Snake River Roaring Youth Jam & Berean’s Gospel Outreach

Downtown Idaho Falls is gearing up for all the free art, music, and dance to be offered at the Snake River Roaring Youth Jam, August 7-9.  Actually, the Idaho Falls police are kicking things off on Wednesday night, August 6 @ 6PM with a Community Night Out.
During this week, Berean Baptist Church is hosting a young gospel [...]

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Scout Pack #370

At the beginning of the summer, Berean Baptist Church became the chartering representative for the new Scout Pack #370.  We have been having a great time – den meetings, a baseball game, a camping trip at Warm River, pack meetings, etc.
Here are some of the boys last night, enjoying some fun – awards, a skit, games, [...]

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Brian Tousley’s New Book

I was reading The Northwest Baptist newsletter (Volume 12, Issue 2, Apr/May/June – 2008 ) when I came across the announcement on page 11 about Brian Tousley’s new book, Get Acquainted With Bible Truth in Bite Sizes.
He asks some good questions:

Is the Bible trustworthy and is it from God?
If Jesus is special, why is He [...]

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News for Southeastern Idaho Churches

1.  Yesterday, I dropped in for the 40th Anniversary celebration of Calvary Bible Church in Blackfoot, Idaho.  Justin Gort, missionary church planter under Biblical Ministries Worldwide, is the current shepherd in this outpost.  We had a fine time. 
Here is a little data about the church.
Sunday Service Times:  Sunday School – 10 AM, Worship Service – 11 AM
C.B.C. [...]

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54th Annual Idaho Falls Sidewalk Art Show

My son and I really enjoyed it, today - the 54th annual show.
Here are a list of the artists:

Marcia Q. & Callie C. Miller (Handmade Jewelry)
Alice Foster TrumbleeKevin Sybrowsky (Flame, brass, and metal)
Scott Wheeler
Ruth Stringam Nordstrom
John Beach
Mike Sorenson (woodcarver)
Gloria Miller Allen
Shirley’s (Jim – Lex – Gil – Tod) Paintings in Wood
Bob Seidel(imediaMagic)
Joe Landon (Color of Light [...]

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A Heart Cry for Southeastern Idaho!

Fred Sanders writes in the book, Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective (B&H Academic, 2007),
Once upon a time, the people most committed to the gospel were the people most inclined to serious theological thought.  The deepest doctrines of Christianity, the ones that are not on the surface of the Scriptures but lie waiting in its depths, were [...]

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The Tree at Red Cliff

 

 
Standing tall against a backdrop of fair skies and snowy peaks, above the place of earthly
Cares, a place not for the weak, positioned for my wonderment, though I don’t know
When, is a friend that prompts my thoughts to soar where ne’er I’ve ever been.
A place, so high above my depth that I must not depend [...]

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Red Cliff Family Adventure 2008! (Part 2)

If you have never been to Red Cliff Bible Camp, I would suggest that you put this at the top of your “to do” list.  My son, Joshua, came back from junior high camp this past week.  Greg Huffman, president of Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, delivered good Bible messages.  My daughter, Hannah, heads to junior camp, tomorrow. 
Here [...]

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Red Cliff Family Adventure 2008!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The grubstake

 

The pavilion

 

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What biblical religion is all about

Oswalt comments on Isaiah 58:8-9a:
This is ultimately what biblical religion is all about:  the presence of God.  It is not first of all a system of ideas or a system of ethics.  It is first of all the inbreaking of God into our lives, and that inbreaking will change all our ideas and all our [...]

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