the nation’s greatest ills. The National Science Foundation eventually awarded Bruner’s team $4.8 million to develop Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), a curriculum designed to teach fourth through sixth graders a purely naturalistic view of human nature.1 Many hailed it as a groundbreaking advance in educational theory. Christian parents, however, recognized it as a dangerous […]

The First Baptist Church of Perryville will have their church picnic at noon on Saturday, August 10 at McCoy’s Farm Pavilion at noon.Hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, condiments, and paper products will be provided by the fellowship team.  Please bring a covered dish or dessert (already sliced) to share.

   Carle C. Zimmerman, an eminent Harvard sociologist of the last century, concluded that the family is the most fundamental of all social institutions. He described three broad types of families—two strengthen society and one, called atomistic, leads to a society’s downfall. Focusing on the decline of the Greek and Roman civilizations, he listed 11 behaviors that indicate a culture is entering the destructive atomistic category. Though his prose is academic, his words, written in 1947, are prophetic.

   Procreation is a normative, biblical mandate. Children are a gift from God to be welcomed and nurtured.1 Sadly, however, increasing numbers of couples either choose not to have children for the sake of convenience or are unable to have children due to infertility.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: II Timothy 1:7

  Founding director of International Awakening Ministries, Richard Owen Roberts is a world-renowned student of revival. His 9,000 volume collection on the subject forms the nucleus of Wheaton’s Billy Graham Center Library. In this passage from Repentance, he explains and insists that true repentance is more than inward pain.

Richard Owen Roberts is a former pastor who has authored, edited, and published numerous volumes relating to revival and revivalism. He has worked with the Billy Graham Association and Wheaton College in the formation of the Billy Graham Center Library.

  In the summer of 1861, the U.S. Treasury had only $2 million to fund the Union side of the Civil War, leaving Secretary Salmon P. Chase in a quandary. The North may have been rich in land and resources, but none of this could quickly be converted into cash to pay an army. Moreover, New York bankers did not consider the U.S. government a sound investment. Chase retorted he had a war to fight, and if necessary, “he was prepared to print money . . . even if the price of a breakfast rose to $1,000.”1 Eventually, he secured […]

Pastor Chris Scripture References: James 3:2, 5:16; 1 John 1:8; Matthew 5:23-24; Ephesians 4:26-32