January 4, 2021
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Bible Reading, The Bible, 2021 Vision
The Bible is the key to the Christian life. In the Bible, we discover who God is and His holy character. In the Bible, we find out our beginning and purpose. In it, we learn what’s wrong with the world and what God has done to reconcile all things to Himself. In Scripture, we find the way of salvation and the strength for living. It is in Holy Scripture that we are comma...
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December 8, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: The Gospel Of John, Jesus, Christmas, The Incarnation
He only lived thirty-three years on earth. His ministry only lasted three and a half years. This man Jesus and his disciples “turned the world upside down.”...
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December 7, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Racial Understanding, Praying for the Nation, Praying for the Church
We all know what’s going on in our country and are grieving. Our hearts are broken for George Floyd and what’s happening in our nation. I don’t have or know the answer except that we all need to pray. We need to pray that the church of Christ would make some sense out of how to deal with this....
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September 18, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: The Church, Church Community, Spiritual Leadership
Finally, we must pray for our leaders. In our romanticism, we tend to elevate leaders so high that they might as well be pieces of wood. They are no longer people, but symbols. We cannot stand to think of them as sinners. And this is unfair....
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August 7, 2020
| Tags: Authority, Government, Covid 19, Coronavirus, Freedom of Religion
Recently a church in Nevada sought an injunction from the US Supreme Court to relieve them from the Nevada governor’s executive order stating that they could not physically meet to worship in groups larger than 50 persons....
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July 13, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: parenting, Fathering, Manhood, Headship
Husbands, fathers & grandfathers ...
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June 9, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Pentecost, Worship, Ascension, Resurrection
The expectation of the “Chosen One” is everywhere in the Old Testament. This expectation is pictured In the protoevangelium (Gen. 3:15), Melchizedek the king-priest of Salem (Gen. 14:18), Israel’s blessing of Judah (Gen. 49:8-10), Moses’ mediatorial rule as a prophet, priest and king, the Davidic covenant, David himself, as well as the many prophecies scattered thr...
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April 13, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Love, Temptation, Discernment, Knowledge, Spiritual Maturity
The Apostle knows that a mark of spiritual growth is to grow in Christian love and to have that love informed by knowledge of truth. From this relationship, discernment grows. Discernment often rescues love from gullibility and temptation. ...
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April 13, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Coggins Church Update, Parking Lot
For most of the history of Coggins Memorial Baptist Church parking has been a problem. Coggins Memorial has served this community for over fifty years. For all of these years, members and guests have parked along the street, across the street, around an adjacent building, and in our current small parking areas. Two years ago our congregation, after saving enough money, vot...
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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Christmas, Birth of Jesus, Historical, Incarnation of Jesus
My prayer for you this Christmas is that your faith in the Savior of the World will be renewed, as you ponder the thought that the Savior is alive and reigning ~ he is real....
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