God has been very good to us! Yes it is hot but we do have air conditioning in our hotel room and it works as long as we are in the room with the key in the slot. When you leave the room the lights and air are turned off and so you return to […]
Archives for April 2007
From the Philippines
I just wanted to write all of you a note and to tell you that I am praying for you that God will give you a great day today. Right now I am not able to call and if I did it is 5 in the morning while I have already finished preaching for today […]
Looking forward to a great day tomorrow!
As you all know tomorrow our pastor will be in the Philippines teaching and preaching. I am very excited about this opportunity for our church to be involved in the furtherance of the Kingdom in the Philippines. Our pastor has looked forward to this trip since many of the people in our church family are […]
Atlanta Airport!
We are sitting in the Atlanta Airport right now, checking this lovely Atlanta Parent Magazine while waiting on our flight to Detroit to get us on our way to Tokyo. I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have been so kind to tell us that you will be praying for […]
Traveling to the Philippines
I want to ask each of you to be praying for us as we travel to the Philippines. Mark Coffey, John Pearson, and I will be going to Ilo Ilo to participate in a Pastor’s Conference. I should be preaching about 8 times in 4 days. I will keep you posted but I wanted to […]
Who you are in Christ Jesus, part 2
II. My Position in Christ Jesus! a. Justified i. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans 5:1 ii. The word justified or justification is a forensic term, opposed to condemnation. As regards its nature, it is the judicial act of God, by which he pardons all […]
Donna Joy: A Life Spared To Impact A Nation
By Lori Lynne Vance In the spring of 1997, I was watching the House Sub-committee hearings on the issue of Partial Birth Abortion. The usual suspects had gathered for the occasion, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and the like. I listened with indignation as those abortion advocates seated at the table listed the reasons for this procedure […]
Man arrested for handing out Christian tracts!
I thought you might enjoy seeing this article that was in our county paper today. Two truths are shown here. One that we should do all that we can to respect the law of our country, Romans 13:1-8, even though the laws do seem a little out of place or sometimes heavy handed. Second, that […]
Micah Smith’s wedding!
                       We would like to thank all of you, our church family, who have been praying for me (Micah) while I’ve been away. Kati and I were married Friday, April 13, 2007 at 6pm. We had a really lovely wedding. My parents were able to come down and participate in the wedding. My […]
Turkish Believers Satanically Tortured for Hours before Being Killed
You are free to disseminate the following news. We request that you reference ICC (International Christian Concern) and include our web address www.persecution.org. Contact Jeff King, President, 1-800-ICC (422)-5441, [email protected] (April 25, 2007) The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that the three Christians who were martyred in […]
Massive Arrest of Chinese and American Christian Leaders in Xinjiang
Contact: Bob Fu, China Aid Association, 432-689-6985, [email protected]; www.ChinaAid.org, www.monitorChina.org MIDLAND, Texas, April 24 /Christian Newswire/ — China Aid Association has learned though credible sources that on April 19, 2007 in Akesu city, Xinjiang province, about 30 major house church leaders were arrested when they met with four American Christians. The four Americans were also […]
The Mark of the Beast!
Well yesterday I preached on the “Mark of the Beast” and today Dan sent me the following article. This article is very similar to what I just preached. Thanks, Dan! Read this and let me know what you think! TOMMY THOMPSON: THE “CHIPPER” PRESIDENT? Election Bid Raises Specter of RFID Implant Threat Former U.S. Secretary […]
Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott
Guess our national leaders didn’t expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were […]
Vision Baptist is not a spectator sport!
The following comes from an article by John MacArthur in the Pulpit Magazine. It is a great article that I think applies very definitely to our church, Vision Baptist Church! The bold print is mine to emphasize points that I really want you to take to heart for our church! Christianity is not a spectator […]
Businessmen Quote of the Day!
I do not know if you are signed up for the Businessmen Quote of the Day but if you are not you ought to sign up. Each weekday morning a quote comes to your email that just helps to remind you of the importance of serving the Lord Jesus and that that means. Today’s quote […]
Wonderful Day today!
God truly blessed today. It was just one of those very special Sundays that God gave us! I am so thankful to Him for what He is doing in our church. Today was friend day at the park. God blessed the time together at the park and I understand that though I couldn’t be there […]
Vision Month Announcement
The following is what I am sharing today as we talk about the vision for our church. To be the church that we should be we must be a training church! I hope you enjoy this and if you have any questions feel free to get in touch with me! We envision a training church. […]
Who you are in Christ Jesus!!
