Our family has been enjoying all the snow we get here in northern Michigan. We’re supposed to get another 3 to 6 inches of snow tonight and another 7 to 10 inches tomorrow. We live in a wonderful home beside the church and the children have a blast playing on huge snow banks created by […]
Beware the Desire for Riches – 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Last week we talked about the importance of being content with what we have. Today we’re going to continue this thought as we see the danger with a desire to be rich. It's easy to think that if only we had a little more money it would solve all sorts of problems. As we will […]
Great Gain in Contentment – 1 Timothy 6:6-8
Higgins Lake Baptist Church Kevin A. Pierpont 1/18/04 A man became envious of his friends because they had larger and more luxurious homes. So he listed his house with a real estate firm, planning to sell it and to purchase a more impressive home. Shortly afterward, as he was reading the classified section of the […]
Prepare Yourself
Good afternoon friends. It’s another beautiful Monday in northern Michigan. The snow fell almost all day yesterday and added a wonderful blanket of white to what we were already enjoying. I’ve added a snowy picture to the website if you’d like to see what it looked like this morning.
Hold To Sound Doctrine – 1 Timothy 6:3-5
Higgins Lake Baptist Church Kevin A. Pierpont 1/11/04 J. Oswald Sanders said – [The devil’s] overall strategy is to supersede and overthrow the kingdom of God. It is a strategy of destruction. If he was too clever for man in his perfection in Eden, he has a much greater advantage over man in his fallen […]
How to take your spiritual temperature
It’s a beautiful Monday in northern Michigan. As I write I have a wonderful view of the snow covered back yard. We awoke to a fresh coat of fine powder on top of the snow that has already fallen. It’s been snowing a bit more today and now the snow continues to gently drift downward. […]
Wisdom For Workers – 1 Timothy 6:1-2
Higgins Lake Baptist Church Kevin A. Pierpont 1/4/04 Has anybody here ever wished they could have a job as an NFL football player? Don’t you think being an NFL football player would be a tough job? Think about the job of a lineman – those guys up front that give and take a beating on […]
Keep it simple
The other day after having studied for Sunday’s sermon much of the day my mind was beginning to get a bit fuzzy. I was struggling to find a passage of scripture I knew was there – somewhere. Even my computer Bible was of no use. I had the main idea of the passage in mind, […]