First Baptist Church of Perryville Archives: February 2009
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28 February 2009
Days of Prayer
The First Baptist Church of Perryville will offer two days of prayer for north american missions on March 6 & 7. Prayer guides will be available for your use. The church will be open from 5-8 PM on Friday and 8 AM-Noon on Saturday. Come when it is convenient. Leave when you are finished. Most people enjoy 30 or more minutes in prayer. Nursery will be provided on Friday from 7-8 PM. A prayer captain will be available at the door to answer any of your questions. The First Baptist Church of Perryville is located on Rt. 40, 1 and 1/2 miles east of Rt. 222. Questions? Call the church office at 410-642-6865.
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27 February 2009
Samurai Servant—Niijima Jo (1843 – 1890)
In 1874, Niijima Jo graduated from Andover Theological Seminary.1 Ten years earlier he had left Japan, intrigued by Western civilization and its philosophical foundation: Christianity. After being educated at Amherst College and Andover Seminary, U.S.A., he was ready to evangelize his native country: “I will go back to Japan and persevere to turn the people to Jesus from Devil.”2 (more…)
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24 February 2009
Live to Serve: What Matters Most, Part 4
By Chuck Colson
Ever since I was a boy, I was driven to serve my country. As a 10-year-old at the
outbreak of World War II, I could only dream that one day I could put on a uniform and
fight the enemy. But I did what I could. I organized a neighborhood drive to collect scrap
metal for the war effort. Before I had reached 40 years of age, I had served as a captain in
the Marines and as special counsel to President Nixon. (more…)
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21 February 2009
Pray for the Church: What Matters Most, Part 3
In my devotions over the last two or three months, I have started my prayer time by concentrating on the Church. I pray — actually, I plead, the Lord would wake us up, cause us to repent, turn from our own false idols. I pray God’s Spirit would fill us with a burning desire to love Him and advance His kingdom. (more…)
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18 February 2009
As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people’s mindset
by Matthew Parris
Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it’s Malawi, and The Times Christmas Appeal includes a small British charity working there. Pump Aid helps rural communities to install a simple pump, letting people keep their village wells sealed and clean. I went to see this work. (more…)
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15 February 2009
The Wonder of Salvation
Pastor Chris
Scripture Reference: I Peter 1:3-12
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12 February 2009
A Grand Duke, Indeed
by Chuck Colson
Conscience is King
When you hear the phrase “European royalty,” you probably think of the less-dignified antics of the British royals. Yet there are European rulers who have distinguished themselves in more admirable fashion. (more…)
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10 February 2009
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”
This is an event designed for fun and fellowship around the dinner table. Each person or family can choose whether they would like to host six or eight other people at their home for dinner, or be invited to someone else’s home. Hosts will be notified how many people will be coming, but no one will know exactly who until they arrive. (more…)
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9 February 2009
Evolution and Racism: Apes to Men or Men to Apes?
The Primates House was the main attraction at the famous Bronx Zoological Gardens in 1906. But what brought amazed smiles from curious adults and squeals of joy from happy children was no ape—it was a human being named Ota Benga.1 A sign in front of the cage in which this man was confined told viewers that he was a twenty-three-year-old African pygmy, 4 feet 11 inches tall, 103 pounds. Ota was displayed like a blue-ribbon pig at the county fair because here, supposedly, was a crucial link showing that man had evolved naturally from apes. Thus, in a sad twist of irony, evolutionists known for making men out of apes here essentially made an ape out of a man. (more…)