After all these years serving the Lord Jesus Christ I often struggle with this following lesson. I will only give you the first part this time and will follow up in a day or two with another part. I hope that you will read it and realize just who you are in Christ Jesus. So […]
Stacey Howeth’s grandmother promoted to Heaven!
I wanted to inform you and ask you to pray for Stacey Howeth. The Howeth family is a very special family to all of us here at Vision. Stacey’s grandmother just died. Here are some exciting, encouraging details from her life. Her name Willa Johnson, she was 93 years old….this June would have been their […]
Men’s Meeting, Saturday, 7 am, April 21, 2007!
Don’t miss the men’s meeting this Saturday at 7 am. We will have a breakfast of Chicken Biscuits at 7 with some great fellowship until 7:30 when we discuss the book we are reading, Man in the Mirror, chapter 4! God has great plans for each man in our church. Tomorrow we look at the […]
World Evangelism Committee Prayer Meeting Tonight!
Hugh Watson will be leading a prayer meeting for World Evangelism at Charles and Carolyn Gardner’s home tonight 7 pm. This is an exciting time to be together, pray for the world, and learn more about how we can take the gospel to the world. Call the church office at 770-456-5881 for directions on how […]
Friend Day @ the Park Update
We look forward to a great day this Sunday. Outside of the fact that we have some phenomenal Bible fellowships that take place at 9:30, we will be able to worship through our Christ exalting music, and will hear a powerful, relevant sermon from the Word of God delivered by our Pastor we are going […]
Special prayer request!
Our son in law, Julio Soncco, is in the ICU of a Peruvian hospital right now! His heart beat is racing up to 140 beats a minute and then stopping for as long as 2 seconds. He has had heart problems now for quite some time. He will likely need a pace maker. They had […]
Virginia Tech, A Call to Action!
I have listened and hurt just like you have now for hours and days of the horrible things that took place at Virginia Tech! So many dead, killed in a senseless outrage. The thoughts that come to my mind are not to place blame or make political hay but to consider what we could have […]
Report: 3 Killed in Attack on Bible Publishing House in Turkey
I would like to ask you to pray for Christians who live and work in Muslim countries and to also pray for our missionaries that serve there. The following article is going to break your heart. Pray that the faith of the believers will be strong. Pray that they will begin to publicly proclaim their […]
quotes
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson “Make no mistake: There is no promise of safety in Jesus’ call. As he calls us into the frightening arena, he points to the wounds in his hands and side, as if to remind us that we are […]
The importance of being a Sunday School teacher!
ONE LIFE INVESTED FOR JESUS AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER BEARS ABUNDANT FRUIT Mr. Kimball, a shoe clerk and Sunday School teacher in Chicago, loved boys and sought to reach them for Jesus. Through him a boy named D. L. Moody came to Jesus in 1858. D. L. Moody, while preaching in England in 1879, […]
Friend Day at the Park!
Well we are going to be having a Friend Day at the Park this coming Sunday so I want to ask you to start making plans. Invite your friends and family to come and go with us! We will have our normal Sunday School classes at 9:30 and then preaching at 10:30. From there we […]
Revival at Good News Baptist Church!
God has blessed me so much allowing me to be the pastor of Vision Baptist Church. I can not explain how grateful that I am to God and to you for this great privilege. God gave us a great day yesterday. Slowly but surely our Sunday School is growing. We had 96 in Sunday School […]
Special prayer for our missionaries!
The following story comes from Fox News and you can go to the source by clicking on the link. We currently have two missionary families living in Morocco! We need to be aware of what goes on around the world because we are a missionary church. We need to know how to wisely and properly […]
Cold, wet, and windy weather!
Well today was an unusual day in Alpharetta, weather wise. The high was the early morning temperature and the wind made the 40 degree weather seem much colder than it was. I was concerned for the Sunday School attendance but God blessed with 96 in attendance and 103 for the Worship Service. God was truly […]
Vision notes for this morning!
This is vision month and we are sharing each week the goals that we have for the church for this year and until the year 2020. Here are the things that I plan to share today: We envision a spiritually mature church! * BE – private * DO – personal * SERVE – public * […]
New Blog for the Vision Singles
I just saw the new blog that Philip Bassham has put together for the Single’s Ministry here at Vision and wanted to invite each of you to go and take a look. The ministry is called Single Focus and the blog is located at http://visionsingles.blogspot.com/ You can get an rss feed of the blog for […]
Special Prayer Request!
