Perpetual Youth

I had an experience recently that was a real eye-opener.  I would love to be able to share all the details, but in consideration of the fact that my blog is open to the public, I feel it would be best not to do so.  I certainly have no desire to hurt anyone's feelings.

To be brief, the experience involved me speaking (on behalf of LMO) at a youth rally.  I took my 2 daughters with me.  What we encountered was just downright embarrassing.  The 2 rock bands were a disgrace to the Holy God about Whom they claimed to be singing.  It was so loud it scared my baby girl and shocked my 12 yr old.  Adults made fools of themselves in the name of doing anything for Christ.  When the Bible speaks of the foolishness of the gospel, I feel pretty confident in not interpreting that to mean getting up on a comfortable, air-conditioned stage and acting like an ape.  Whatever I have said in the past about youth groups, let me just say that I was much too nice about it.

I have taken a lot of heat about this subject through the years, but time has shown us that we have done a grave disservice to our kids by inventing a new way of evangelizing them.  By "reinventing the wheel", we have completely departed from New Testament faith.  We've lost confidence in the glorious gospel and the power of Holy Spirit preaching, and put our trust in recreation and psychological games.  We mock a Spirit-filled man of God and flock to metrosexual dudes with holes in their jeans and untucked shirts.  We've traded the "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs" for (....I'm trying to be nice here...give me a minute...) generic, mediocre, chants to the beat of a pagan drum.  And our children are lost.

My 12 year old, one of the church pianists who plays beautifully from the Church Hymnal and carries herself with a mature grace and charm well beyond her years, was dumbfounded.  "Mom, do they not realize how silly they look?  I'm embarrassed for them."  It grieved me to see the "dumbing down" that was taking place. Where is the challenge to embrace a serious walk with Christ?  What can be gained by encouraging perpetual youth?

And our children are lost.

As I was discussing this with a friend yesterday, her daughter shared this video with me.  I LOVE the Blimey Cow guys!  They're a perfect testimony to homeschooling, and the ability it gives people to think outside the box of mainstream mania.  This video sums up the futility of youth groups, as well as why they draw so many kids, most of whom sadly do not make the cross-over into grown-up church. (Of course, the Bible NEVER makes a distinction!  When Paul wrote to the Colossians and the Ephesians, addressing the children and the parents, he never paused for the youth pastor to bring his group in to hear the reading of the letter.  He expected they were all sitting together in the congregation listening as a family!)

The Watery Grave

We had such a wonderful weekend!  The Lord has really been moving in our church, and we've had 2 of our own get saved in the last few weeks, my son, Seth and my cousin, Ethan.  I'm so thankful to see the Lord still moving in the lives of young people, and praise Him that He still saves sinners!  Both Ethan and Seth wanted to be baptized in a river.  It truly was a glorious day!

The first thing Seth did when we got to the river was....catch a frog, of course!  Love my scientist!

Happy Resurrection Day!

It's that awkward time of year again, where Christian parents (reportedly 88% of them) are placed in the impossible position of trying to reconcile the Easter Bunny with the Resurrection of Christ. Most will take the path of "these are 2 separate things," as in, "Easter is really about the resurrection of Christ, but at the same time we dye and hunt eggs and await the arrival of a benevolent, gift-bearing rabbit". (I'm trying to keep a straight face.) However absurd that is, if it were true, there would be nothing inherently immoral about that. But the truth is, the Bible has a lot to say about the origin of the Easter Bunny, and all the pagan rituals that accompany the arrival of spring.
Below is a link to an excellent article that provides a history (from Biblical and secular sources) of the beginnings of the Mother-Son cult that began at Nimrod's tower in Babel.
"Where Did Easter Get Its Name? Where Did the Concept of an Easter Egg and Bunny Originate?"
This article does an excellent job of laying its history. After reading it carefully, consider these scriptures that deal with the Mother-Son Cult:

Jeremiah 44:15-19 (The Queen of Heaven, also cakes)

Jeremiah 7:18-19 (cakes, now known as Hot Cross Buns)

Ezekiel 8:13-14 (weeping for Tammuz, now known as Lent)

Ezekiel 8:15-16 (sunrise service)*

(*I do realize that Christians, completely apart from pagan practice, might legitimately have a sunrise service to commemorate the Resurrection, "early in the morning the first day of the week"; however, the pagans did it first for different reasons)

These Scriptures are startling when you further study the history of Constantine and his "conversion"; in which all the Mother-Son Cult practices were conveniently switched over to a Christianized version. Thus, Semiramis became Mary; and Tammuz became Jesus. Of course, this eventually morphed into the Mother-Son Cult of the Catholic Church, with Mary as the Queen of Heaven.

