On February 10, the Houston Chronicle published the first of a three-part series on sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches and ministries. Two days after my third daughter was born, I read with heartbreak and horror about the abuse inflicted upon over 700 survivors, including children as young as three years old. The report indicated […]
Read More »With Dessert Theatre just around the corner, we asked Pam Cooke, our Youth Choir Director to share a little bit about the Youth Choir and the Youth Choir Mission Trip later this year. Read on to learn more about these amazing events. This year, the Youth Choir are performing wonderful music from Broadway musicals and […]
Read More »As DNOW weekend approaches, we took a few minutes to chat with Alberto Santiago, Interim Minister to Youth, here at FBCTLH to learn more about the upcoming DNOW weekend. Here is what he had to share. First Focus: Tell us, what is DNOW? Alberto Santiago: DNOW stands for Disciple Now. It’s a weekend where students, […]
Read More »The gospel of Jesus Christ is not good advice, it is good news. This is an important difference. Advice is something we hear, we consider and then decide how much of it, if any, we want to follow. If someone says “let me give you some advice about how you should get weeds out of […]
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In our day and age of never-ending news and updates, with so many news shows and channels, websites, and social media accounts that need the churn of constant content, press conferences have become commonplace. If you have a big announcement you think people will care about, you invite the reporters and the photographers to attend, […]
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Temple Grandin is a scientist who has been profiled by numerous media outlets, even having a movie made about her life by HBO. What has made her famous is that despite being autistic, she has become one of the world’s leading experts on livestock behavior. As a professor at Colorado State University, Dr. Grandin spent […]
Read More »I was saved when I was fifteen years old. It was the first week of August, the summer before my sophomore year in high school, and I was at a youth camp with our church. The best way I can describe what happened is that God in his grace showed himself to me. Listening to […]
Read More »In John 3 we read about a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus is troubled, concerned, and dissatisfied with his life. He’s wondering about the foundation he’s built his life upon and if there is something he just might be missing. Nicodemus has built his life on a certain way of thinking about God and […]
Read More »As we begin a new year, it’s an appropriate time to consider where we are in our relationship with God. Two important practices that help us stay close to God are regular times of prayer and reading Scripture. I want to recommend a recent book that combines both of those practices and might help you […]
Read More »This past Sunday we held our Christmas musical, Jesus Our King. On Christmas Eve we will have two special services. First will be our Family Christmas Eve Service at 4:00PM, where our children will play Christmas songs, participate in a spontaneous nativity, and help communicate the true meaning of Christmas. This will be followed by […]
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