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James Madison’s views on Freedom of Conscience

April 5, 2021

American Minute with Bill Federer Lockdowns on Virginia Baptists shaped James Madison’s views on Freedom of Conscience In times of crisis, people turn to Christ, and following the crisis of the French and Indian War, there was a move towards religion in the colonies. Virginia’s government, though, was established Anglican and imposed strict lockdowns on unapproved church gatherings. A Virginia historical marker reads: … More James Madison’s views on Freedom of Conscience

Sunday Sermon Series – Resurrection of Christ

April 4, 2021

Whether you call it Easter or Resurrection Sunday is not the crux of the matter. Today we celebrate our Risen Savior, Christ Jesus. There would be no other reason to celebrate this or any other day if He were not Alive. Whom do you celebrate and serve today? Philippians 3:20-21 SERMON Philippians 3:20-21 – The … More Sunday Sermon Series – Resurrection of Christ

Devotional Thought for Today – 04/03/2021

April 3, 2021

My daughter is getting married today and y’all know how much I love these old dead guys 😉. So instead of another post of mine, I thought I would share some wisdom of theirs. Three rules for a happy marriage (J.C. Ryle, “The Gospel of Mark” 1857) Of all relationships of life, none ought to … More Devotional Thought for Today – 04/03/2021

Devotional Thought for Today – 04/02/2021

April 2, 2021

Comfort for the Grieving, Hurting, and Dying Series – Part III Yesterday we looked at the Stages of Grief and the importance of understanding what stage a person is in BEFORE we began any attempt to provide care, comfort and counsel. I thought I would take the time to look at those stages individually from a Biblical … More Devotional Thought for Today – 04/02/2021

Devotional Thought for Today – 04/01/2021

April 1, 2021

Comfort for the Grieving, Hurting, and Dying Series – Part II Yesterday, we began this series by explaining the goal to be: to attempt to write a series of posts using mainly the Psalms as text that can be used to provide comfort to those Comfort for the Grieving, Hurting, and Dying. This was mainly to be … More Devotional Thought for Today – 04/01/2021

Devotional Thought for Today – 03/31/2021

March 31, 2021

Comfort for the Grieving, Hurting, and Dying Series – Part I Not sure why, but I woke this morning even earlier than usual and have been thinking about all the friends and family we have lost in the past few months. I thought of all I had said to try and comfort them (family and … More Devotional Thought for Today – 03/31/2021

The wording of the First Amendment & Who Twisted It

March 31, 2021

American Minute with Bill Federer On March 15, 1984, the U.S. Senate voted down children praying in public schools. President Ronald Reagan said: “I am deeply disappointed that, although a majority of the Senate voted for it, the school prayer amendment fell short.” On September 25, 1982, Reagan said: “Unfortunately, in the last two decades we’ve experienced an onslaught of such twisted logic that if … More The wording of the First Amendment & Who Twisted It

Devotional Thought for Today – 03/30/2021

March 30, 2021

Proverbs 15 Like all the wisdom books; Ecclesiastes, Job, Psalms, and, Song of Songs, the end goal of the Book of Proverbs is to demonstrate God knows best. His course of action(s) is always far superior to men. Proverbs however goes about it a little differently, Job for example shows us wisdom based on the … More Devotional Thought for Today – 03/30/2021

Devotional Thought for Today – 03/29/2021

March 29, 2021

Deuteronomy 6 As always some context is required with our main text v.4. In the previous chapter, God has made a covenant promise with His people and the 10 Commandments are delivered through Moses. Chapter 6 can be broken down as follows: A persuasive to obedience. (1-3) An exhortation to obedience. (4,5) Obedience taught. (6-16) … More Devotional Thought for Today – 03/29/2021

Sunday Sermon Series – Christ Invitation

March 28, 2021

Matthew 11 Chapter 11, can be broken down as follows: Christ’s preaching. (1) Christ’s answer to John’s disciples. (2-6) Christ’s testimony to John the Baptist. (7-15) The perverseness of the Jews. (16-24) The gospel revealed to the simple. The heavy-laden invited. (25-30) – Matthew Henry As Matthew Henry points out our text v.28 is part … More Sunday Sermon Series – Christ Invitation