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Dedicated Christian parents dropped their children off at their VBS, and when they picked them up two hours later, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally the boy replied, “That the teacher said he wanted us to be brought up in a Christian home, but I want to stay with you guys!”     In the New Testament the church is referred to as the «household of God» or as «the household of faith» (I Timothy ...
Galatians 1:8-9 says, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  (9)  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” Here, the apostle Paul uses the most extreme language to communicate the seriousness of preaching any “gospel” other than his.
The St. John Lutheran Community Association of Crabapple, Texas (Gillespie County) will hold its Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, August 20, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. at the Sunday School Building in Crabapple, 14689 Lower Crabapple Rd. Election of Officers and Discussion of the Annual Homecoming Worship service planned for Sunday, September 24, 2017, will be agenda items along with any new business that may come before the meeting.  All former members of the St.
Light Shine Bright was the 2017 theme for Trinity-Blanco›s daytime vacation bible school.  Hosting over 60 students, we traveled deep under the sea where kids learned to reflect God›s light based on Matthew 5:16.  Tied to the song by TobyMac (featuring Hollyn), we highlighted all things bioluminescent with reflecting God’s Word through Scripture in our daily lives.   Ocean Science held the children›s attention with some serious bioluminescent science experiments each day.  Oce ...
The letter I received from a man in Southwest Africa brightened my day. In spite of the violence in his homeland and serious financial problems, he’s learned the value of starting each day thankful to be alive, choosing to enjoy the beauty of the morning rather than focus on fears about what may come his way before nightfall.
A couple of weeks ago FBC Blanco Student Ministry had the opportunity to serve at MissionLab in New Orleans, LA. MissionLab allowed our students to share the Gospel with people in a very real way. We spent our week in NOLA doing backyard Bible clubs, prayer walking, yard work in the 9th ward and working at a thrift store for a local recovery ministry.
The reality of heaven and hell are all around. There is hell and heaven on earth. Disciples of Jesus are given the privilege of bringing heaven to earth as in the Lord’s Prayer, “…your kingdom come your will be done on earth as in heaven.” Since God’s primary characteristic trait is love it follows God’s people should be consumed by love and affirmation.
 In some previous article I have written for the Blanco County News we examined heaven; rewards in heaven and what happens when we die? Having read numerous books of these subjects it has been brought to my attention, “Why have you not written anything on Hell? Who really wants to write on hell?
When a rural church invited me to be the speaker for a four day conference it was to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its founding. The church had begun with three families holding services in a rented hall and five years later had grown enough to purchase a small church building, a parsonage and some acreage on a picturesque country corner.
C.S. Lewis said, ‘“Aim at heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in;’ aim at earth and you will get neither.”’ Death is certainly not the end. Death is only the reality of another existence. That is to say, death is the entrance to another reality of life. Much like a caterpillar is captive in its coffin of a worm body.

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