The true Mary would be appalled at such worship, although even before the Crucifixion, Satan had inspired one woman to worship Mary (his lies never change, they're just re-packaged with every generation and culture). Note:

"And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:27-28

Other names for the Mother-Son cult in scripture to run references on are Baal, Ashtoreth, Ashtaroth, Chemosh, and Molech.

It's a lot to soak in, and if you'd like to research it more, I can recommend 3 books:

The Genesis Record by Dr. Henry Morris

The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop

Babylon Religion by David W. Daniels

Do I think that people are going to hell if they dye and hunt Easter eggs? Of course not! But the false religion of Babylon has sent billions to hell through the ages, and I don't want to be a part of it! In fact, the Bible calls the Babylonian religion "The Great Whore".

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the women drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" Rev. 17:5, 6 (think: inquisition!)

We are also admonished to "come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." Rev. 18:4, 5
I will be remembering Christ's resurrection with my family and my church tomorrow. The Bible actually gives the church 2 ordinances by which to remember Christ's death and His resurrection, and that is through The Lord's Supper (His death) and Believer's Baptism (His resurrection). [Incidentally, we are not commanded to mark His birth, although we're not told NOT to.]

I hope all my friends have a wonderful Resurrection Day tomorrow! I rejoice and look forward to our own bodily resurrection one day. For "if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." (I Cor. 15:19) But praise God, He is the firstfruits! And because He defeated death...

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

I Cor. 15:51, 52

Christ the Lord is risen today! Hallelujah!

Monumentally Disappointed

Let me just say at the beginning of this post, that I HAVE NOT SEEN KIRK CAMERON'S NEW MOVIE MONUMENTAL. My personal conviction is that a movie theater where my Lord's name is cursed and mocked hundreds of times each day (along with glorifying all other manner of sin and debauchery) is no place for a child of God, even for a "good" movie. Even so, I have heard and read much about the movie.

I don't mean to beat up on a fellow believer, but I was quite alarmed to hear that Kirk Cameron arranged to have Mormon Glenn Beck piped in live at the beginning of the film. Reading the transcripts, it was so disheartening to see that he allowed Beck to speak of God and counsel the audience on spiritual matters. Having learned so much from Kirk's ministry (Way of the Master) about Mormonism, I was utterly shocked at the complete failure of discernment on Kirk Cameron's part to give accreditation to Beck's cult.

Most Christians today have little or no discernment. Their commitment to theology and doctrine is an inch deep and a mile wide. They are impressed with Beck's talk of God and Jesus and even salvation, but the reality is that his God and Jesus are not the God and Jesus of the Bible!

I guess what has shocked me the most about Kirk Cameron's inclusion of Glenn Beck in this spiritual enterprise, and thus his endorsement of Beck's theology, is that Kirk Cameron was one of the VERY FEW who declined involvement is Beck's pseudo-revival 8/28 Restoring Honor rally, an ecumenical hodgepodge.

Wow, how far he's come...now that he has a new line of products to sell.

I have been blessed by the ministry and integrity of Kirk Cameron through the years, but I do believe he has fallen into the same ecumenical ditch about which he has spent the last 10+ years warning others. He is in my prayers.

See also:

"Concerns About Kirk Cameron's Movie Monumental" by Christine Pack

You can call me "southern", and you can call me "baptist",

but don't you dare call me "Southern Baptist".

Thanks to the efforts of Richard Land (whose office receives millions of dollars from their annual budget), the Southern Baptists now officially hold the same position on illegal (as in "NOT" legal, lawbreakers) aliens as does the Communist Party USA and our Marxist President. This is shameful!

