First Baptist Church of Christ

This Week at FBC

Worship

February 7, 2010

Founders Sunday
Bill Leonard, preaching
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Bill Leonard, Dean of the Wake Forest School of Divinity. He will be our guest preacher and will lead adults in a joint Sunday School session.

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A covered dish luncheon will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your favorite vegetable, salad, or dessert ready to serve, enough for 12 or two families. Please label your dish with the name of your recipe. The church will provide meat, bread and beverages. Be advised that the kitchen is not able to warm dishes, cook casseroles, or store warm or cold dishes.

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Wednesday Night Supper

February 10, 2010

Roast Beef, Rice, Broccoli Casserole, Tossed Salad, Rolls, Chocolate Cake

Highlites

Highlites for February 7

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Podcast of Recent Sermons

For recent sermons, we invite you to visit and subscribe to the FBC Macon podcast. More details are available at fbcmacon.podbean.com.

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Church Manual

Revised Church Manual Approved Dec. 2

Stewardship at FBC

2010 Commitment Card
Please print and return to the church office, place your card in the little church in the sanctuary, or email your commitment to fbc@fbc.mgacoxmail.com.

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Gracious Politics

by Bob Setzer, Jr.

Every pastor or counselor soon learns: hearing from only one partner in a troubled marriage gives the listener a very distorted picture of what is going on.

It’s not that the spouse unburdening his or her heart is deliberately misrepresenting the dynamics of the marriage. He or she may rightly complain about being treated unfairly or callously by the once beloved husband or wife. But what is almost always lacking in such revelations is any self-awareness of how one sometimes invites, encourages, and empowers such a response in the other party in the relationship. Read More

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Faith by Hearing

by Bob Setzer, Jr.

For years, I’ve been a fan of audible books. Audible books, once known as “books on tape,” are these days more likely to be “books on CDs” or “books on an iPod.”

Well, starting February 17–the first Wednesday in Lent (a forty-day season leading to Easter)–I’ve got a really great read lined up. I’m going to start listening to the story of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament, and I want you to join me.

Through our partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, every member of our church will be offered a free recording of the New Testament. By listening to this recording just 28 minutes a day, one can listen to the entire New Testament in 40 days, just in time for Easter! Read More

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A Suffering Mystery

by Bob Setzer, Jr.

Pat Robertson has taken a well-deserved drubbing for his remarks attributing the earthquake in Haiti to the judgment of God. Of course, he has also generated intense media coverage for himself and his enterprise so perhaps he’s not so foolish as he appears.

But there is a sort of “judgment” in the catastrophe in Haiti if by “judgment” one means awakening to what is most vital and precious in life, and striving to reorder one’s life accordingly.

When questioned about a cruel slaughter unleashed by Pilate, Jesus said, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? NO, I tell you” (Luke 13:1-3). In answering “no,” Jesus distanced himself from the popular theology then (and regrettably still much in vogue today) that all suffering is due to sin. An earthquake in Haiti? Read More

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