Isaiah 3:10 “Say to the righteous that it will go well with them…” Why does he stop to tell them this? Obviously there is a reason why Isaiah stops midstream of his sermon to speak to the righteous, In this sermon where God is going to remove men from their ordained place of leadership and…
Real Life Terror
First: I just read about the terror in Las Vegas and watched a short news report. The sound and sight of terror on the loose is unimaginable. At the base of the human experience I am hard pressed to express my sorrow for those who were running for their lives mixed with sympathy to the…
Three Month Trial of Sermon Audio
By the grace of God by moving generous and faithful supporters, Eastside Baptist Church has been broadcasting sermons via Sermon Audio since 2010. Over 7 years of sermons archived and ready for listening any day of the week, at any time, from any device. To my preacher friends or churches who regularly read my posts,…
My Religious Freedom Statement
For the past year and a half I have been in dialog with religious leaders in my community. Not a “ministerial alliance” of sorts. Not an effort to formulate a unitarian front for all religions to showcase equality among religions even. It has been an honest dialog among evangelicals, Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, and others that…
Sometimes It’s Hard to Find Someone to Agree With
I’m just going to go ahead and say this here and then move along. I don’t suppose I’ve watched an entire NFL football game in over a decade (I do usually look at the scores of the games sometime during the following week.) I do however like to know how my childhood favorite team has…
The Evangel
Anyone who claimed September 23, 2017 as the end of the world and used the bible to prove their position should be viewed as a false prophet. Church, discipline yourself to put our primary work in front of us and be faithful to the work of the evangel (the gospel). Date setting is no new…
Preach It Full
“I will preach it full!” D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones I think this may be among the most humbling statements a preacher could hear. In a day where the appeal to the local church, ministry, or pastor is to employ nearly every idea man could dream up to fill up a church, it’s easy to set down…
A September 23 Caution
No doubt, everyone should take a moment and consider the rapid increase of natural phenomena and epic cataclysmic natural disasters. Try reading a news report anywhere that doesn’t show pain and suffering is wide spread and the unknown news of war and terror is eminently looming. What should we do with such news? We should…
Local Pastor Spotlight: thebarpodcast.com
This week the B.A.R. podcast featured an interview with Greg Moering Jr. Listen to the interview HERE: http://thebarpodcast.com/index.php/2017/09/21/local-pastor-spotlight-greg-moering-jr/
An Open Letter to Crossway Church, Keene, New Hampshire
Dear Pastor Craig Johnson and to the Saints at Crossway Church, Keene, Hampshire, My name is Paul Thompson, I pastor Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. This past Sunday evening we had the privilege of having Sam, Sarah, and their sweet children with us as they introduced their hope to soon relocate to Croatia…