Posts from 2024
Stories of Redemption: Esther Rivers
Join us each month for Stories of Redemption. Salvation stories from the members of Peachtree Baptist Church.
Stories of Redemption: Carol Lilly
Carol Lilly has been a dear sister and member of Peachtree Baptist Church for over 50 years. Carol along with her husband Jerry have encouraged the church through their faithful ministry and service and through their personal walk with Christ. My family lived in a neighborhood of College Park, GA in the 1950’s. We three sisters went to S.R. Young Elementary School…
Stories of Redemption: Yvonne Cannaday
In this installment of our series, we hear from a long-time precious sister Yvonne Cross Cannaday. Yvonne is a mother, grandmother, and wife and has been a faithful godly follower of Christ for many years. I was born in 1942 the oldest of 5 children. Our parents took us to Sunday School and church from our early years through our early teen years. When I was 10 our…
Stories of Redemption: Abby Smith & Darlene Rivers
Welcome to the second installment in our series Encountering God’s Grace, where we share profound and transformative testimonies of salvation. Each narrative featured in this series is a testament to the incredible power and mercy of God. These personal accounts are more than just stories;…
Stories of Redemption: Donna Tumlin
Meet Donna Tumlin and read her personal testimony of redemption through Christ!
How To Present the Gospel
How to Effectively Present the Gospel to a Lost Sinner is part one in a two-part series written by Pastor David Dickerson to encourage Christian evangelism. The Romans Road The Romans Road is so called because it is a presentation of the gospel from the Book of Romans. Paul did not establish the church in Rome. The church was most likely started by new converts from the…
The Power of a Godly Testimony
A testimony is a personal account of how God has worked in a peron’s life. As a Christian, our testimony speaks of what Christ has done in our lives for His glory. Each testimony is a miracle and witness of the power of God bringing life to us who were “dead in trespasses and sins.” When we share our testimonies, we acknowledge God’s presence…
Fear, Anxiety, and Worry
Are you fearful? Anxious? Worried? Do you wonder why situations arise or difficulties seem to plague you? Fear seems to run rampant in our culture. Yet, fear is produced when emotion overtakes sound thinking and peace is banished. And, fear is a toxin that paralyzes hope. Fear is At the Root of Our Questions I write of fear, because truth be told, it is often this very…
Is Acceptance with God Possible?
The big debate about acceptance boils down to understanding how we can truly know that God has forgiven our sins. Religion in its many forms continues to be man’s attempt to reconcile himself unto God, all futile. Let’s take a minute to review what Scripture has to say about “acceptance.” Acceptance is defined as “a favorable reception or…
What Does It Take to Believe? (part 2)
Resisting of Satan Natural men have insurmountable obstacles to their believing. First of all, they are dead in sins (Ephesians 2:1), separated from God who is life. As “alienated from the life of God,” their understanding is darkened, and they are ignorant, because of the blindness of their heart” (4:18). Besides the blindness of a dead man, they…
What Does it Take To Believe? (part 1)
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31 To the Philippian jailer’s clear-cut question: “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (v.30), Paul and Silas answered with the clear-cut answer above. He had only to “believe upon”[i] the Lord Jesus Christ as the only object of trust. The clear-cut promise: “You will be…