Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Colossians 1:1-23

  When a given area of society is experiencing crisis, Americans expect a solution to the problem. In 1994, the National Education Association in conjunction with “the nation’s leading education associations” attempted to do just this: provide a new initiative to make public education better. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the bipartisan commission came back to Congress with its proposed “reform program.”1

  6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done […]

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — My daughters sat intermingled with their cousins in the theater seats watching the movie “Frozen,” spellbound by a colorful world of ice. But when I later heard one of my bouncy-haired girls belting out, “No right, no wrong, no rules for me. I’m free,” I felt no small amount of uneasiness.

Pastor John Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6,13-20

   Best known for her stories about an amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey,1 Dorothy L. Sayers was also an essayist of profound insight. “Like C. S. Lewis, she saw that the world was divided, not into many Christian communities, each professing more or less the same thing, but into two camps, the believers and the non-believers.”2 “[F]ollowing the success of her radio play, He That Should Come, the editor of the Sunday Times invited Sayers in 1938 to contribute an article for Passion Sunday. She wrote ‘The Greatest Drama Ever Staged is the Official Creed of Christendom.’”3 In elegant prose […]

Pastor John Scripture Reference; Romans 3:9-18

  From 1 to 5 PM, Saturday, May 17, the First Baptist Church of Perryville will host another free block party/health fair for Perryville families, by Rodgers Tavern near the Susquehanna River. Fun will include a moon bounce, carnival games, and free prizes. Teens will particularly enjoy the NASCAR Race Car. There will also be live music. There is no admission charge. All the food you can eat is FREE. All the games you want to play are FREE. Register for prizes at no charge. Thank you for offering, but donations will again not be accepted at the Block Party. That way the block […]

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Genesis 3:1-19