I do not say this lightly. Shots have been fired… not the first ones… over the past 40 years, shots have been fired from time to time to test the…
Bible
Speaker of the House does Not Speak for Me
This is indeed the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. But I will not let the events of the first week of…
A Lesson from the Failure of the Teton Dam
June 5, 1976, everyone down stream from the Teton Dam would soon learn of the catastrophic failure of the a dam constructed with a flawed engineering design and poor earthen…
The Apostle Paul’s Office
In a recent trip to Italy with Renee, we had the opportunity to visit the Mamertino Prison. It is the reported location of the Roman imprisonment of the Apostles Paul…
A Public Discussion about Sex Education
This morning I had the pleasure of being a guest with Bill Colley on Newsradio 1310. Listen in on the discussion. What do you think?
Read the Bible in 2018
Download the 2018 ESBC Bible Reading Plan HERE: It’s like this every December isn’t it? Right after this blessed season of Christmas, the birth of a new year is upon…
Cautions and Advantages of Reading the Bible with a Schedule
I have been working on making a few adjustments to Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s original Bible reading plan. His longer explanations for why he wanted his church to read the bible…
The Bible
(a personal note to the LORD’s people who gather at 204 Eastland Drive North in Twin Falls, Idaho) Dear Beloved of God, It’s like this every December isn’t it? Right…
Dear Kirby Woods Baptist Church
Dear pastor Collier and Kirby Woods Baptist Church, My name is Paul Thompson, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. I want to express appreciation to you and…
God Can Restore
My preaching schedule of preaching through both halves of Kings took me through chapter four of second Kings last week. There’s nothing really amazing about that, finished chapter three the…