Faith Baptist Church of Hollis

Faith Baptist Church of Hollis Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit for the gathering in and the building up of the body of Christ....

Sunday
9:30am - Sunday School (2yrs - adult)
10:30am - Worship Service (nursery provided for newborn - 3yrs)

08/28/2026

God offers free forgiveness to all who will confess and forsake their sins — meager terms for tremendous mercy. What are you waiting for?

08/05/2026

The Bible must be the invention either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God.
1. It could not be the invention of good men or angels, for they
neither would nor could make a book and tell lies all the time they
were writing it, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when it was their own invention.
2. It could not be the invention of bad men or devils, for they
would not make a book which commands all duty, forbids all sin,
and condemns their own souls to hell to all eternity.
3. Therefore I draw this conclusion, That the Bible must be given
by Divine Inspiration.

- John Wesley, from "A Clear and Concise Demonstration of the Divine Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures"

07/11/2026

Have you ever thought - or been tempted to think - that you're ok because you've conformed to a set of rules? Maybe they were some of God's rules or house rules or your own personal standards. Maybe the rules had some other source. Almost everyone can answer, "Yes." We innately know something is wrong with us, and it's our nature to attempt to justify ourselves by some standard. (Those who care nothing about rules are typically sociopaths.)

But, as much as we may attempt to put it out of our minds, something else that we also know is that rules can never justify us. They cannot make us good people. They serve to point out non-conformance. And good rules serve to point out our failures. God's rules quite convictingly point out our sinful desires. If we were truly good, there would be no need for rules!

What we need is not rules to guard against breaking other rules. We also don't need relaxed rules. What we need is something that rules and self-justification cannot provide: we need forgiveness.

Forgiveness always involves the one who is forgiving absorbing suffering and loss in the place of the one who is forgiven. When it comes to God's forgiving sin, the wages of which is death, He has absorbed that suffering Himself in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Anyone who trusts God that His rules are right but ceases all attempts to be justified by them, and instead trusts the forgiveness of God in Christ, will be saved.

05/17/2026

"What God has made clean, do not call common."

There is a major implication from this command of our Lord to Peter found in Acts 10:15 which we can all too easily pass over: If anything in this fallen world that is clean or holy in God's eyes, it is clean because He has made it so and not because it is inherently so.

I had a few bacon bits with my eggs the other day. Why is that okay? It's not because it was just a few bits and not a whole slab. It's not because it's my natural right to eat the flesh of a pig. And it's not because God changed His mind about the matter. It's only because God has made the unclean clean. Perhaps this sobering thought doesn't often cross our minds in the kitchen or at the table. Perhaps it should. But the matters of cleanliness found in the Levitical Law are a picture of something of great significance.

As alluded to in the account found in Acts chapter 10 being unclean goes far beyond dietary choices. When you and I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, we see the face of one who, apart from God's gracious cleansing, is unclean in the eyes of the Holy One. We're not naturally clean. We're not okay. We're naturally lovers of the world and of sin. We're corrupt in a place where no amount of water can make us clean. And we cannot make ourselves clean - to try would be similar to attempting to wash dirt off our hands in a mud puddle. There is only one source of hope for unclean sinners like us: the cleansing work of God through Jesus Christ.

Next time we sit down to a meal that includes something that represents uncleanness such as pork, clam, lobster, catfish, or any such thing, let it be a reminder to us that it is God who makes the unclean clean. And let's give thanks to Him for that great gift! May this thought help keep us joyfully grounded in the glorious Gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ. He alone can - and does - make the unclean clean.

04/18/2026

Imagine with me that you're in a foreign land and you've inadvertently violated a law of that land. You've been arrested and put in jail awaiting trial. Ignorance is your only plea, and you know that won't get you very far with the magistrate.
Then, a consular official visits you. It's the first friendly face you've seen so far, and he says, "Don't worry. We've dealt with this before, and we'll have you out of here and on your way back home in no time." Wouldn't your demeanor change drastically? Despair would turn to joy in a hurry!

Now for a scenario that's not imaginary...
You and I are God's creatures in God's universe, and we have wilfully done as we please. God's reasonable, holy law says, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength," and, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Mark 12:30-31) Instead, we've loved ourselves with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and demanded that others love us like we love ourselves... or at least stay out of our self-loving way. And none of us can plead ignorance. (Romans 2:14-16) Each of us stands condemned before the judge of the universe, sentenced to eternal wrath and awaiting the carrying out of that sentence.

But God, in the person of the Son, begotten in the world as a man, has become the substitute for all condemned sinners who will trust Him. He is the righteousness of God for all who earnestly desire it. And, instead of being under the sentence of death, in the Son, you and I may be saved from God's righteous wrath and welcomed in His presence to eternal life as His beloved sons and daughters. (1 John 3:1)
For those who trust God, the Good News of Jesus Christ turns utter despair to indescribable joy! (1 Peter 1:8-9)

04/11/2026

Some have called sinful people such as we are "glory thieves." In a sense, this is an accurate description - instead of consciously, actively living for the glory of the only God as we were made to do, we subtly (or not so subtly) scheme and act for our own glory.
We..... crave the attention of others.. want to be seen as smart, witty, skilled.. relish being important in some way or connected to someone who is.. desire to be seen as good and right in the eyes of others - or at least not on "the wrong side" of some issue.. even perversely seek the honor of being one perceived to not be seeking our own glory!

In a real sense, however, it's impossible to steal the glory of God. Our seeking our own glory doesn't diminish His glory in the least, but it does serve to highlight it:.. our skills and abilities die along with our mortal bodies while our God's power and purposes endure forever (Isaiah 46:8-11).. our possessions in this world will be scattered and perhaps squandered when we leave them behind, but all things belong to their Creator (Psalm 24:1-2).. the praise of man tends to swiftly turn to scorn while God's steadfast love and mercy are ever on those whom He receives (Psalm 25:6-7).. the pride of men and nations, like Ozymandias, lies in ruins while the King of Kings reigns and rules forever (Revelation 11:15)

To continue the thief analogy, it's as if we broke into someone's house and grabbed a bag we thought had treasure in it, only to find we had done him the service of taking out his trash!

"Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy, because of your faithfulness!" (Psalm 115:1)

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43 Wheeler Road
Hollis, NH
03049

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+16034657764

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