Archives for May 2008

Here is a clip from the Reformers Unanimous blog written by Scott Newton. I hope you will subscribe and start keeping up with what God is doing. We had a great meeting yesterday, with 8 people in attendance, Read more […]

Friends, parents, neighbors first it will embrace Our country next, and next the human race. The Gospel does affect homes first. In Scotland it led to a type of home life and family religion fitted to Read more […]

A news article is causing quite the stir, as it should, in the world evangelism community. It speaks of an uncontacted Indian tribe that was recently spotted in the Brazil. The secular world is concerned Read more […]

I am not sure if all of the Vision people know it but I have sort of combined the 4 blogs that I was doing into this one. Makes it easier for me to just post it here than trying to figure out which one Read more […]

For Vision people and for those who live close–you are not going to want to miss this week. We will have several people visiting with us and helping in the Our Generation Leadership Camp. The list below Read more […]

I am really excited about the Our Generation Leadership Camp that begins on Monday. It is our heart’s desire to challenge and motivate every young person possible to take the gospel to the world in our Read more […]

This Sunday afternoon we will be holding deacon training classes in my office from 1 to 4. This class is open to anyone that might like to come and get the training. It will be a blessing and help you Read more […]

I just came across this news on the web and am excited to see how great our God is and all that He is doing. At this link I found the following quote: But we’re really excited about helping Pastor Sexton Read more […]

Betty and I along with John and Sandy Pearson, Trent Cornwell, Mark Coffey, Tony Howeth, Chris Gardner, David Gardner, Wayne Cofield, Kevin Hall, and of course Clark Hall (Kevin’s son) and then a heap Read more […]

I just want to take this opportunity to tell both of you that I love you and am very proud of you. Jeremy you are like son and a brother to me. I could never tell you how much that I love you and how Read more […]

Today I get to have a small part in the wedding of one of my best friends. I think to keep it short that I will give you two posts on this but I want you to know Jeremy and Bekah well. Here are their Read more […]

Some preachers have such a phobia for repetition and such an unnatural fear of the familiar that they are forever straining after the odd and the startling… We dare not impugn the honesty or the Read more […]

I am often asked what it is like on one of the trips that I make around the world. I thought that maybe you could get an idea if I told you what I just did in Northern Ireland. On Tuesday of this past Read more […]

I was just listening to a speaker and he gave the following quote: “A leader is a dealer in hope!” Napoleon Bonaparte

I hope that what you are about to read is not true about you. The Bible is more than a good luck charm and it is more than just a book for your library. The God of Heaven stands ready to communicate with Read more […]

Special thanks to Kathy Fies who takes the pictures at our church. Check out all of these Sunday School classes. We have 15 different classes happening at the same time. It is a very wonderful part Read more […]

The following comes from a good missionary’s post. Jason Kenney serves in Santiago, Chile. He is out of the Fellowship Baptist Church here in Cumming. He is in language school right now and has a blog. Read more […]

The following is from Pastor Derik Lawrence’s blog. He explains how they handle some of the services during the summer. I know that God has tremendously blessed their church and they have seen real growth. Read more […]

I have preached a message more than once about the subject–Are the lost really lost? In other words do those that do not know Jesus Christ really go to Hell and the Biblical answer is a definite yes. Read more […]

The Northwest Baptist Church, our first daughter church, has some beautiful pictures you should see. You need to pray for them. They are a product of our ministry and reason to be shouting from the housetop. Read more […]

As you travel this summer with your family I know you will want to continue to bless the work of God at your church. If that is your desire then I just wanted to remind you that you can always give through Read more […]

I am so very grateful to God for the opportunity to be with Travis and Teri Snode as we organized their church this weekend. We worked hard and talked late into the night and I believe that God has really Read more […]

I could never encourage you enough to read your Bible and to read it systematically and in a disciplined manner. I just this morning finished reading the Bible through for the first time this year. I Read more […]

Faith, if you like, can be defined like this: It is a man insisting upon thinking when every thing seems determined to bludgeon and knock him down…The trouble with the person of little faith is that, Read more […]

I am here in Londonderry, Northern Ireland with Travis and Teri Snode. They are missionaries sent out of our church. They are a super wonderful family and it has been a blessing for me to be with them. Read more […]

