By Pastor Phil Lawton At the time of writing this article, all anyone sees in the news is COVID-19. There is a lot of fear and confusion around the virus and it can become easy for Christians to get caught up in the chaos. We can underreact and pretend this is going to be gone tomorrow. We can overreact, sell all our 401k stock, and buy a year’s supply...
Baptism Déjà Vu
Shiloh SDB Church By Donna S. Bond “After the baptism we will have the rest of our weekly worship service, and then if anyone else wants to be baptized and isn’t prepared, run home now and get a change of clothes. That has never happened here, but we want to give you that chance.” Thus Assistant Pastor Tyler Chroniger opened the February 15, 2020, worship and...
Women’s Connection
Mar 24, 2020
West Palm Beach SDB Church, FL By Jasmine Lynch Women’s Connection is a purpose-driven auxiliary of West Palm Beach Baptist Seventh Day Church. Membership is open to all members and by extension their female friends and families. Members are encouraged to join in making a ripple effect in our communities by taking their place and making their contribution....
Some Practical Ways for You to Grow in Compassion
Mar 24, 2020
By John J. Pethtel In our Christian journey of walking with Jesus and doing what He does, we must also learn to grow in loving who He loves. He loves those who are like Him and those who are different from Him. If we truly value all human beings as created in God’s image and having intrinsic value and dignity because of this, then we must learn how to become...
Another Trip of Love to Learn From
Mar 24, 2020
By Garfield Miller Director of Outreach SDB Missionary Society In the podcast What is Love by John Piper (Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org), he defines love in two ways: “love of complacency”—because something is pleasing; and “love of benevolence”—to bring about something beautiful. Based on these definitions we can know with confidence that what we...
The Sign of the Fleece
Feb 27, 2020
By Sarina Gumness The story of Gideon can be seen as a story of trusting God to lead us step by step. In a time of unsureness, of not fully feeling the belief in ourselves, we can trust that there will be a positive result and we will come out on top. Gideon’s story starts with him threshing wheat in a wine press to hide it from the Midianites so they could not...