Archives for December 2008

I guess this will be the last post this year! God has been so good to us. We have seen Him work in so many ways, souls saved, baptisms, growth, prayers answered, needs met, etc. It has been a good year! I know that some of you have been through some hard times but God […]

We had great message tonight from David Young, our son in law and missionary printer, tonight! He preached from 1Samuel 1. He talked about how God remembered Hanah! If you missed the service you missed a blessing. See you Sunday-don’t miss the service!

Tonight, Tuesday December 30, 2008, we will have our mid week service instead of our usual Thursday evening service. We will continue with and finish up Lord willing the Christmas Quiz. Service starts at 7:15 pm and I hope to see you there. Thursday through Friday the church staff and I hope a good number […]

The following quote is taken from an article Churches More Informal, Diverse than a Decade Ago at the ChristianPost.com. Along with the diversity, however, leaders of congregations are older, on average, than they were in 1998. The median age of the head clergy has increased from 49 in 1998 to 53 in 2006. Furthermore, congregations […]

“You blame me for weeping, but how can I help it when you will not weep for yourselves though your mortal souls are on the verge of destruction, and for aught I know you are hearing your last sermon, and never more have an opportunity to have Christ offered to you” – George Whitefield

Source “At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, two thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said the Internet played a significant role in the divorces in the past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half such cases. Pornography had an almost non-existent role in […]

The following information comes from an article with the same title as this blog. You can click here and read the entire article. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ makes a difference. I know that social work will never get the job done but when I read of an atheist that realizes the […]

Two of the sweetest young people I know just announced that they will be having a baby. They are missionaries to Peru that we support here at Vision. I wanted to ask you to pray for them. Congratulations guys! We love you

Betty and I once again wish all of you a very special Merry Christmas. I am in my brother’s house in Tennessee with David and Stephanie Young and 6 kids, my parents and two sisters are on their way over. We will be here until about 1 and then drive to Georgia to be with […]

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO-SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER! I want to challenge you to watch the following video. It deals with pornography. You should watch it and get others to watch it. We love you at Vision Baptist Church and want to help you! Please don’t just feel guilty-God has the answer and can give you victory! The […]

Betty and I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. God has been so good to us now for many years. We are blessed to serve at the Vision Baptist Church with the most wonderful people in the world. This is our Christmas card to all of you telling you that […]

Do you know how exciting it is to read the Word of God on a regular basis? I believe with all my heart that we have the very Word of God today. I believe that He still speaks to us through His Word. If you believe that the question would be do you read the […]

Forsyth County has been bumped to second place in the state of Georgia by Oconee County. Even in these trying times for the USA and the world those who live in Forsyth County are still blessed. Wow, what a crushing blow to be moved to second place as the wealthiest county in the state of […]

I guess I could get just a little carnal (joking) and tell you that we have had a Vision Baptist Fantasy Football league this year amongst some of our church people and other friends. I had never played anything like it and really know little to nothing about pro football. I just figured that Robert […]

All of you that have a heart for reaching the world with the gospel will have to watch this video. May God call more men and women to take the gospel to the Muslims. source

Go here to hear our girls singing this morning. What a privilege to have people like them and like you. I am sitting here listening right now. God bless them very much.

As you know we just had Evangelist David Smallwood with us this past Thursday night. He did a great job preaching on Charity-Love from I Corinthians 13:1-3. He has started a blog and I wanted to invite all the Vision family to check it out as well as the missionaries, pastors, and other friends that […]

We had a great opportunity to go caroling at the Cumming Nursing Center on Saturday. About nine of us came up from Vision Baptist Church, and after rounding up some of the residents, we sang carols with them for about an hour. Scott Newton and Karlo Paver took turns playing the guitar, and Bro. Jonathan […]

While I was in Argentina with Sam-his office sent some special muffins to the office as a Christmas gift. Some of the guys got in and ate some before Betty was able to rescue them. Might need some discipline there on those that stole the muffins!!! But today Allison C took the cake for needing […]

The following is a video clip with some great insight into soul winning. I honestly do not know the man in the video or anything about his show but I loved the video-It is well worth your time.

We are having a Pastor’s Retreat to discuss the cause of world evangelism. You can get more information by clicking here. We want to invite you to be a part of our 5th annual Pastors’ Retreat for World Evangelism. This year we hope for a very special time in the mountains of Tennessee as we […]

Christmas was not a holiday in early America. From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was actually outlawed in Boston. Anyone exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined five shillings. Congress was in session on December 25, 1789, the first Christmas under America’s new constitution. Christmas wasn’t declared a federal holiday until June 26, 1870. […]

Watch this video. It will take 15 minutes of your time! It is well worth it. “Volition (n)- The act of making a choice. Sometimes the choice of inaction has consequences stronger than we could ever imagine. Throughout history, men have been faced with difficult choices in a world that makes it easy for them […]

God has blessed Vision greatly by giving us such a tremendous man of God as Trent Cornwell. I did not know if you were reading his blog. It is called Ministry Fertilizer. He has been discussing Ministry Mistakes that he has made as a youth pastor. You should check them out. Since he serves in […]

Check out this article about evangelizing Morocco. A guy name Tyler from Ohio is involved clandestine missions. You will want to read this since our church has some guys that are interested in reaching the unreached in North Africa.

I was listening to a podcast this morning about church planting. The speaker said that every church should know from the very beginning that the goal of the new church that we just started is to start more churches. Did you know that? Did I make it clear that Vision Baptist Church is not just […]

Its neat that the Bible is true… Philip just wrote that article and you should read it. It is wonderful when you see how that God’s Word so proves itself.

I was asked this question in a recent email and thought I would send you the brief, quick answer that I sent out! This might cause quite the storm on each side of the issue, but here is the answer that I gave: The Bible does not say that it is clearly wrong to drink […]

We will be holding a Baptist History Seminar with Dr. Bob Dalton January 28-30, 2009. I wanted to let you get to know Dr. Dalton a little before he comes. Dr. Bob Dalton is married to Jane Dalton and has four daughters–Heather, Rebekah, Rachel, and Erin. Dr. Dalton pastored for eight years, has served as […]

Do not miss this Thursday night when Evangelist David Smallwood will be preaching. Be here at 7:15 pm sharp. He will sing and preach! We have known Brother Smallwood for a long time and God is greatly using him. I hope you will be here and bring a friend.

Happy Birthday to our newest family member, Katie. She came into David’s life and was just what he needed and the most wonderful answer to prayer. Katie has filled our home with laughter. She lights up a room when she comes in. I thrill because as a dad your dream is that someone will love […]

source In justification the sinner stands before God as the accused and is declared righteous. In redemption the sinner stands before God as a slave and is granted freedom by a ransom. In forgiveness the sinner stands before God as a debtor and the debt, having been paid, is forgotten. In reconciliation the sinner stands […]