Have you ever had an older family member tell you something that was really important before the two of you parted, perhaps never to talk with each other again? If you were going to tell a child or grandchild something you thought was really important to know, what would it be? In 1 Chronicles 28:9…
Today is a good day to talk about the power of commitment since there was such an excellent illustration of commitment rolling by the church last Sunday morning. More than 5,000 bicyclists, including our own Paul Goodhue, endured pain, discomfort, and inconvenience as they rode past BBC during their two day, 192 mile journey from…
Nehemiah 1:1-11 The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah (ha-kee-luh). In the month of Chislev (kiz-lev), in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2 one of my brothers, Hanani (hah-nay-nee), came with certain men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and…
Our guest preacher this morning is Teddy Oprenov, Pastor of Sofia Baptist Church and General Secretary of the Baptist Union in Bulgaria. He is also President of the Good Samaritan Foundation (a relief charity based in the church) and on the Committee of the Evangelical Alliance of Bulgaria. Members of the BBC Mission Trip to…
The Call to Worship today from Romans 12:19 states, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord (which comes from Deuteronomy 32:35).” That is really a hard thing to do isn’t it? If someone tried to hurt my…
Our guest preacher today is Pastor Doug’s father, Rev Dr. Vic Scalise. Vic attended Mount Hermon School in Northfield and Colby College in Waterville, Maine. After graduating with a BA in History he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and served for three years in the Air Force during the Korean…
The last two Sundays we heard from Acts 9 how God kept pushing the first believers to step out in faith. Saul and Ananias, Tabitha and Peter – all were pushed by the Spirit of God to do things and pray with people in ways that stretched their faith and enlarged their understanding of who…
Last Sunday I spoke about the story in Acts 9 of the conversion of Saul, better known as Paul, and the crucial role that Ananias played in praying with Saul and speaking God’s word to him. The Book of Acts describes how the movement bearing the name of Jesus spread out from Jerusalem to the…
Saul of Tarsus is such an important character in the New Testament and in church history that we wish we knew more about him. Still there’s a significant amount of information we can learn from a close reading of Acts and the letters that are attributed to him. We see in Acts 22:3 and 26:4…