Emmanuel Baptist Church

06/23/2026

Echoes from Emmanuel, Vol. 2 – Nos. 6-8
Parson to Person by Pastor Eckman, July 1978:

Summer is a wonderful time. There are vacations to be enjoyed, warm weather sports to participate in, lawns and gardens to care for, and days away from school to be spent in leisure time and work. However, the wonderful days of summer are quickly passing and fall is approaching. Jeremiah the

The summer years of life slip by and the harvest is complete and we stand before God plainly aware of the fact that we never took time to do the most important things of all of life, to choose Chri…

06/23/2026

Kinder than God
1 Kings 20 is an account of the relations between Ahab, king of Israel at Samaria, and Ben-hadad, king of Aram at Damascus. One necessary piece of background information is that neither of these kings was a follower of Yahweh, but even in his disobedient and unbelieving state, Ahab was an Israelite and therefore party to the covenants God had made with the patriarchs. At the

1 Kings 20 is an account of the relations between Ahab, king of Israel at Samaria, and Ben-hadad, king of Aram at Damascus. One necessary piece of background information is that neither of these ki…

06/22/2026

Who is Jesus? He is Not Just a Man
Who Jesus is Not...?

Jesus is the eternal Word of God, who is with God and is God (John 1:1). Jesus is the Creator of all things (v.3). Jesus is the Life-giver and the Light of men (v.4-5). Who, at this point, could be confused about Jesus’ identity? Yet John continues to explain who Jesus is, this time by telling us who Jesus is

What does it mean to be a witness? It means to speak about what you know and have seen, but it actually means a bit more than that, because being a witness is more than just bearing witness. A witn…

06/21/2026

Who is Jesus? The Light of Men
What is Light?

Did you know that one of the most mysterious things in all the world is light? Something virtually every one of us experiences on a daily basis is one of the least understood elements of the physical world. Scientists have spent centuries trying to discover the fundamental nature of light only to be stymied time after

Christ is light in that he is the One who brings reality into focus. It is his nature to reveal the truth about our humanity and God’s divinity. He reveals our true nature and condition as fallen, …

06/21/2026

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06/21/2026

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06/21/2026

Who is Jesus? The Source of Life
What Is Life?

We know when something is alive, and we can usually tell when something is dead, but have you ever tried to define the two? What exactly changes when a thing goes from living to dead? Consider, for example, a living rosebush. It can respond to its surroundings, draw nutrients and water from the soil through its roots,

We can all tell the difference between one that is alive and one that is dead, but if you had to explain what causes one plant to thrive in the sunlight and the other to dry up, you’d be hard-press…

06/21/2026

06/20/2026

About that Bloody Husband, Part 2
“So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased – every male among the members of Abraham’s household – and he circumcised the flesh of their fo****in on that very day, just as God had said to him” (Gen. 17:23). Circumcision is a male-only rite,1 initially performed

Being born into the family of Israel was not enough; he needed to be circumcised in order to participate in the covenant blessings of Abraham.

06/19/2026

Who is Jesus? The Revealer of God the Father
The apostle introduced us to John the Baptist earlier in the first chapter of his Gospel: “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light…” (1:6-7). A few verses later, he quoted the prophet’s own words about Jesus. He said, “This was He of whom I said,

Is it really true that we can receive some part of the fullness of God? John says yes. In fact, he says that it is of this fullness that we have all received, referring to those who have received J…