From the APB:


Southern Baptists support path to legal status in immigration reform
By Bob Allen
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

PHOENIX (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a debated resolution June 15 calling for “a just and compassionate path to legal status” for undocumented immigrants.

President Obama supports immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people who are living in the country illegally. Opponents say amnesty encourages others to enter the United States illegally and compete for American jobs.

“This will be known as Southern Baptist amnesty,” said Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif.

“That is exactly what this is,” said Drake, a former convention vice president. “This is amnesty any way you phrase it.”

Messengers voted 766-723 against a motion by Richard Huff, pastor of Corona de Tucson Baptist Church in Tucson, Ariz., to delete a paragraph that asks the government “to implement, with borders secured, a just and compassionate path to legal status, with appropriate restitutionary measures, for those undocumented immigrants already living in our country.”

Huff said he agreed with other parts of the resolution that opposed “nativism” and any bigotry or harassment against undocumented workers, but giving them amnesty rewards them for breaking the law and puts them in line ahead of those seeking citizenship through legal means.

“They came here illegally and now we say: ‘We are going to reward you. You are already here?’” Huff asked. “The right of citizenship is too precious to reward those who are here illegally.”



Read the full article here.

Blessings

"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

It was a glorious weekend on the 23rd when Jason had the privilege of baptizing our oldest child. Thank God for His faithfulness in answering our prayers, and thanks to our church for being the kind of place where our children can get saved.

Thanks to Bro. Tony for sharing some of his pictures with me!

Some of My Favorite People

I just love these guys and girls!

Blessed are the poor in spirit...

My heart is full today. I have a lot to blog about, I just can't seem to get my thoughts focused on anything except getting ready for revival tonight. Jason is preaching, and last night, he preached and the Lord moved in a mighty way. Our Caleb finally got things right with God, and got saved. He made a profession of faith when he was 7 years old, and Jason and I felt good about it. We did not push him; in fact, we made him beg. Caleb has always been the kind of child whose heart was directed toward the Lord. He's always asked deep, theological questions, and always wanted to serve God. Perhaps that's why he made a move so early, but a couple years ago, he began to have doubts. I've never seen a child be so "poor in spirit", truly seeking God. It's been an agonizing time, watching him struggle, but we were determined to stay out of it, pray for him, and let him make peace with His Creator on his own. Thank God that He still saves and answers prayers! And I'm so thankful for my church family. Jason dismissed everyone to go home, but every single person stayed, praying with him and for him, determined to wait it out until he got what he needed. THAT'S what church is all about. It's not an organization, it's a family of believers, dedicated to building a wall of prayer around our young ones, trusting God for each other to keep them in His fold.

Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for tonight!

This is dedicated to Poppie and Bro. Jamie (you know who you are)

No Greater Joy

Here are some snapshots from Madelyn's baptism this past Sunday.

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." 3 John 4

Out of the Mouths of Babes

It's Good Enough for Me

When Jason and I began our family, we were so scared and excited at the same time. We were nervous and didn't really know what we were getting into. No one does. We found parenting to be a pure joy, but the hardest thing we'd ever done. More than anything, we wanted our children to come to know our Saviour. All our decisions regarding entertainment, recreation, friends, church, and school have been centered around that one desire. We've made mistakes, and we've also made enemies and had people accuse us of being too strict and other things that I'd rather not say here. The sacrifices have been great on our part just to stand firm on the convictions that the Lord has given us on how to raise our children. Friends have come and gone. Family has come and gone. But the Lord has been true.

And as I sit here this morning, I can tell you that it has all been worth it. The Lord saved my baby girl Madelyn yesterday. It was glorious. It was real. And it was worth more than anything I've ever had to give up in order to live by my convictions.

We've never allowed our children to go into children's church. We don't allow them to go to youth groups or AWANA. We've never taught them The Roman Road (as Bro. Milby says, we don't want to go to Rome, we want to go to Calvary!). We don't believe in child evangelism "techniques" that teach children the ABCs of salvation (Admit, Believe, Confess). And we don't want them "making decisions" for Christ. Madelyn already believed in God and knew she was a sinner before she got saved. "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." (James 2:19) You'll be no better off than the devil by ABC techniques, without the drawing power of the Holy Spirit, "No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him" (John 6:44).

