I bought a new book for our super readers in Kindergarten and thought it might be appropriate for some today. This was a favorite of our kids growing up – yes, it’s that old. It was published in 1972! Listen and maybe even commiserate if you need to. I find it interesting that Ms. Viorst…
I was going back through some notes on a book I read and found this great list of reasons why we need to go to church. The book was “On Worship1” by H.B. Charles, Jr., and if you’re interested, you can get it here. Here is Charles’ list of twenty-five reasons you should regularly participate…
John Newton wrote many hymns over his lifetime. In the collection “John Newtown’s Olney Hymns” there are 348 quoted in three separate sections. We celebrated the 250th anniversary of his most famous, and probably the favorite hymn over the ages in 2023, that being “Amazing Grace.” The Americanized version, the one most of us have…
“YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON your knowledge of the gospel. Not just your life now, though that is certainly true, but your eternal life depends on your knowledge of the gospel. Are you ready? Do you know the gospel so well that you will stake your life on it? “If someone claimed to be a representative…
My father would have turned 99 today. I started this post in March of 2022, and thought it was finally time to finish it. Dad’s favorite hymn was Ivory Palaces. If we had an opportunity to choose a favorite song at church, invariably Dad would raise his hand and request “Ivory Palaces, please.” I’m sure…
As I was listening to a newly purchased collection from Cardiphonia on the psalms, I came to the end, the last song in the collection. According to the notes, it didn’t really belong in this collection, but was added capriciously. I guess I’m glad they added it. It picks up some themes seen in the…
I’ve cross-posted this sermon here, because of difficulties on the faithbaptistupnorth.org site. As soon as those are resolved, it will be posted there as well, back to normal. Pastor Basham opens God’s word today and takes us all through it to explain God’s plan of salvation for us. You’ll want to have your bible open,…
We’ve just restarted a program in our church, something we did years ago, but that fell by the wayside. It’s good that we’ve picked it up and resown the seed. The program is an official “pray for your church family” list, with a new list coming out each week of seven individuals or families to…
Merry Christmas! Today is the day we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ. Most of the world celebrates the day, but not all celebrate the event. Many have not even heard the story surrounding Jesus’ birth. I thought I would fix that for those who may read this. Below is a link to a…
There are three statewide proposals for constitutional amendments in Michigan on the November 2022 ballot. Here is the language, copied verbatim, from a sample ballot. Personally, I’m ambivalent on the first, but strongly opposed to the second and vehemently opposed to the third. Proposal 22-1 A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual…
