First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Gifts That Can Change a Life December 24, 2024 So how do you celebrate Christmas? Did you know that the first real Christmas celebrations didn’t start until more than 300 years after Jesus’ death and resurrection? I find it interesting that the first Christians did not celebrate Christmas like we Continue Reading…
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Wise People Still Seek Him
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Wise People Still Seek Him December 17, 2024 What does it mean to be wise? How is wise different than being smart? Smart is often used to describe a person who has improved their mind through study and learning, while wise is used to describe a person who was Continue Reading…
Joseph & Mary – Faithful Servants
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Joseph & Mary – Faithful Servants December 10, 2024 Have you ever been a parent? There are many things you need to be good at to be an effective and supportive parent. Good parenting starts with showing love by caring for and spending time with your child. Parents need Continue Reading…
Advent – The Reason for the Season
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Advent – The Reason for the Season December 3, 2024 So how are you preparing for Christmas? Now that we have passed Thanksgiving, the rush for Christmas is on and the shopping for gifts is underway. As I returned from my Thanksgiving travel, I noticed the lights at FKEC Continue Reading…
Gratitude
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Gratitude November 24, 2024 Last week I shared that 90% of all news stories are negative and how focusing on bad things can lead to anxiety. So why are all these news stories negative? Research suggests it is because people tend to pay more attention to negative events then Continue Reading…
Anxiety & Peace
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Anxiety & Peace November 19, 2024 We live in a challenging world today. From politics to the economy to what is happening around the world, it seems as though good news and something positive is hard to find. The way news is reported has changed dramatically over the last Continue Reading…
Nothing Changes Until You Do
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Nothing Changes Until You Do November 12, 2024 The world around us is constantly changing, many times in directions we don’t expect. This past week, many were surprised by the win of the presidency by Donald Trump. It is not yet known just how much change he will introduce Continue Reading…
The Garden
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: The Garden November 5, 2024 We live in a world where most of us don’t have much exposure to gardens that grow food, especially if we live in an urban area. Small family farms make up 90% of all farms in the United States and they produce about 18% Continue Reading…
Leadership Matters
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Leadership Matters October 29, 2024 We are just 7 days away from the 2024 election. If you have spent any time watching TV, listening to the radio or streaming your favorite podcast, everywhere we turn there seems to be political ads trying to convince us to vote or not Continue Reading…
Miracles
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Miracles October 22, 2024 So, what is a miracle? Do they happen today? Miracles are something that we can’t understand under the laws of nature. The natural laws we live under every day govern how we think and understand the world around us. We know for example, that gravity Continue Reading…