Monthly thoughts from First Baptist Church
(Norma Holtslander) Ruth, the Moabite At First Baptist Place, we have been looking at the book of Ruth during our chapel times. It is such a positive book placed in the middle of the darkness and disobedience of Israel and her judges; a book of hope, healing […]
(Norma Holtslander) The Shemah Prayer Every morning and evening, for thousands of years, Jewish people, young and old, have prayed these words; “Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all
(Esther Wiens) This spring I found myself intrigued with one of the many beautiful banners created by Vic and Irene Sotropa, displayed in our sanctuary. It featured the word “koinonia.” (See photos.) I began thinking about the meaning of this word, and asked myself if it is an appropriate description of our church family. Both
I wonder what it would’ve been like to be present on the day of Pentecost? To be sitting in a house with other believers, figuring out what life would look like now that Jesus had ascended into heaven. To hear what sounded like a violent wind. To see fire splitting apart like tongues of fire
(Norma Holtslander) As a child and young person I was inclined to see the ‘good’ Bible characters, those who were people after God’s own heart, as being almost perfect: they always trusted God; they never got discouraged; they always lived on a spiritual and emotional high. But by the time I was an adult, I
