Pastor John Scripture Reference: Matthew 12:22-37

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Luke 7:1-10

9-week Ladies Bible Study starting Thursday, September 11 @ 10 AM & Monday, September 15 @ 7pm at the First Baptist Church of Perryville.

   FBCP Men’s Group meets at 7:30am every 3rd Saturday at Subworks in Perryville for Bible study & fellowship. The next several dates are August 23, September 13, October 4 & 25, & November 15. For more information call the church office, 410-642-6865.

  At the height of the Second World War, D. Elton Trueblood, the Quaker intellectual, offered prescient insights about the decline of Western civilization. He argued that the stability through the rule of law to which America and Europe had become accustomed was a direct cultural product of Christianity. Noting that the Nazis repudiated the Christian worldview as their first order of business, Trueblood prophetically warned that the moral convictions of the West are not accidental; they are specifically derived from Christian distinctives.1 As the European Union has recently debated whether to acknowledge its cultural debt to the Church, Trueblood’s […]

 Os Guinness is an internationally renowned speaker and the author of numerous books, including Time for Truth, The Gravedigger File, and Long Journey Home. An Englishman, he was born in China and holds degrees from the universities of London and Oxford.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Matthew 7:12-27

This support group features biblical, Christ-centered teaching that focuses on grief topics associated with the death of a loved one. The DVD seminar features nationally respected grief experts and real-life stories of people, followed by a small group discussion about what was viewed. Past participants have related how helpful the information and follow-up discussions were to them. Many grieving people find they are only beginning the work of healing when friends or family have returned to their daily life routines. Too often people, including Christians, tend to stuff their grief instead of allowing it to do the God-given work for […]

  A. W. Tozer served thirty-one years as the pastor of Chicago’s Southside Gospel Tabernacle (1928-1959), edited a Christian magazine, and was a prolific writer. Discerning the lack of true spiritual vitality within the Church of his day, Tozer dedicated his life’s work to calling the Church back to a radical obedience to Christ. Termed by many a “twentieth-century prophet,” his epitaph simply reads, “A Man of God.”

  A snapshot of the difference between the Western nation of Australia and Islamic Malaysia demonstrates radically different approaches to religious liberty. At face value the two nations share a number of common features. Both are medium-sized, with Australia having a population of 22 million and Malaysia 28 million. Both are multifaith societies. Australia’s 61% Christian majority sits alongside a non-religious minority of 22%, as well as smaller numbers of Buddhists (2.5%), Muslims (2.2%), Hindus (1.3%), and others. Malaysia’s 60% Muslim majority shares the country with Buddhists (19%), Christians (9%), Hindus (6%), and others. In effect, both societies are highly […]