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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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Messiah, Christmas, Sin, Eden, Adam & Eve, Deliverer
The idea of a coming deliverer runs deep in Jewish belief and spans the gamut of biblical history. ...
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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
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Prayer
| Tags: Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Godliness, Spiritual Disciplines
In John 17:1-5 we see that our Lord and Savior prayed first for himself. We should note that if Christ Jesus, who was God incarnate and without sin, needed to pray, how much more do we need to be given to prayer? We should never think that we can live for God with our prayer. Jesus prayed. He taught the disciples to pray (Luke 11:1-4). God’s house was to be a house of pr...
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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
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Family
| Tags: parenting, family, Grand-parenting, Grandparents, Gospel Grand-parenting, Grand Children, Christian Home
Kids love visiting grandparents! Why is this true? Because grandparents are loving and take great interest in their grandchildren. Dad and mom are often overloaded, over-worked and overwhelmed with the responsibilities of a being in the building stage of life and having a house full of children. Not to let dad and mom off the hook, but grandparents are typically in a diffe...
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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Jesus, Worship, Christmas
Christmas has stood the test of time. It is doubtful that our Savior was born December 25th but it doesn’t matter....
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March 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Giving Thanks, Demons, Treading On Snakes, The Church
Jesus’ seventy-two disciples returned from their preaching expedition astonished that they had discovered that even the demonic spirits obey them when they commanded them in the name of Jesus....
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January 17, 2020
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Worship, Money, Stewardship, Giving, Tithing
Do you have money or does money have you? ...
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December 28, 2019
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Vision, Growth, Church, Mission
What is the most important thing that Christ has called the church to do? ...
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