March 2009

Sun April 5: First Meeting in Johns Creek

March 31, 2009

We have moved out of our sanctuary in Tucker. This Sunday we will hold our first meeting in downtown Johns Creek. We have sold the Tucker sanctuary and expect to purchase land and begin construction of a new building in the Johns Creek area within the next 6 months. Visit our web site for directions.

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Final Sunday services in Tucker sanctuary 3/29

March 24, 2009

Sunday 3/29 will be our last Sunday in the Tucker sanctuary. Morning services begin at 10:30, afternoon services at 2:00. Lunch will not be served. Our afternoon services will be given to testimonies by the members of how good God has been to us over the last 30 years at our church building in Tucker.

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Bradley: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (Spring ’09)

March 22, 2009

Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. closes out the 2009 Spring Meeting at Bethany with a most encouraging message drawn from John 14:1-3, beginning “Let not your heart be troubled.” Elder Bradley ably shows the scriptures to teach that a troubled heart will distort our view of circumstances and rob us of the peace that should come [...]

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Stanaland: A Double-Minded Person (Spring ’09)

March 22, 2009

Elder Vernis Stanaland considers the marks of a double-minded person, as referenced in James 1:8. He contrasts the double-minded man and his hidden agendas with the singleness of purpose and transparency that come from a commitment to following God. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Bradley: More Like the Master (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

We are sanctified in Christ before God, but must also each day sanctify ourselves in our own flesh by spiritual discipline. Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. challenges us to examine ourselves for evidence of God at work in our daily lives: a servant’s spirit, compassion for the sinner, love for the brethren. Our sinful nature wars [...]

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Pyles: News of Believers in Russia (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder David Pyles gives an account of his trip to Siberia in Russia, and some of the correspondence leading up to it. It is an encouraging story of God at work among his people in every nation. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Pyles: Prophecy to Cyrus and the Gentiles (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder David Pyles exposits the 45th chapter of Isaiah, in which God reveals the name and future deeds of the Persian king Cyrus, conqueror of the great city of Babylon. In his prophecy Isaiah makes clear that God is using Cyrus, a Gentile king, to accomplish His will and deliver a message both to the [...]

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Stanaland: Dealing With One Another (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder Stanaland turned to the book of Nehemiah, chapter 1, focusing on where Nehemiah confesses to God that he and his people have dealt corruptly with God. Elder Stanaland finds parallels between Nehemiah’s time and our own today, and calls us to action with scriptural exhortation. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: [...]

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Bradley: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Saturday morning services opened with introduction and prayer by Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Bradley: My God Will Hear Me (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. spoke from the book of Micah, chapter 7. The prophet records a tumultuous time, a troubling time of ungodliness and widespread wickedness. Elder Bradley notes that today is likewise a time of trouble, perhaps uniquely so in our lifetimes. Let us say with the psalmist, “In the day of my trouble [...]

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David Pyles: God Hath Shined in Our Hearts (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder David Pyles of Jackson, Mississippi, delivered the first discourse of our Annual Spring Meeting. He took as his text 2 Cor 4:6: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of [...]

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Stanaland: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder Vernis Stanaland from Tyler, Texas opened our Annual Spring Meeting Friday evening with comment and prayer. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Annual Spring Meeting starts Friday night, 3/20

March 12, 2009

Our Final Meeting in Tucker Our spring meeting begins Friday night, March 20. It will be a very special and bittersweet occasion for all of us, as the sale of our building in Tucker will be finalized on the morning our meeting is to begin. This will be the last annual meeting in our Tucker [...]

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