Brother Bob's Blog

Follow French youth on my new blog

2011-10-25T16:59:00.002-04:00

Here is a photo of the youth group from Colombes, France, visiting Effingham Christian School in Rincon.You can follow the daily progress of the French youth group on my new blog at www.bobrogers.me

Saturday night French arrive

2011-10-23T07:42:00.003-04:00

Photographs of the arrival of the French youth group on Saturday, October 22.

French youth arrived

2011-10-22T22:56:00.002-04:00

The youth group from Centre Evangelique Protestant (CEP) in Colombes, France arrived tonight, Saturday, October 22. They are doing well, and excited to be with us for a week. They will be singing and performing in morning worship, on October 23, and Pastor Thierry Auguste will preach.On Sunday night, October 23, we will have a special Lord's Supper service in English, French, and Spanish, as our

Lessons on praying for God's will

2011-10-06T15:24:00.003-04:00

Copyright 2011 by Bob Rogers"Pray to the Lord your God on our behalf... that the Lord your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do."-- Jeremiah 42:2-3, HCSB After Jerusalem was destroyed by Babylon, the temple burned, and most of the people deported, the remnant left in the land were devastated and sought God's will for their future. Should they remain in the land or

Funeral Message upon the Suicide of My Young Friend

2011-09-28T23:09:00.003-04:00

Copyright 2011 by Bob Rogers"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor

Should we change the name of the Southern Baptist Convention?

2011-09-27T16:04:00.007-04:00

Copyright 2011 by Bob RogersI grew up an Army chaplain's son, worshiping in a Protestant chapel, so I have a love and appreciation for other Christians, but my father was appointed as a chaplain by Southern Baptists, and I have always been a Southern Baptist. Like the old saying, "I'm Southern Baptist born, Southern Baptist bred, and when I die, I'll be Southern Baptist dead."Recently, Bryant

Guest Blog: A Biblical Perspective on Life and Suicide

2011-09-22T16:03:00.003-04:00

Loving Our Neighbor

2010-04-10T14:14:00.010-04:00

Heather Brantley and her husband bought an old home in the Sand Hill area of Effingham County a few years ago, hoping to fix it up. But then he came down with cancer and died, leaving Heather a widow with five young sons to raise. Her home church, Olive Branch Baptist, contacted several other churches about the need to repair her home, but it was decided the house was beyond repair. So eight

My other blogs

2010-04-09T21:07:00.002-04:00

I have two other blogs, for those who might be interested:"Holy Humor" at www.holyhumor.blogspot.com has about one selected column per month from my weekly newspaper column, "Holy Humor," which is published in the Effingham (Rincon, Ga.) Herald and Poplarville (Miss.) Democrat. These are true humorous stories from church life, with a spiritual punchline. Columns go back to 2007."Explain the Bible

How to pray for help when attacked

2010-03-11T14:56:00.003-05:00

"If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us, then they would have swallowed us alive..." (Psalm 124:2-3, HCSB)Have you ever felt like you were drowning? Have you felt attacked, like people were chewing you up and spitting you out? Have you felt like you were trapped?So did David! Psalm 124 says all that, but also says David survived because of the help he received from the

"Love Out Loud" touches 1,700 lives for Christ

2010-02-25T19:07:00.002-05:00

On Sunday, February 21, 2010, First Baptist Church of Rincon, Georgia sent 458 volunteers into the community to do 22 service projects to show the love of Christ in practical ways. Whenever possible, they gave away New Testaments, gospel tracts, and a personal witnesses. There were over 1700 lives touched, and 786 gospel presentations.Pastor Bob Rogers said, "Our coordinator, Beth Pye, and her

Take my poll on dramatic monologue

2010-02-12T23:40:00.002-05:00

For years, I have been doing dramatic monologues in church. In recent years, I memorized the Sermon on the Mount and Paul's Letter to the Philippians to present as a dramatic monologue. Now I'm praying about learning an Old Testament passage. I have selected several key passages, that are about one or two chapters long.I would like your prayerful opinion about which one to memorize. So cast your

Living the Lord's Prayer

2010-02-12T08:52:00.003-05:00

I just finished reading "Living the Lord's Prayer" by Albert Haase (InterVarsity Press). I've been reading it off and on, slowly for devotion, since November. It's easy to read, I just wanted to breathe it all in. A former Roman Catholic missionary to China, he writes with a rich usage of scripture, church history, personal illustrations and insights, and memorable turns of phrase. The man really

"Gilead" a novel of grace and love

2010-02-09T10:43:00.006-05:00

I just finished reading the novel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. It is the story of an elderly Congregationalist pastor in Gilead, Iowa, who was widowed but late in life he married again and had a small son. He knows he will die soon, so he writes to his little boy his life story. It's about life in the midwestern United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's.I can see why it won the Pulitzer

Address to Georgia State Senate

2010-01-28T15:45:00.004-05:00

CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY ADDRESSTo the Georgia State SenateBy Dr. Bob Rogers, pastor, First Baptist Church of Rincon, GeorgiaJanuary 27, 2010Good morning! Thank you, Senator Jack Hill, for your invitation to speak. It's good to see Buddy Carter, my former state representative, who is now in the senate. It's good to have Ann Purcell, my current state representative, visiting today.Scripture understands

"Thy will be done"

2010-01-05T22:40:00.003-05:00

Albert Haase has an excellent chapter on making decisions and discerning God' will in his book, Living the Lord's Prayer: The Way of the Disciple. Chapter 6, "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven," details three steps in the process of discerning God's will:1) Awareness. We need to distance ourselves from our own selfishness, be faithful to commitments we have already made, and be

How to prepare for Christmas

2009-12-08T11:49:00.002-05:00

This verse from Isaiah is quoted in the New Testament to describe the preaching of John the Baptist in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. If you think about it, it teaches us how to prepare for Christmas.Isaiah 40:3 A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."