Faith and Family Baptist Church

04/22/2015

Who were the Pharisees and who are their counterparts today? We tried to answer those questions.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-pharisees/

The Jewish people were divided into at least 9 different groups when Jesus came. The Sadduces were a very highly influential and wealthy group of priests that included the High Priest of Jesus’ d...

04/13/2015

The tiny Book of Philemon creates a lot of debate because if there was ever going to be a place in the Bible where slavery as an institution would be condemned it would be here but that does not happen. Instead we find a pattern for resolving difficulties in very twisted situations.

http://faithandfamilybc.org/philemon/

It is often quite humorous to listen to people “quote” the Bible when their “quotes” are not found in scripture in any way shape or form. We hear, “Cleanliness is next to godliness” or “God helps t...

03/23/2015

Is it important to have a place of worship? If we understand the prayer of dedication that Solomon prayed upon the completion of the Temple we can only conclude that it is.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/solomons-prayer-of-dedication-for-the-temple/

In the past couple of weeks as I have been scurrying around working on a place for us to meet, I have been confronted with something that is almost terrifying and that is the fact that there are at...

03/23/2015

Did you ever stop to wonder why Ezra comes before Nehemiah in the Bible? Nehemiah tells the story of the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem so the people could defend themselves which would seem to be the natural thing to do first. But Ezra rebuilt the Temple before Nehemiah rebuilt the wall. It makes for an interesting principle.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/why-was-the-temple-rebuilt-before-the-wall-of-jerusalem/

Nehemiah 6:6 “So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.” The Book of Nehemiah is, in many ways one of the most interes...

03/03/2015

When the world wants to attack the Church it is often over money and yet the Lord loves a cheerful giver.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/cheerful-giving/

When I first graduated from Bible College and joined my Father in the ministry, there was a relatively new television ministry that was taking the country by storm. It was called “PTL” which was sh...

02/10/2015

In the past several weeks, we have been dealing with the Fruit of the Spirit as presented in Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfuln...

01/12/2015

Is there a difference between meekness and weakness and if so, what is it?

http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-meekness/

The Bible is a wonderful book of truth that presents the plan of salvation on every page. It is a wonderful book in that it has a singular purpose while dealing with a myriad of different topics fr...

01/05/2015

Being faithful is one of the most important things we can do. it is
The Fruit of the Spirit.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-faithfulness/

When I was a kid growing up in the little village of Cochise, Arizona, population 85, we could only get 1 television channel. Simply stated, if it was not on channel 9 we did not get it. Not that t...

12/29/2014

If man is totally depraved and incapable of being good, how can the fruit of the spirit be "goodness?" It is not an oxymoron but a balancing truth known only by the Children of God.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-goodness/

One of the great debates among theologians is the matter of just how sinful man really is. Is man totally depraved or is there a spark of goodness in all of that only needs to be “fanned” in order ...

12/22/2014

Believers are to be kind. What a simple but profound truth.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-kindness/

As we go thru our study on the Fruit of the Spirit, we are taking 10 sermons as if each of the things listed are independent and separate from the others. In reality however, these are not 9 differ...

12/15/2014

In a world of instant gratification, there is little room for patience and yet patience is a fruit of the Spirit.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-patience/

There is an old adage that says, “PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, POSSESS IT IF YOU CAN. SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER IN A MAN.” Now I am not sure if that is altogether true but it is truer than what we w...

12/08/2014

We live in a world that loves to talk about peace but knows little of it. The believer can know peace with God and the peace of God. It is the Fruit of the Spirit.
http://faithandfamilybc.org/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-peace/

In the centuries to come, when historians look back at the 20th Century, I have no doubt that they will label it as the Century of Peace.” If future technology ever develops the ability to record a...