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Husband, Father, Grandfather, Air Force Veteran, Pastor-Teacher and Chairman of Elders of First Baptist Church, Atwood, Illinois!

Friday, April 6, 2012 – What is so “Good” about Good Friday?

How can Christians call “Good” the day upon which this took place?                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCwKOG727e4&feature=related 10. Good Friday was a good day because it was a day that the Lord … Continue reading

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Easter Sunday – THE THREE MOST EXCITING WORDS EVER SPOKEN ON EARTH!

This coming Lord’s Day morning our text will be Revelation 1:1-18. I hope you will take time this week to read over these verses several times and ask the Lord to speak to your spirit as you prepare to listen … Continue reading

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Sunday, April 1st, 2012 – THE KING IS COMING!

Palm Sunday, already! Can you believe that this coming Lord’s Day is Palm Sunday and one week from this coming Lord’s Day is Easter? WOW! This has been an amazing and very unusual winter; and, it is already gone… For … Continue reading

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SERMON STARTER 3/25/12 – Acts 20:1-16 “Paul’s Ministry and Ours”

Every Christian is called to be a minister of the things of God! It has well and often been said of Christians, “You are either a minister or a ministry!” I could not agree more. As we come to the … Continue reading

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Sermon Starter – March 18th, 2012

John MacArthur points out in his commentary on Acts that it is an undeniable truth that the Church prospers under persecution. I believe he is right about that. Our passage for this coming Sunday is Acts 19:21-41. In these verses … Continue reading

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Sermon Starter (3/11/2012) The Holy Who?

This coming Lord’s Day, as the Lord allows, we will be reading and studying Acts 19:1-20 where Paul arrives at Ephesus during his third Missionary Journey. This is yet another one of those passages that must be understood in the … Continue reading

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Sermon Starter for the Week of 3/4/2012

As the Lord allows, this coming Sunday, (3/4/12) we will continue through the eighteenth Chapter of Acts with a sermon on the subject… “How to ‘Patch Up’ a Preacher!” This is the story of Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey and the … Continue reading

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Christian Classics Reading and Discussion Group

I am thinking about starting a “Christian Classics Reading and Discussion Group”. I am trying to see if there are some interested persons who would want to be part of such a group! The idea is simple. We would take … Continue reading

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GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out!

Philippians 4:8 (ESV) “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Psalm … Continue reading

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What’s in a Name?

(Juliet) “’Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other … Continue reading

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