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Archive for ‘August, 2009’
The Heidelberg on Prayer
SaturdayAug 22,2009
by Pastor Mark One of my favorite Christian documents to read (outside the Bible of course), is the Heidelberg Catechism. It was published in 1563 and is contemporary with another great Protestant catechism (it was Luther, by the way, who put out the first catechism–a Protestant), the Westminster. I enjoy reading both (along with Luther’s), [...] Read more »
The Pros and Cons of Infant Baptism
SaturdayAug 22,2009
The baby is dressed beautifully as if prepared to be taken to the photography studio. The grandparents have come to town, and the aunts and uncles are there. Plans are made to have a celebrative lunch after the ceremony.What is happening is it is the day for the baby to be taken to church and [...] Read more »
Day 1 of FIRE National Conference
SaturdayAug 22,2009
Well, after arriving in Indianapolis and getting to the location for the annual FIRE national conference, I was pleasantly surprised to see a very large group in attendance. I arrived a few minutes after three (there was long line at the car rental counter) and caught the second half of the message by Dr. Grier [...] Read more »
Report on HBC Missions Conference ’08
SaturdayAug 22,2009
On July 13-16 I had the privelege of attending the Heritage Baptist Church Missions Conference in Owensboro, KY entitled “Christian Imperialism”. There was no “keynote” speaker as all the speakers had equal time to speak and each session was ended with a similiar prayer/response time. On that note, the speakers were a missionary in the [...] Read more »
The Doctrine of Elections and World Missions
SaturdayAug 22,2009
All sincere Christians have a God engendered desire to take or send the gospel to the lost peoples of the earth because they know that Christ is their only hope for salvation from sin. Yet the question sometimes arises in theological discussions as to the relevance of the doctrine of election in the missionary enterprise. [...] Read more »
Let us consider how to stir up one another
SaturdayAug 22,2009
Even though the title of this post is called “Let us consider how to stir up one another” from Hebrews 10:24, this post is going to be about the importance of our gathering together for “prayer, fellowship, the teaching of the apostles and the breaking of the bread”. You may ask, how is it that [...] Read more »
Welcome to the Pastor’s Blog!
SaturdayAug 22,2009
Hello world. This is a section of our site where the pastors of FCC will have a place to share things that are on their hearts from teachings, to sermon series ideas, to church business matters, to prayer requests (their own and others!) to theological discussion. Our goal is to have one of the pastors [...] Read more »