First Baptist Church of Perryville Archives: September 2009
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29 September 2009
Like Father, Like Son? Often . . . but Not Always
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. . . . 3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Kings 15:1, 3 (ESV) (more…)
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29 September 2009
Trunk or Treat & Fall Fest
Trunk or Treating and Fall Fest will be held at the First Baptist Church of Perryville on October 24 at 5-8pm. Raindate is October 31. What a fun time we had last year. So many creative and fun decorated trunks filled our parking lot. Children walk around to each trunk and get a treat. A prize is awarded to the best decorated trunk. The McMullen family were last years winners. (more…)
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29 September 2009
Town of Perryville Autumn Fest
Join our church in supporting the Fall Appreciation Day Parade at 10 AM on October 10, 2009. The parade begins at the Perryville Middle School, proceeds south on
, and then west on
. Look for Crosswalk Youth Ministry and the First Baptist Church of Perryville Float in the parade. It typically features the theme of our next Vacation Bible School. (more…)
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27 September 2009
The “Messianic Complex” of Iran’s President
Since assuming the Iranian presidency in mid-2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been in the news almost constantly with provocative statements, such as that Israel should be wiped off the map and that Iran has every right to enrich uranium (likely leading to the development of nuclear weapons). His belligerent, anti-Western rhetoric recalls the early years of the Islamic revolution in Iran in the 1980s. Particularly troubling are hints that he feels a supernatural hand is being placed upon him. He concluded a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2005 with the apocalyptic call to God to “hasten the emergence of your last repository, the Promised One, that perfect and pure human being, the one that will fill this world with justice and peace.” Ahmadinejad commented later, “I felt that all of a sudden the atmosphere changed there. And for 27-28 minutes all the leaders did not blink . . . as if a hand held them there and made them sit. It had opened their eyes and ears for the message of the Islamic Republic.”1 What is that message? Who is that “Promised One”? (more…)
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25 September 2009
A Jihadist’s Daughter Founds “Arabs for Israel”
Young Nonie Darwish slept through one of the most fateful events of her life. Israeli commandos had broken into her home on the Gaza Strip, hoping to find her father, but had found only her mother, the five children, and two maids, all of whom they left unharmed.1 (more…)
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24 September 2009
Free Date Night for Couples
The mission team will hold a free date night for couples on Saturday, September 26 at the First Baptist Church of Perryville. Get a sitter or bring the children along. Come at 5:30pm for hot dogs and chips. At 6:30pm the date night move, Fireproof begins. It tells the struggle of a firefighter and his wife trying to make their marriage work in the midst of stress and temptation. Your chidlren will watch a different movie separately. This is not a drop off your children event. RSVP is required for children under 2. For more information call the church office, 410-642-6865.
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23 September 2009
Government-Run Churches
Can It Happen Here?
In China, Christians have a choice: Join a government-approved church — which is constantly monitored by the authorities — or join an underground church. (more…)
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21 September 2009
A Celebration of Deviance
The Bible is hard on pride: It is the pathway to destruction (Prov. 16:18); the Lord simply hates it (Prov. 8:13)—and at this point, we’re merely talking about normal pride, the pride one takes in enviable capacities or laudatory achievement. But now, an astonishing new form of pride has emerged, pride in the abnormal, the defective, and the woeful. (more…)
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20 September 2009
What Happens To Religion
Pastor John
Scripture Reference: Revelation 17
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19 September 2009
Peace at Last?
[W]hen the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
2 Thessalonians 1:7b-9 (ESV) (more…)
