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Grace
Baptist Church
Coleman, Texas
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The Ministry
The
supreme test of character is disappointment and apparent
failure. Let the tide turn against us; let men avert their faces
and refuse our counsels; let us be driven to stand on the
defense against a world in arms – then our true metal is
approved.
(F. B. Meyer Samuel the Prophet)
"The Merger of Calvinism
with Worldliness" by Dr Peter Masters....This is a very
excellent and urgent message concerning the changes which many
are attempting to make in this present generation to historic
Calvinism. A must read!
Click here to read this important message!
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Our Service Schedule
ATTENTION: NEW SERVICE
TIMES!
Sunday AM Worship..10:30 AM
Due to the need for Pastor Shepard to seek
full time secular work, we are temporarily unable to have Sunday
School or Sunday Evening Services. It is our prayer that we will
be able to resume these services as soon as possible. Thank you for
your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience which
this might cause.
Wed Bible Study...... 6:00 PM.
Beginning July 01 2009 we will be meeting at the Pastor's house
for our weekly Bible study and prayer time. Please call for more
information.
600 Martin Street
Coleman, TX
Contact Information
Grace Baptist Church
P.O. Box 224
Coleman, TX
76834
325-625-3916
aashepard@hotmail.com
Church Meeting Address
115 Santa Anna Ave
Coleman, TX
(Map)
"The Great Revival"
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Grace Baptist Church,
located in central Texas, is a Baptist church
which proudly and unashamedly proclaims the
Sovereign grace of God, in the tradition of
historic Christianity: where Scripture remains
the sole authority for all faith and practice; where endeavoring to keep
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace is our utmost desire;
where earnest contending for the faith is exercised without being
contentious; and where Christ's glory is sought in all we say and
do!
We warmly invite you to come and
worship with us.
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 Here
is a list of books which I highly recommend, and
many of which has been a great blessing and
encouragement to me over the years. And though I
do not agree with everything these various
authors write, they are still rich in spiritual
encouragement and comfort for every true
believer. |
Provoking Thoughts
True Joy is better than
Happiness
"The difference between
shallow happiness and a
deep sustaining joy is
sorrow. Happiness lives
where sorrow is not.
When sorrow arrives,
happiness dies. It can't
stand pain. Joy, on the
other hand, rises from
sorrow and therefore can
withstand all grief.
Joy, by the grace of
God, is the
transfiguration of
suffering into
endurance, and of
endurance into
character, and of
character into hope--and
the hope that has become
our joy does not (as
happiness must for those
who depend upon it)
disappoint us."
(Puritan Preacher)
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"The
evil of divisions: they hinder much
good"
(Irenicum:
"Healing the
divisions amongst God’s people")
Jeremiah Burroughs
(1599-1646)
Eusebius reports that Constantine was
more troubled with the dissensions of
the church than with all the wars in
his dominions that he took them so to
heart that he could not sleep quietly
because of them. Yea, although he had a
spirit full of heroic valour, yet the
dissensions of the church were such
evils to him as to cause him to cry and
sob. Thus he wrote in an epistle to
Alexander and Arius; “Let me enjoy the
days in peace and the nights without
molestation, that the pleasure which
rises out of the pure light of concord
and quiet life may henceforth
inviolably be conserved. If it
otherwise happens, it behove us to sob
and sigh, and to share many a salt
tear”.
What heart that has any tenderness in
it bleeds not when it senses those sore
and dreadful heart-divisions that are
among us! The evil there is in them is
beyond what tongue or pen can express.
Take a view of it under these three
headings:
1. The good they
hinder;
2. The sin they cause;
3. The misery they bring.
Click here to
read more of this most humbling, yet
very urgent and timeless message..
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Special thanks to the Linsner Datentecnik GMBH
for
their providing us this webpage! |
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