First Baptist Church of Ashville

06/16/2026

God's Promises to Israel

06/13/2026

06/12/2026

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Join us for Mystery Island VBS! Set sail for four exciting evenings of island adventures, Bible lessons, games, music, crafts, and more — all packed with faith, fun, and discovery for kids in grades k-8th.

06/07/2026

Dear church, I am happy to report that we are continuing in our series in the Book of Revelation by focusing on verses 1-6 in a message titled "Back to the Future Part II." Sunday School begins at 9:30am for men, ladies, and children. Our instructors have worked diligently to prepare a message for hungry hearts and souls, so let's honor them AND THE LORD by turning over a new leaf and participating. I promise you this....you will not regret it!!

Worship begins at 10:45am. See you tomorrow!!

06/03/2026

Dear church, tonight we are continuing a series we began before I left for the Philippines titled "God's Promises to Israel." We'll remain in this series for the next several weeks.

Tonight we're having pizza for dinner. See you at 6:30pm!

05/30/2026

Dear church, after what seems like a month away from the pulpit while visiting Rivers of Joy Baptist Mission in the Philippines, I am happy to report that I am returning tomorrow with a message titled A Distorted Gospel Does Not Save from Galatians 1:6-10. This message was born from my many conversations with those of other faith traditions, such as Roman Catholicism and The Church of Christ, both of which add to or take away from the Gospel in a way, quite frankly, which may ultimately damn them.

We are called by God to get the Gospel right! This is clearly articulated by Paul in Galatians 1:6-10, a passage we have covered before, but it bears repeating in light of what's being preached in churches across America; messages that somehow pass as the Gospel but in reality, are anything but.

Sunday School begins at 9:30am with worship following at 10:45am. I'll be there for Sunday School....how about you??

05/18/2026

Dear church,

My trip to the Philippines is in its final stretch, as I'll be leaving back for Ohio on Sunday May 24th. What a blessing it has been to be used by God! I consider myself to be just a humble small-church preacher in Ashville, Ohio, focusing on the local issues and needs of the church. But God has shown me the church universal, and that there is a far greater need for the gospel around the world than I had previously thought!

Yesterday I was privileged to preside over twelve baptisms of Filipino people who were previously trapped within a false belief system! Roman Catholicism had taught them that they must work to earn God's favor, that they must strive for His salvation through self-righteous effort, as in their observance of the Seven Sacraments. But God tells us in Isaiah 64:6 that any attempts to offer Him our own works or efforts is seen as filthy rags...God turns His face from them!

Roman Catholicism never provided them with the comfort and assurance of salvation that Jesus provides. John wrote in 1st John 5:11-13; 11 "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life." And Jesus Himself said in John 10:28-30; "I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will sn**ch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to sn**ch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."

Praise be to God that He is still in the business of savings souls, one lost sinner at a time, all around the world!!