First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Nehemiah – With God all Things are Possible January 21, 2025 Have you ever had a task or project you needed to accomplish that seemed impossible? I know sometimes when I am faced with a difficult or large task, it is easy to put it off for another day because Continue Reading…
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Where Do We Begin?
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Where Do We Begin? January 7, 2025 Leonardo da Vinci once said: “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” This quote points out that if we don’t know where we are headed, Continue Reading…
A Fresh Start
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: A Fresh Start December 31, 2024 I hope each of you enjoyed your Christmas celebrating the birth of Jesus! As we reach the end of 2024 and look forward with hope to what 2025 will bring, I am sure that you join me in hoping for a peaceful world where 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…
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…
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…
Love Like Jesus – Go the Extra Mile
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Love Like Jesus – Go the Extra Mile October 8, 2024 Have you ever heard the saying “go the extra mile?” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines going the extra mile to be: doing more than one is required to do. Many don’t know that Jesus was the first one to Continue Reading…
Kindness
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Kindness October 1, 2024 So, what is kindness and why is it the focus of this week’s message? Kindness is defined as the quality of being warmhearted, considerate, humane, and sympathetic, an inclination to do kind or charitable acts. Is our country and community becoming more or less kind? Continue Reading…
Difficult is the Way
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Difficult is the Way September 17, 2024 Sometimes it is hard to make sense of all the conflicting messages in our society. Our advances in technology make it possible for many to have their thoughts broadcast all over the world through tv, and the myriad of social media applications Continue Reading…
How do we Determine Right from Wrong?
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: How do we Determine Right from Wrong? August 27, 2024 This week we will dive into the difficult topic of how we determine what is right and what is wrong. This question has been debated for thousands of years and been the subject of many different theories. There is Continue Reading…