We've tried to keep their hearts and minds pure and uncluttered so they could hear from the Lord. We've kept them at home with us most of the time, so that we were there to answer their questions about the Lord. We've raised them under spirit-filled preaching, and just prayed that the same Holy Spirit that drew us to salvation would grip the hearts of our children as well.

If you think I'm bragging about being a great parent, you just don't get it. I am helpless. I am nothing. I have tried to lay the groundwork, but in the end, I can't save my own child. What I'm trying to say is, AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO, I COULD NOT HELP MADELYN MAKE THAT DECISION. I have watched her struggle and cry and wrestle with God, but I couldn't do it for her. My daughter had to do personal business with her Creator. As I watched her precious little feet inch closer and closer to the aisle, I knew she was exercising that measure of faith that God has dealt to every man (Rom. 12:3). The modern church has lost confidence in the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. The Lord hasn't changed his method of salvation. He'll save your child the same way he saved you and your parents and your grandparents and your great-grandparents, etc....

It was good for our Fathers
It was good for our Mothers
It will take us all to heaven,
And it's good enough for me!

Sleeping Princess

KK snapped this after church yesterday. Look at those sweet rosey cheeks and lips.

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Blest be the tie that binds... Our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship of kindred minds... Is like to that above.
Before our Father’s throne ...We pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one ...Our comforts and our cares.
We share each other’s woes, Our mutual burdens bear;

And often for each other flows... The sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part,... It gives us inward pain;

But we shall still be joined in heart,... And hope to meet again.
This glorious hope revives... Our courage by the way;

While each in expectation lives, ...And longs to see the day.
From sorrow, toil and pain ,...And sin, we shall be free,

And perfect love and friendship reign ...Through all eternity.

I love my church. Being a pastor's wife can be an emotional roller coaster at times. It's hard sharing your husband with so many, having to watch him expose himself to ridicule and criticism while knowing the personal sacrifices he's making, living in a glass house, and not quite sure what you can say and when to say it. Not to mention the whole burden of living with a man of God. I dearly love him, but he's a man just like all other men; yet I have to live with the burden of knowing that my attitudes and criticism, my mistakes and my sins, directly affect his preaching and his ministry. (...hence, my gray hairs...)

But, did I mention that I love my church? Jason has been pastoring since 1996. It's been a wild ride for us. We have been loved. We have been hated. We have felt the sting of rejection, seen our children's tears, watched as our personal sacrifices of time and money were laughed at, and we have even come close to collapsing beneath the heavy load. But the Lord has been ever faithful to us.

And that's why I love my church. The Lord has now (since 2006) placed us in a place of rest. Don't get me wrong, Jason still carries a pastor's burden, but life is so different for us being in a church that loves us and loves Bible preaching. Not just one or two families, not just half the church, but the entire congregation is in one mind and one accord, and we genuinely love and lift up each other. The church believes and lives by what the preacher preaches, and they encourage him to keep preaching more! I am honored to be a part of this body of believers and to experience the true Christian fellowship that we have.

I do love my church. Yesterday, they gave Jason a surprise "Pastor Appreciation Day". There was dinner served, with the fellowship hall decorated, gifts, and even a new suit. I will forever treasure the surprised and humble look on Jason's face when he realized what the church had done for us. I'll never forget the countenances of my children, over whose tender hearts I have prayed as we've had to endure such bitterness through the years, as they listened to the people thank us for our service to the church and to the Lord.

I love my church, and blest be the Tie that binds our hearts in Christian love.

Know, No, Go

It's true that I hear good preaching every Sunday, but I do love to listen to the old preachers from days gone by. One way that God has truly blessed us through technology, is through the ability to go back to the start of this past century and find recordings of men of God. I seriously doubt that Bro. Lester Roloff or Bro. Maze Jackson or Bro. Harold Sightler ever imagined their sermons being downloaded for iPods, but I'm thankful for that privilege. I like to read scripture aloud and try to imagine how John the Baptist and Paul might have sounded as they delivered their messages. I've read messages from Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, but that isn't the same as hearing something preached with anointing. I can personally testify that there have been certain times in my life where I had sin and weights that I needed to lay down. I read about these issues, but was able to reason through the arguments laid out in print. Then, I heard them preached on with anointing, and the Holy Spirit bare witness on my soul that in order to continue forward in my Christian walk, I must lay these things down. That's why church and preaching are so neccessary to the Christian walk. Pray for your preacher!