Could I ask you to please be in prayer for Mrs. Janie DeVore. She is Debbie Blackstock’s mother (Debbie Blackstock is the wife of Pastor Charles Blackstock of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Dawsonville, Georgia!). The doctors have found several nodules including one on her lungs, her thyroid, and she has swollen lymph glands. She will […]
Shifting lifestyles revealed in census!
I was reading the Chattanooga Times Free Press and found this interesting article! For the first time in memory according to the article the number of land lines in the US dropped and a corresponding number of cell phones increased. According to the article in this first decade of the 21st century virtually every American […]
What is happening at Vision!
We are just about to finish up our first ever couples retreat and we have been blessed and challenged. I thank God for Tony Howeth and how God used him to touch my life and to cause me to make some decisions to strengthen my marriage. I thank God for the testimonies some that are […]
First ever couples retreat at Vision Baptist Church!
Well we are here in Chattanooga, Tennessee with our first ever couple’s retreat and it is already going great and is a wonderful time together. There were 9 or 10 couples last night and we should have a couple more today. Not too bad for our first ever. You need to go ahead and make […]
Flamingos are migrating to the northside of Atlanta!
On Saturday night the flamingos migrated north here to Alpharetta. They were headed to the house of John Pearson, C.F.O. of Vision Baptist Church. However, since he had purchased “flamingo insurance” they birds decided, with the request of the Pearson family, to land in Mark Coffey’s, our administrative pastors, yard. We greatly appreciate the flamingos […]
Time Changer!
Well mark your calendar for May 5th at 4:30 in the afternoon. We are planning a special church wide activity for that day and hour. We will have a film called Time Changer that I can promise you that you will enjoy. We will have popcorn, cokes, snacks and a good time together. The year […]
The Greatest Story Ever Told!
The following is from a sermon entitled the Blood by Charles Spurgeon. I love the reference to the missionary Adoniram Judson. I love thinking that we need not amuse people we must tell them the truth: This thought struck me when I was preparing for preaching, that I should have to tell you an old […]
Time to listen!
Easter is a wonderful time to make a decision to allow Christ to lead in your life. I hope you will watch this video clip and decide to quit turning him off. We would love to have you come and visit with us at Vision Baptist Church as soon as possible! clipped from visionbaptist.com
First Couple’s Retreat!
This Thursday night through Saturday noon several couples from our church will travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee to spend some time deepening our marriage relationships, intimacy with the Lord, and friendships with others from our church. I want to ask you to pray for us and warn you that if you do not go with us […]
Jacob Taube’s ordination!
I wanted to remind you to be praying for Jake and Stephanie Taube as Jake will be getting ordained this Wednesday night at his home church, Grace Baptist Church in Middletown, Ohio with Pastor Roger Green. Jake has been a tremendous blessing to our ministry and especially to me as he has helped me so […]
A wonderful Easter Sunday!
God truly blessed us greatly today. We had 91 in Sunday School, 118 in the morning service and then 90 for the evening service. The message was the Future of the Believer continued from the morning to the evening service. I think that God truly blessed and worked in hearts. Also this is Vision month […]
It’s a cold Easter morning but I am excited to see what God is going to do!
I was just finishing my Bible reading and thinking how much we must depend on the Lord. The growth of our church, the numbers attending, the offerings given, the souls saved are in His hand. We can do all the work we want but we must wait on Him to move. I am asking you […]
Hockey Game!
Well I just got back from my first hockey game and I can say that it was wild. There were 11 of the men of the church there in an outing that Ryan planned. It was a lot of fun and the really nice thing was that Atlanta won the game. Gentlemen, I enjoyed the […]
Easter Sunday coming up!
I am so excited about our service tomorrow. I have been in the Word of God all day again. I have loved it. We will be in the same message both morning and evening. The title of the message is The Future of the Believer. We will consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the […]
Vision Children’s Ministries!
God has tremendously blessed us with a wonderful children’s ministry and I thank God for that. On Sunday mornings during the adult worship service and on Thursday nights our children meet with David and Anne Lundy who are doing a wonderful job. We also have wonderful Sunday School classes for all of our children and […]
PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIAN FILMS (by Rich Christiano)
I just spoke with Rich on the phone. He is obviously a great man of God. I was shocked at how quickly his obviously love for the Lord Jesus Christ shone through. Read this wonderful article taken from his web page at http://www.christianmovies.com/store/articles.php?id=17 You will be hearing more about this very soon! In the 1800’s, […]
Update on Joe and Lisa Welch
Dear Pastor and Church Family: I know “Snail mail” takes so long, especially from here so we wanted to see if you could please make sure that your folks at church get this sincere note of thanks? We know there have been many praying for us all during this time of recovery and we want […]