While I do not consider myself a sports fanatic, I do enjoy watching a good ballgame or athletic event. I am among the 75% of Americans that either read about, watch, or participate in sports on a daily basis. If my assumption is correct, that percentage may even be higher in the Powell and Fountain [...]

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Many FBC members, including myself, say “amen” when Pastor Phil shares the quote “He who has Christ and everything has no more than he who has Christ alone.” But, do we as confidently affirm what the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 3:7 “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for [...]

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What would be your initial honest response: If you learned that the president of a Fortune 500 company owned and lived in one 1500 square foot home?  If you learned that a famous female movie star had 7 changes of cloths (one for each day) and one pair of shoes in her closet? If your [...]

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As I grow older, the more amazed I become at how God moves in my life in graciously unexpected ways. He truly surprises me with His timing and with His plans as they unfold before my eyes. Having now lived through the usual phases of life marked by marriage, having children, raising children, the marriage [...]

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Josh Griffin on March 7th, 2010 From www.morethanadodgeball.com “In youth ministry, one of the hardest things I’ve had to experience is leading students into a growing relationship with Jesus, while their parents are doing the opposite. In a lot of cases, the parent wants the best for his/her teenager. It’s just that their definition of [...]

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This post was written by Derek Duvall the FBC Middle School Pastor.   I love technology. Actually before I came to Bible College in Tennessee, I went to a school in Indiana for Electrical Engineering Technology, with the hopes of one day becoming the guy you might see on the Today Show on NBC, showing [...]

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As we approach what is suppose to be a “major snow event” in the Tennessee Valley, the anticipation is so thick you can feel it. It is the subject of discussion around work places and on the news. Schools and businesses are already closing before the first flake falls. And, the milk and bread isles of the grocery [...]

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Last summer, I tackled a home improvement project that nearly got the best of me. I knew the eight-feet tall privacy fence in my back yard was in pretty bad shape when Sherron and I moved into our current home a couple of years earlier. After making a few repairs along the way, I began [...]

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Last week, I and 27 others from FBC-Powell went to New York City to work with the New York School of Urban Ministry during the Thanksgiving Holiday. The ministry opportunities presented to us were amazingly diverse. Our two teams ministered to the homeless by volunteering in shelters and soup kitchens and through street ministry at [...]

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In my estimation, the weakest area of spiritual nurture in the Christian home is parents that neglect their responsibility to teach and explain the Bible to their children (Eph. 6:4; Deut. 6:6-7). There are a few parents I am aware of who make a daily habit of reading the Bible to their children. There are [...]

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