Hey residents of the Magic Valley and all of Southern Idaho, join me at Magic Valley Bible Church in Twin Falls on June 29 at 5:30 for our Bible Lecture Series. (204 Main Ave N, Twin Falls, ID 83301) My friend, and faithful preacher of the bible, Bear Morton and I will examine Psalm 1:1-3 together.
Be sure to invite others to come with you.
Here is a flyer you can print to give to your friends or post this photo on your social media outlets. 
Here are my top 85 reasons I like living in Idaho
1) Family: I’m thankful to the Lord for my family.
(left to right: Renee, me, Silas, Bianca, Emily, and David)
2) Church: I’m thankful to the Lord for my church family, Eastside Baptist Church.
Eastside Baptist Church is a courageous family of believers striving to keep the Glory of God in front of us, the Lordship of Christ directing our steps, and obeying the Spirit promptly. We gather on Sunday mornings at 9:15am for bible study, 10:30am and 6:30pm for worship; Wednesday nights at 6:30pm for a weekly prayer gathering.
3) Friends: I’m thankful to the Lord for friends like John Martinez.
Hey, write my buddy a short note and tell him hello. Pray for his ongoing ministry with the soldiers of the Idaho National Guard.
4) Raw cow milk from Provider Farms to go on my oatmeal tonight.
Provider Farms delivers fresh farm produce to Twin Falls every Monday morning. You should visit www.providerfarms.com this week and place an order. They make the local delivery at the Eastside Baptist Church parking lot. Take time to come in and say hello while you are here.
5) Adventure awaits me around every corner and there is always a mountain top that needs to be climbed.
We are planning a trip to the top of Mt. Borah again in late August. Contact me about the date and join in on the ‘Borah Shuffle’.
Here are the remaining 80 reasons I like living in Idaho. Beginning July 1, interstate travel in most of Southern Idaho will increase to 80 mph.
Currently preaching through Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. All sermons are currently available online here. Get caught up on the series and join us this coming Lord’s Day, June 29 as we continue the examination of 1 Corinthians.
Today the Baptist Press article that ran at Baptist Press last month was in print at SBCLIFE, a journal of the Southern Baptist Convention on page 16.
Here is a link to the SBCLIFE article. With some additional information from the Southern Baptist Executive Committee.
The part of greatest joy for me in this is that for the past 12 months God has been using Eastside Baptist Church to be involved in something bigger than we could imagine. New Horizon Home, a ministry of Eastside Baptist Church, is moving our 20 girls into a new home this weekend and preparing to receive 10 more girls in need of a home.
Where it is a pleasure to look back and see the kind hand of God in a difficult season of life, I can’t stop blessing the Lord for His ongoing kindness to use this church in Idaho to provide food, housing, care, spiritual teaching and education to our daughters in Haiti.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 at Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. Past sermons from Eastside Baptist Church are located at SermonAudio.com
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB)
Dear Alex my dearly beloved brother in Christ,
We (Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho) greet you this evening in the powerful name of Jesus the Christ! Please greet your wife and children, please give my love to your father and mother. I want for you to speak to the sisters who faithfully tend to the work of the Lord at New Horizon Home. Please, make sure they know that Renee and I love them. Please inform them that Eastside Baptist Church is pleased with their labor as though they are caring for our own daughters.
It is with joy in the Lord, that I inform you that God has answered our need and has made the way for you to begin moving the girls, the beautiful girls, to their new house.
As you know, we are only able to do what God provides. His word declares He is able. It declares that not only is He able, but He is able to do. It declares that not only is He able to do, but that He is able to do far more. It not only declares that He is able to do far more, but it declares that He is able to do far more abundantly. It not only declares that He is able to do far more abundantly, but He is able to do fare more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, and that, according to the power that works within us. Yes! to Him only be the glory in the church today and in Christ Jesus to all generations and nations of the world. May we declare His mighty name.
Tonight (May 2, 2014) a people belonging to God, who associate themselves together for the glory of the Lord and the advancement of His gospel, known as Southern Baptist; churches of the Magic Valley Baptist Association have generously obeyed their Lord, Jesus the Christ, and have given $5,000.00 US dollars for the first year lease for the new home for our girls.
Please tell the girls of the mighty hand of God. Please tell them of His provision for them for His glory. May the favor of the Lord rest upon their souls. May we all delight in God.
Be sure when you pay for the first year lease that you inform the owner of the Lord’s kindness today. Make sure that all praise is given to our Lord! Jesus the Christ, the son of the Living God!
I greet you in the name of the Lord, Jesus the Christ! The name of the Lord is a strong tower and those who run to Him will be saved. Run! run to the Lord. Amen!
Paul Thompson
Eastside Baptist Church, Twin Falls, Idaho
This past Sunday (Palm Sunday) at Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho.
an overview of the book of Malachi
Link to An Open Letter to Eastside Baptist Church
The saints who gather at
204 Eastland Drive North in Twin Falls, Idaho
To the Lord’s people at Eastside Baptist Church,
It is my hope in the Lord that this correspondence finds you well and in a persevering hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.
I often say that it is a good day to be the church and I do indeed believe that it is. Even though we are in a day of fast paced moral and spiritual decline I’m hopeful for a strong, healthy and vibrant church.
We are on a journey with the Lord that has only showed us a portion of the glory of God.
God has called upon you to make some culturally unpopular changes in the past several years, and it appears there are more to come as the moral compass of our nation leads us treacherously close to freefall decadence. In spite of this ongoing shift, God calls us to joyful obedience. It is my intention to boldly lead you through unknown days.
It is my intention in writing you today to encourage you to remain faithful. I don’t have any special insight on what is on the horizon for the Lord’s church, His bride, but Scripture clearly shows us that we are called upon by the Lord Jesus Christ to obedience, always submitting ourselves to His Lordship.
I look forward to assembling with you this coming Lord’s Day, Resurrection Sunday!
Paul Thompson
Pastor, Eastside Baptist Church
I hope you will join me on April 20, 2014 at 10:30AM as I gather with my family and friends on Easter Sunday. We will gather at the meeting house of Eastside Baptist Church located at 204 Eastland Drive North in Twin Falls.
I gather with Eastside Baptist Church nearly every Lord’s Day. We will sing some songs, read Scripture, pray, and listen to a sermon.
I will preach a sermon entitled, “the Sinner’s Savior.” I hope you will consider coming with me. Let me know if you have any questions.
“Adore and admire the free grace of God, and pray that it may lead you to repentance! Are you inquiring for the way of life: Never forget that by grace we are saved. Grace always pre-supposes unworthiness in its object. The province of grace ceases where merit begins: what a cheering word is this to those who have no worth, no merit, no goodness whatever! Crimes are forgiven, and follies are cured by our Redeemer out of mere free favor. No works can purchase or procure salvation, but the heavenly Father gives freely.”
“Grace comes to us through faith in Jesus. Whosoever believes on Him is not condemned. O, sinner, may God give you grace to look to Jesus and live. Look, now, for to-day is the accepted time!”
Charles Spurgeon
Picture source and quotation adaptation from: http://www.spurgeon.org/tract03.htm
Yes, man does not live on bread alone. Recently, at New Horizon Home, God has provided bread (and more) for 20 special girls in my life. But the pressing desire is that “every word” that proceeds from the mouth of God will sufficiently meet every need.
Here are some recent pictures. Rejoice in the Lord always. Yes, Always!
