Below is an article written by Pastor Trent in the upcoming Bible Expo.  In his typical stlye, he shows why a conference like this is so important to have.  This article is taken from pioneersenders.org 16 year old & 29 year old Trent need the Bible Expo! So I got to the climax of my […]

For several years, Philip Bassham was the music man for our church.  When Philip took over the music, the church was still young and new.  Philip realized that the direction he set the music program on would influence the music at the church for many years to come.  But more importantly, he knew that the […]

Creating a Volunteer Culture As I look at the week in review and spend sometime setting up my calendar, I have begun to get slightly overwhelmed. Many times I would have been overwhelmed by how much there is to do, but tonight I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the volunteer culture that God has created […]

God has truly blessed Vision Baptist Church with a great pastor who loves the Lord and has a great understanding of His Word.  Pastor shared that understanding with us Sunday morning as he finished up John chapter 9.  At the end of the chapter, we find people who are beyond help.  They thought that they […]

The Gospel Tract I know that this is an odd subject to write about. Not that the Gospel would be odd for me to talk about but the fact I am talking about a piece of paper on a blog. I have always been intrigued by the Gospel tract. In the small church I grew […]

On monday, our Pastor and Chris Fies flew out to spend several days in the west African country of Burkina Faso.  They are on a fact gathering trip for Chris Fies and the exciting new ministry Voice in the Villages.  They have been working with Keith Shumaker and his great ministry there.  Here is an […]

Our church has been so blessed to have a great assistant pastor in Trent Cornwell.  His hard work and dedication have helped to make our church strong.  And his love and zeal for World Evangelism has helped motivate and move many people to get more involved.  The following is something Pastor Trent wrote on his […]

What an incredibly special night tonight was at Vision! We as a church got the chance to honor our Pastor and Mrs. Betty in a surprise appreciation service. For the past few months, Bro. Gardner has excitedly mentioned wanting to go bear hunting someday. Since we love our pastor very much, we wanted to make […]

Each week our church features a Country of the Week to pray for. We ask the Lord for laborers for the harvest in this specific country. One of the young teenage ladies in our church has begun to help us by using her writing skills to help us give you a better understanding of each […]

Country of the Week: Gambia Each week our church features a Country of the Week to pray for. We ask the Lord for laborers for the harvest in this specific country. One of the young teenage ladies in our church has begun to help us by using her writing skills to help us give you […]

We would all like to go to heaven, but is that enough? Each person is unique and sees life from his own perspectives! However, we all know that one day our lives on earth will end. Is everyone going to heaven? Can a person know his eternal destiny for sure? Take a moment right now […]

This morning when I first woke up my first thought was that today was Sunday and going to be the Matthew’s Banquet! I quickly realized it was Monday and that we just had the most wonderful services yesterday. As I was reading my blogs this morning I read our pastor’s thoughts concerning the day. I […]

1Corinthians 8:1-13 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man love God, the same is known of him. As concerning […]

Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Romans 14:20-23 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy […]

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Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Eight Nine Ten Romans 14:16-19 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, […]

Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Eight Nine Romans 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. We are to walk in love. We are not to do things that would hurt our brother. So […]

Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Eight Romans 14:14  I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. This verse is a real clincher! Paul knows and is persuaded by […]

Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Romans 14:13  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. Hopefully you have read the first seven entries in this series. It all goes together. […]

Grey Areas One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six Romans 14:10-12 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every […]

Grey Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Romans 14:7-9 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ […]

1, 2, 3 Romans 14:5-6 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, […]

I am putting this in the Grey Areas Category because it so aptly describes much of what can go on. This was written by Charles Spurgeon many years ago. The bold type was of course added by me. Read this and consider. We may be partakers in other men’s sins by tempting them to sin. […]

Series on Grey Areas, first, second Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. This is probably the central truth in the series. He is not your servant. He doesn’t belong […]

The Grey Areas Romans 14:2-3 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. The discussion is over what to eat or not […]

I want to start a little study over the grey areas in the Christian life. Things that the Bible does not state clearly and dogmatically. I am afraid that for many years I majored on minors and minored on majors. I am afraid that as a missionary and as a pastor I have made my […]

The battle cry has come, “There are 1.5 billion people in China and 1.3 billion have never heard!” said the underground believer as he sat in our hotel room in Beijing, China. “My village needs someone to take the gospel to it!” said another in Harbin, China. When will we awake and see the millions […]

As you know the guys from the Our Generation Training Center and Macedonia Missionaires took a trip to China and just arrived back in the states.  They now have a lot of really nice pictures and the story of their trip on the following web page.  I want to challenge you to go and take […]

I just received the following email note from Daniel Fleming in Harbin, China letting us know that the group was on the move back to Beijing.  Please continue to pray for them that God would work in each of their hearts and that He would call some to go to the country of China with […]

Missionary Jacob Taube, Pastor Trent Cornwell from World Vision Baptist Church and Our Generation Training Center Student and future missionary Mark Tolson are leading a trip to China.  You can keep up with what God is doing there by going to their update page. It is exciting to see what God is doing with them.  Check […]