Probably all have heard about the recent bombings in Sri Lanka. As horrifying as that event was, it is not an incident in isolation. On Palm Sunday a Fulani attack on Christians in Nigeria at a baby dedication ended up with 10 dead, including children. The Sri Lanka attack is now purported to be...
What's in a year? Well, obviously 365 days. Those days can be hard or awesome...and probably 2019 will be a mix. We don't really get to chose everything that the year will bring (wouldn't that be nice?!)...but we do get to choose who we will be through it all. Hopefully it does not...
I was thinking recently about how differently the church can look…and still be the church. Even in my experience I have seen the church in a number of varieties: I have been in small, country sized churches. Sometimes one room. My grandfather pastored many churches like this and I...
A handful of our youth are in Jamaica. Pastor Russell identified this trip as an opportunity for our young people to help on a field where there is need, and an opportunity to grow spiritually as they serve. I was only 14 when I went on my first missions trip. It was too Peru. Our church...
I was interested to hear (all day) about Starbuck’s day of training for employees. Of course ultimately this is a good thing. In my opinion it was way overplayed by the press...but that is how we do things, isn’t it? It’s hard to believe that it needs to be said, but...
I am glad to share that we are within inches of the funds goal we had to begin the process of digging the well in Bakatade, Uganda! The villagers do not know this is coming, but they will soon. They may suspect something is up because a well engineer has been poking around the community in...
First Baptist Church is more than glad to host a new ministry in the KC area. It is called “BridgeKC” and is a once a month worship opportunity that seeks to bring the nations together as ethnic churches gather together. BridgeKC has met twice and is hoping to include more groups in...
The old adage is that Christians are sometimes “so heavenly minded they are no earthly good.” This charge is resurfacing with a new generation. Many today feel that Christians are just doing their thing but not contributing to any solutions to the problems that plague us. If that is...
This morning when I first read that there was another prediction about the rapture and the events of the tribulation, my response was...noooooooo! Perhaps one of the greatest “black eyes” that evangelical Christians have self-inflicted is from the obsession of some to set dates for...