Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Submission to God involves surrendering our will to His. It…

The fact of God sending His Son to earth in human form is what Christmas is all about. Jesus coming to earth in human flesh is truly worthy of the celebration of all who have enjoyed the benefit of it in biblical Salvation. The word incarnation means “becoming flesh” and that is what the Bible…

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name…

We live in a time when many are turning against the nation of Israel. Sadly, even among churches that call themselves biblical churches, Bible believing churches, even a few fundamental independent Baptist churches, there are churches who are following the teaching of replacement theology in the idea that the church today replaces the promises to…

God is always faithful. The children of God should strive to maintain that family trait of our Heavenly Father. God’s people ought to be the most thankful people in the world. We should be thankful first of all to God for His Salvation and for all that we are promised in our relationship with Him.…

God is good! We see the goodness of God extended to us in so many ways. God’s goodness is extended to us in His creation. Everyone gains benefit from the creation. No matter who they are and no matter what they have done, everyone enjoys the goodness of God in His creation. In Matthew 5:45,…

As we journey through this month of November, I pray we will all grow in our thankfulness for the things we have been blessed with by the Lord. I fear that we too often fail to appreciate what we have until we don’t have it anymore. I fear that we become accustomed to the blessings…

October was a wonderful month of emphasizing worldwide evangelization for Summerville Baptist Church. We started with a church planter being sent out of Berean Baptist in Pendleton to plant Morrow County Baptist Church in Boardman. The Andresen family is going to begin holding services in May of next year, and I hope we can be…

I trust you have truly sought the Lord in His will for your faith mission giving as you return your response card today. I trust God will be honored and glorified in the coming year as we make decisions expressing our obedience to Him in doing His will for His church in the future. I…

I am thankful for every person that is here this morning and hopeful for more to attend in the future. I am also hopeful more of you here this morning will return for the service tonight than did last Sunday night. I am thankful for the 55 people who joined in with the services this…