Pastor Articles

The Thief on the Cross is not a justification to avoid discipleship

My heart is heavy today. During the last several months, people have pointed out on social media that the thief on the cross was delivered to paradise even though he had not been baptized, had not given financially, had not done anything else that Christians are...

Hiding Your Light

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in...

Self-Examination for the Lenten Season

In the first several centuries of the church, it was becoming common to plan for baptisms to take place on the day they celebrated the resurrection of Jesus (not yet called Easter). The church did not have the view that as soon as you became a believer, you should be...

Update from the Weiss family 11-2022

Greetings First Baptist Church Family: November 2022 We have not written a family/church update letter in quite some time, so an annual Christmas letter seems fitting, with recaps from 2022. We completed our 2021-2022 Awana season. We meet on Wednesday evenings from...

Hiding Your Light

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no...

2019 Christmas Letter

December 22, 2019 Dear Church Family, Merry Christmas to each of you! Or as Shara might say, in Australian, “Happy...

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