Revelation 14:1-12 – “1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred an ...

A television program preceding the Winter Olympics one year featured blind skiers being trained for downhill skiing – impossible as it sounds! Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats, how to make right and left turns. When that was mastered, they were taken to the slalom slope, where their sighted partners skied beside them shouting, "Left!"

Revelation 13:1-18 “1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was hea ...

I would encourage you to read 2Kings 4:8-37 to get a full understanding of today’s message, since I do not have the space to include the whole text here. There are seven lessons I would like to point out this Shunammite woman teaches us. It will particularly benefit mothers, but we all can certainly glean from her actions. 1.

Dr. Mack Craig tells the story of a elderly man he knew years ago named Harry. One day he asked Mack for a favor. "I need somebody to go through my things with me," said Harry. While doing so, Mack was surprised when Harry brought out a single shoebox. In the box were the following items: a picture of Harry's mother, his wife's death certificate, two picture postcards written to Harry over 30 years before, and two yellowed newspaper clippings about projects that involved work done by Harry's bu ...

Revelation 12:1-17 - “1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and ...

Hebrews 3:1 says, “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.” Notice, Jesus is the Apostle of our confession; and Jesus is the High priest of our confession. How do these two roles differ? An apostle is an ambassador; a delegate.

St. Ferdinand’s Catholic Church held a groundbreaking ceremony for the building of their new church, Thursday May 2. Joe Vasquez, Bishop of the Austin diocese, attended the event and gave a special homily. “This is a historic day for you.” said the Bishop. “Our prayers are with you on this new endeavor.

Revelation 11:1-19 “1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.” I’m going to break right here because I like to calculate things, and so I calculated 42 months by 12 months in a year, and came up ...

Hebrews 13:3 says, “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body”. Recall to mind our brothers and sisters in Christ who are imprisoned for their Christian testimony, as if it was you in prison, chained together with them.

The 62nd National Day of Prayer will be observed in Blanco at Trinity Lutheran on Thursday, May 2nd at 6:30 p.m. You are invited to attend and join with thousands of coordinated prayer events being held nationwide on that day. Please join us in our efforts to call our nation to prayer.

Do you know your enemy? A famous quote of General Patton was “I read the book!” That’s why he won the battle, he read the book which had the battle plan in it. Was that just a line in a movie? Well, whatever it was, it makes perfect sense. We would all do well to know our enemy and the names or aliases used by him and his cohorts. I brought this up because last week in chapter nine John referred to the king over the scorpions as an “angel of the bottomless pit whose name in the Hebrew ...

“Let nothing affright thee; All things are passing; God never changeth; Whom God possesseth in nothing is wanting” -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (from the Spanish of Santa Teresa, 1515-1582) Bro. Rusty Hicks preached his farewell sermon at First Baptist Church on Sunday morning April 14, 2013. Bro. Hicks ministered at FBC for 28 years, longer than any other Baptist pastor had served.

By Pastor J.D. Link agf-blanco.com 2Tim 4:7-8 says, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” Good means beautiful, excellent, noble, virtuous; while fight means contest, conflict, struggle, & battle.

By Mrs. Lawrence Coffe John 6:30-40 and Revelations Chapter 9 People don’t have to experience this prophecy. We all have a choice. Choose life! Choose Jesus! John 6:30-40 “30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31* Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32* Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from ...