I hope you enjoy this message by Bro. Roloff. It's called "Know, No, Go", and it was a great encouragement to me. The one thing that always draws me back to Bro. Roloff's messages, is the love for sinners that you can so strongly hear and feel in his voice. How I need that kind of compassion! Our hope is not in America, and certainly not in Obama (though many actually pray to him, believe it or not!) , our only hope is in Christ Jesus, Who is soon returning. Preachers, preach while there's still time!

Enjoy:
"Know, No, Go" by Bro. Lester Roloff (you can download it or stream it live)

The First Papa

Today, millions of well-meaning but misguided Christians will dress their little children up for school and send them off to get all starry-eyed by their great Commander in Chief. (Now, just for the record, OBAMA AIN'T COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CHILDREN, OR FOR THAT MATTER THE CITIZENS! I'm so sick of hearing ignorant people spew out that excuse for allowing him to indoctrinate our school children! Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of that old-timey paper we used to live by states that our elected President is Commander in Chief of the armed forces! Duh!).

Now, it's no secret that I don't like Obama. But let's just get this straight. I would be outraged if this were Ronald Reagan or even George Washington himself! (Of course that would NEVER happen, as our first president had a much narrower and humbler view of the president's role.) Children are sacred ground when it comes to politics. Leave them out of it. And EVEN THOUGH Obama's speech will not be about political issues (at least NOW it won't, after all the controversy), the point is that he wants their hearts. HE MUST HAVE THEIR HEARTS. He doesn't love them; he needs them.

By allowing him access to our kids, there will be much more said and taught to them other than the content of his speech. (Please read "My Little Comrades" at the American Thinker website!) They will inadvertantly be taught to pledge allegiance, not to our flag and country, but to a man. To his worldview. To his ideals. To his agenda.

PEOPLE, WAKE UP! And don't give me that poppycock about "respecting the office" and that the Bible says to pray for our leaders. Yep. That means that I'm not going to take a gun and shoot him. And believe me when I say I HAVE prayed for him...that the Lord would have mercy on our country and let him fail in his radical agenda. Said and done. But the Bible also says that we ought to obey God rather than man, and to imply that Christians should submit their children to the direct influence of a baby-killing, sodomite-loving, Bible-mocking, truth-despising usurper just shows the desperate dumbing down of today's impotent church.

The sad truth is, that it is kind of hypocritical for parents to get all huffy and puffy about this particular day and Obama's speech, when the truth is that they allow their children to be re-educated with Marxist propaganda every day that they load them up on that big yellow bus.

Read "Great Leader Obama Coming to a School Near You".

I do quite realize that there are hard-working school teachers that will be greatly offended by what I just said, but I stand by my words 100%. It doesn't matter how sweet one teacher is, the whole system is corrupt. The textbooks are corrupt. Phonics has been replaced by post-modernistic "whole language". Economics is shallow and misleading. History is revised and re-written and selectively presented. Science is full of lies and heresy. Math and Language are overshadowed by ridiculous subjects being taught in high school now like "Psychology" and "Sociology". The goal of well-rounded learning has been replaced by nationalized test-taking and aptitude tests, both to rake in federal money and to raise good little proletarian robots for the service of the state. Teachers, themselves, have their hands tied by that great, corrupt, political machine called the N.E.A.

Yeah, I'm mad. And I know a lot of other people are too, but not enough people! It's one thing to live under tyranny. But to despise the miracle of freedom that God granted the United States of America, and to carelessly toss it aside....it's just INEXCUSABLE! It reminds me of I Samuel, when the people demanded a king for Israel. Even though God had warned them that a king would demand their sons and their daughters and their fields and their possessions (I Samuel 8:11-18), they ignorantly said, "...Nay; but we will have a king over us; That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles" (I Sam. 8:19, 20) The Lord told a broken-hearted Samuel to give them what they asked for because "they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me" (I Sam. 8:7)

And so it is with America. The light will go out. All the nations that have admired us and dreamed of coming to our nation for so long....will now have nothing to look forward to. We will be like them.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!

