Rolling Fork Baptist Church

Here is the verse that we will be discussing today. Romans 8:28 (ESV) — 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose . Notice that this verse does not say "all things will BE good", he said " all things work together for good" . Some people will say that Christians should never have a problem or face adversity because God loves us. If that is the case, then Paul must not have been a Christian b

January 10, 1999 was the day that the congregation of Rolling Fork Baptist Church voted to make me their pastor. Soon after I started preaching there each Sunday, I told them that I would like to offer our Sunday morning messages on cassette tapes to give away to anyone who missed that Sunday or that just wanted to hear that message. I mentioned it and our congregation took action. The funds needed to begin that ministry were donated that day and we began to record our sermon

Today, I am going to show you two perspectives from this idea and both of them are wrong. The first perspective will be from someone who is truly born again and is genuinely concerned about pleasing God. We know that we will sin from time to time because we were not paying attention or were unwilling to fight against the temptation. This person may think "I don't want to sin but if I do, it's ok because God will forgive me." The reason that I say that this is wrong is because

I have seen several examples this week that prove "Warning! Not All "Christians" Are Christians" is an accurate title for this post. You may think that I am being judgmental but I point you to the scriptures. In Matthew 7:16, Jesus, when describing the false prophets, said " You will recognize them by their fruits ." Then He said verses in 17-20 " So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a d

Last night, Chris Godbey was leading us through a passage in Proverbs and there was a section in that passage that really stood out to me. I hope that you will take the time to read this and see if you are guilty of it as well. Here is the good news of that section... Proverbs 1:23 (ESV) — 23 If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you . God was telling the Israelites to repent of their sins and turn back to God and i