So many special days have become little more than a holiday, a time to be off work and enjoy some family fun, but we should never forget all the sacrifice so many of our people have made to give us our Read more […]

Murmuring is no better than mutiny in the heart; it is a rising up against God. When the sea is rough and unquiet, it casts forth nothing but foam: when the heart is discontented, it casts forth the foam Read more […]

I want to say a special word about our daughter, Stephanie, and her family. May 20th was Stephanie’s birthday and May 22nd–today is their 10th wedding anniversary. God tremendously blessed us with Read more […]

God blessed in giving me a great trip over. It is not very long actually. The flight from Newark, New Jersey is only about 6 hours in the plane. The only part that is a little difficult is that you Read more […]

Scott Newton has started a blog for the Reformers Unanimous ministry. On the side of this blog you will see the link for R U Blog. Click there and you will get to see some great information. I am so Read more […]

I pray that God will give us someone on staff someday as a college pastor for the students in Atlanta. As you read this article consider the mission field God has placed right here in our back door. Read more […]

I need to ask you to pray for me as I will be traveling to Northern Ireland to be with our missionaries Travis and Teri Snode. They are members of our church now and so I am really excited about the opportunity Read more […]

Well you will be hearing about it if you haven’t so I might as well be the one to tell you. The Vision staff is in a weight loss contest with the Victory staff. Pastor Lawrence gave a small hint about Read more […]

Read the following from Kevin Hall’s blog. He is one of our missionaries serving in South Africa. Betty and I have had the privilege of visiting them and seeing the work there. This is wonderful exciting Read more […]

These questions come from this link already explained in the previous post. For Your Mind 1) Read 1 Timothy 2:3–10. What do these verses say about the motivation for modest dress? 2) How do we Read more […]

This article is taken from right here At the bottom of this article I will give you the links to all of the other articles by C J Mahaney on Modesty. I have already ordered the book and you can too by Read more […]

It was wonderful to have Pastor McHoyt Moore with us on Thursday night. To see and hear a man that God has so greatly used is always a blessing. Later I will have pictures for you of the baptismal services Read more […]

Tonight McHoyt Moore will preach at Vision Baptist Church. He was the pastor of Old Suwanee Baptist Church and the founder of Old Suwanee Christian Schools. He pastored there for over 41 years. He Read more […]

Well here comes an announcement of congratulations first to our kids, David and Katie and then to Betty as grandma to 12 coming up. David and Katie Gardner, our kids and missionaries that our church Read more […]

This just came in from Aaron: Pray for me tomorrow as I go back into the hospital. I have developed a slight fever and the doctors fear that there may be infection in the lung. They are going to do another Read more […]

Wow this is something to think about: Jonah knew that the mariners were supposed to throw him overboard in order to calm the seas and cease the raging… Jonah 1:12-13 12 And he said unto them, Read more […]

I counted dollars while God counted crosses. I counted gains while He counted losses! I counted my worth by the things gained in store. But He sized me up by the scars that I bore. I coveted honors and Read more […]

“I can give a Prescription that will bring a revival to any church or community or any city on earth.” “First, let a few Christians (they need not be many) get thoroughly right with God themselves. Read more […]

Sunday, May 11, 2008 GRAFTON, W.Va. Betty and I were just in Grafton, West Virginia and Bridgeport for the mission’s conference. This is the birth place of Mother’s Day and some of the men of the church Read more […]

As always special thanks to Kathy Fies for the photos Read more […]

Aaron made it through the surgery fine. The tumor was the size of a plum which is larger than they had expected. He will be staying in ICU to see if the lung is losing any oxygen and needs to be repaired. Please Read more […]

I want to invite you to come to Reformers Unanimous on Friday nights at 7 pm. It is a great program based on the Word of God that will help free you from any of your addictions. If you will click here Read more […]

Bro. Austin, The Pastor’s Conference really was a blessing. The food, the hospitality and the teaching and preaching encouraged my heart. The Books, the gifts, the singing, the teaching and preaching Read more […]

Is not this the reason why God’s servants are made to pass through so many trials, that they may really learn many truths not otherwise to be apprehended? Do we learn much in sunny weather? Do we Read more […]