Jeremiah 9:23-24 part II
Jeremiah 9:23-24 part II
Preached by GW Fisher on 08/22/10 at the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Jeremiah 9:23-24 part I
Jeremiah 9:23-24 part I
Preached by GW Fisher on 08/22/10 at the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Exodus 34 – Moses Reacts pt. II
Exodus 34 - Moses Reacts pt. II
The continuation of a summer evening sermon series on the 34th chapter of the Book of Exodus.
Preached by Pastor GW Fisher on 08-29-2010
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Exodus 34 – Moses Reacts pt. I
Exodus 34 - Moses Reacts pt. I
The continuation of a summer evening sermon series on the 34th chapter of the Book of Exodus.
Preached by Pastor GW Fisher on 08-22-2010
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Exodus 34 – Keeping Mercy For Thousands…
Exodus 34 - Keeping Mercy For Thousands...
The continuation of a summer evening sermon series on the 34th chapter of the Book of Exodus.
Preached by Pastor GW Fisher on 08-15-2010
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Jeremiah 8 – A Balm in Gilead
Jeremiah 8 - A Balm in Gilead
Preached by GW Fisher on 08/22/10 at the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
A Charge From Macedonia – 1 Timothy 1
1 Timothy 1:4-11 - A Charge From Macedonia
Preached by pastoral Intern Jason Anspach on 08/08/2010
1 Timothy 1:3-11
3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, 6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Make Paul Happy
Elder Allister Stone fills the pulpit while Pastor Fisher attends Synod.
"Make Paul Happy"
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Synod: Day One
Thursday in Cincinnati dawned bright and hot and while the smog had been washed out by overnight thunder storms, the air was still muggy and air conditioning a relief.
The first session of synod began with an address from the outgoing moderator, Dr Len Pine. His message introduced the theme of the synod: "Let Brotherly Love Continue."
Following that, the Lord's Supper was conducted by the Rev. Patrick Hines of Cincinnati. Rev. Hines serves the church here and has a lovely growing family.
The opening service was closed and after a short break the commissioners reconvened. The roll was formed, including ministers,elder delegates and alternates, corresponding and visiting brethren.
The docket was adopted and can be found on the denominations website in full.
The Reverend Ben Robinson was elected the new moderator and his vice moderator is Dr. John Battle.
The Reverend Steve Brinegar was elected as assistant clerk and will be helping Rev. Dyck with those duties.
Communications from various correspondents were read and assigned to committees for study and report.
The Rev. Tony Curto, the observer from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church brought us greetings from that body.
The synod photo--always fun--was taken and then retaken. Year after year the photographer--always someone different, depending where we are--asks for the shorter men to move up front and the taller ones to gather in the back, and every year, the short men, who imagine they are tall, have to be shoved up to the front--no body wants to be shorter than any one else.
The ladies are far more co-operative, if harder to get to hold still.
This was followed by a delicious lunch of hot soup and green salad. Cold soup might have been better under the circumstances, but it was very good.
While standing in line to get our food, Nellie, Tammie and Bonnie noticed that the seminary display was stacked high with knap sacks that have a beautiful logo advertising PMU and WRS. they were designed for their joint work in Myanmar and Bolivia. The three ladies each put one on thinking it would make good advertising for the seminary. Dr. Battle, and other, including Dr. Pine, thought that the women should be carrying their husband's Bibles, books, etc. on their backs. I, of course, stayed out of this part of the discussion.
Mrs. Lensch, immediately responded by saying that would be fine as long the men were sure to put their wallets in the sacks too.
Lunch with Judith Collins was full of interesting stories and then it was back to business.
The moderator appointed the committees that are to work during the next five days and after hearing a heartfelt thank you from Dr. Blizzard for the encouragements during Mrs. Blizzard's recent struggles and homegoing, the body recessed to committees and prayer groups.
The Bills and Overtures Committee, which deals with matters relating to the church's government, met to discuss changes in the Form of Government, issues relating to the bounds of Presbyteries and other issues.
The Church Relations Committee, which deals with our relationship to other bodies met as well, along with the resolutions committee.
Four agencies were reviewed and approved by the synod and recommended for support: Presbyterian Fundamental Publications, WRS, Presbytery Mission Union.
Presbyterian Missionary Union Update
It is the hottest day of the summer in Cincinnati, the very atmosphere is muggy. We walked outside last night and Bonnie said, "Why do people pay to go to a sauna?"
The yearly meeting of the full Presbyterian Missionary Council, began Wednesday morning in the gym of the Grace Bible Presbyterian Church. Pastors and elders, all members of the council, from Florida, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Alberta, Canada, and Washington were in attendance.
Reports were received from the President, the Reverend Morris MacDonald, and the Field Director, Dr. Len Pine.
No missionaries were on hand this year, but elaborate reports are submitted from each missionary and reviewed by the board. One new missionary was received and three church plants, in various stages of development were reviewed. The plant in Idaho was approved pending action on the part of the NW Presbytery. We look forward to seeing this work up and running before the end of the year.
We received reports from Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Bolivia.
A revamping of the PMU day to to day operations was reviewed and adopted as well.
The board, with joy, approved the marriage of the Rev. Mark Baldwin to Wiwin Sunarto of Singapore and Dr. Pine will be traveling to Cambodia to perform the ceremony on October 22, 2010.
The council received a detailed report on the Team Timothy to Bolivia and considered the next team outreach--to Cambodia.
The council has more opportunities than ever before, but due to financial restraints was forced to reduce its 2011 budget by more than $25,000.00.
This the council 25th year of operation and though expenses have been cutback, activity has not. The board is implementing new ways to do its work to remain lean and productive. More missionaries are being applying, international training is continuing, church plants are being developed, and new works explored.
You can read the Olympia BPC's take of the meeting here.
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