Michael Jackson's REAL Cause of Death

Lest my blog readers think otherwise, please know that I am NOT obsessed with Michael Jackson; although I do admit to being a little morbidly mesmerized with his freakish appearance and self-abuse with all those plastic surgeries, and his transformation from a masculine teenager to a sickeningly feminine adult male. I have never deliberately listened to his music, and I was always a little suspicious of friends and acquaintances during my younger years who had his picture on their walls.

Having cleared that up, please indulge me by watching the above video made by Ray Comfort of Way of the Master. Remnant Christians look at society, and we see how bad things are; but to actually hear one-on-one conversations from lost people shows us the desperate ignorance of the masses when it comes to our Creator. "I believe he's up in heaven having a dance battle with James Brown, as we speak!"?!

Oh, how we need Bible preaching! Not psycho-babble rantings from the hirelings of the emergent church business, but real Bible preaching! Pray for the real preachers you know. Pray that they will be faithful and steadfast to the end!

Psalm of Summer

PSALM OF SUMMER

Now it came to pass that spring turned to summer.

God's people raised their voices and said:

Recreation is my shepherd;

I shall not stay at home;

He maketh me to lie down in a sleeping bag.

He leadeth me down to the interstate each weekend.

He restoreth my suntan;

He leadeth me to state parks for comfort's sake.

Even though I stray on the Lord's Day,

I will fear no reprimand

For thou art with me, my rod and reel they comfort me.

I anointeth my skin with oil, my gas tank runneth dry;

Surely my trailer shall follow me all the weekends this summer

--Johnny the Baptist

The Gospel Perverts

The Gospel Perverts or Jesus

The above link will take you directly to an old recorded radio program by Bro. Lester Roloff. If you've never listened to preaching by Bro. Roloff, you're surely missing a blessing. I have dozens of his sermons on my iPod that I downloaded for free from various resources on the internet. Bro. Roloff was a preacher in Texas who died in a plane crash in 1982. He founded several homes for troubled teenagers. He fought a showdown with the state of Texas over whether or not those homes would be controlled by the atheist state or the churches which funded them. He never backed down, and preachers from all over America came and stood with him, literally forming a chain around the homes to protect the girls inside. Bro. Roloff went to jail 5 different times, not willing to compromise on what he knew to be the rightful freedom from state intervention that the founding fathers passed down to us, and especially not willing to compromise his allegience to King Jesus. He was a lone voice crying in the wilderness during the 70s and 80s, warning (almost prophetically) churches against registering with the government. If only they had listened!

In the message linked above, Bro. Roloff begins the program with his trademark song, "Stranger at Blue Galilee" that began every radio program. He doesn't get in a big way preaching on this program, but it is still very powerful. Also, keep in mind that it was being boldly broadcast all over the nation. If you listen to the very end, you will hear many topics covered, including communism, big government, public schools, psychologists, seminary preachers versus God-called preachers, career women, de-throned husbands, drugs, modern art/music, and hippies! (All on national radio!) Even with all the sins hurting America, Bro. Roloff's main theme in this message is,

"The worst pervert in America is the gospel pervert."

How true!

The Ushers

Our church is blessed with two fine young men who serve as the ushers. The one on the right just happens to be my son, and the other is his sweet friend, Trevor. For weeks I've been meaning to get a picture of them in their suits, and I finally remembered to do it last night! Of course I'm partial and happen to think they're a pretty handsome pair! But most importantly, they love the Lord, and they love their families and their church.

Here they are at age 7:

And here they are with their dads going coon hunting:

We are so blessed at BBC with our young people. We don't have youth groups or youth classes, or anything that encourages our children to think they are separate from the adults at church. They are vital to us, and we want them to know that. We don't have a regular piano player, but we have 5 piano students (as well as a guitar student and a mandolin student!), and between them, they pool their singing and playing talents and provide a much needed musical addition to each service. Last night, the older girls sang "Sweet Hour of Prayer" as Macey played, and it just gave me chills. I'm so proud of them, not just because of their talent, but because they know the Lord about Whom they are singing! Praise God!