First Baptist Church of Perryville Archives: January 2009
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30 January 2009
Isaiah 1:18a “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow …” (NIV)
Freshly Fallen Snow
The moonlight shining on the freshly fallen snow sparkles as brilliant diamonds.
It lies upon the earth unmarked. The trees are dark shadows standing quietly in the background. Leaving paw prints in the snow, a small animal dashed through the yard. (more…)
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28 January 2009
Greed and Giving: The Great Divide between the Church and the World
In 1998, Senator Al Gore came off badly when his 1997 federal tax return showed that he and his wife had given only $353 to charity out of an income of $197,729.1 More recently, New York Governor David Paterson reported giving only $150 (in old clothes) to charity from his and his wife’s income of nearly $270,000. The title of the New York Post’s article, “Gov Is Plain Cheap,” speaks volumes of the public’s expectation of charitable giving.2 (more…)
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26 January 2009
The True End of Education
In 1921, Benson’s, an advertising firm in London, hired Dorothy L. Sayers to generate ideas and write copy. Her slogans appeared on billboards and magazines throughout England. Sayers learned that advertising works because the average consumer is too gullible to see through the gimmicks. Years later, she lamented society’s naiveté in a short pamphlet entitled, “The Lost Tools of Learning”: (more…)
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25 January 2009
Making Disciples
Rev. Randy Moyer
Scripture Reference: Matthew 28:18-20
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24 January 2009
Calling Slave Traders and Owners to Repentance
By John Wesley (1703 – 1791)
The founder of Methodism, John Wesley was an indefatigable circuit-riding preacher. His many sermons were published in both book and tract form. The follow excerpt is from a tract Mr. Wesley distributed widely in both England and America. His “Thoughts on Slavery” contains a powerful indictment against those who plied the slave trade. Doubtless many of the traders thought that Wesley’s exposé would upset their livelihood. Especially against the backdrop of possible retaliation, Wesley’s call to the slave traders and owners to repent is both passionate and courageous. One can only image how Wesley would rail about abortion on demand. (more…)
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22 January 2009
Something for Nothing?
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Proverbs 13:4 (ESV)
Fifty-nine percent of Americans would rather win the lottery than fall in love. Seventy percent of the U.K. population regularly play the British National Lottery, despite the tiny chances of winning a prize. Indeed, the lottery has been called “a tax on stupidity; the more foolish you are, the more you pay.” Yet, ignoring the odds, some people persist in dreaming of prosperity that comes without the need for work. And the writer of Proverbs has their number. (more…)
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20 January 2009
Scientists Conclude: Moms at Home Do It Best
Safe, stimulating, and blessed by the U.K. government, nurseries have become the choice of new parents struggling to balance work and child raising. Rapid demographic and socio-economic changes in the past decade have expanded the labor market for women. As a result, private day care centers have quadrupled in Britain, transforming the early years of millions of children. Despite the fact that the U.K. has 450,000 children under three in nurseries, recent unsettling research in Britain, the U.S., and elsewhere suggests that the toddlers who are cared for by their mothers develop better than those cared for in nurseries or by relatives or child minders.1 The more time toddlers spend in non-maternal care, the more inclined they are toward insecurity, aggressiveness, and disobedience.2 (more…)
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18 January 2009
“Uncle”: The Tremendous Testimony of Li Tianen
Is it possible that China and the United States may soon align themselves together in the global economy and the struggle with international terrorism? According to David Aikman, former Time Beijing bureau chief, the astonishing answer might be “yes.” In October 2003, the veteran journalist published Jesus in Beijing,1 a book that suggests that China’s future is being shaped by a resurgent Christianity. How is this possible when the Church under Communist rule has suffered such terrible persecution? Aikman writes that through the courage of patriarchs known among the Chinese Christians as “uncles,” God is once again showing His power to protect His people and change a nation. (more…)
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18 January 2009
What Does the Lord Require?
Pastor John
Scripture Reference: Micah 6:1-8; 7:1-7, 14-20
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16 January 2009
Scholars: Hell place of conscious suffering
| by Bonnie Pritchett GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)
What awaits penitent and impenitent souls upon arrival in eternity?
For Christians, being in the presence of their Lord, Jesus Christ, and being reunited with loved ones who have gone on before them would seem reward enough. But what is in store for those who die without confessing Christ? (more…)
