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Archive for October 2005

Richard Fuller on Death

Oct 22nd, 2005 | By jfowler | Category: FBC Fairdale, Featured Articles

One usually doesn’t find great statements about death while reading a sermon on “Joy in the Lord,” but such was the case for me recently. I was reading a sermon by Richard Fuller, the third president of the SBC, from Series One of Sermons by Richard Fuller, and came across this passage.
It is a noble [...]



Making Peace with What Paul Does Not Say

Oct 22nd, 2005 | By jfowler | Category: Theology

“Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…”–Romans 5:1

As Baptists, we rightly acknowledge the authority of every word of the Bible. There is not a statement, not a word, no jot or tittle of Scripture that is unimportant. After all, Jesus did base one of his arguments [...]



Andrew Fuller on Toleration

Oct 21st, 2005 | By jpowell | Category: Featured Articles

Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was one of the most important Christian theologians in the last 200 years. Tom Nettles writes of Andrew Fuller in his new book, The Baptists: “Fuller’s insights were pertinent, not only to his own day, but were of such timeless nature that every generation of Christians could profit.” It is with this [...]



Welcome to the Blog

Oct 21st, 2005 | By <ADMINNICENAME> | Category: Uncategorized

Welcome to the new blog of First Baptist Church Fairdale. You may have noticed that our website has been undergoing some pretty serious changes over the last few weeks. This weblog is just one more part of those changes. A weblog, or blog for short, is a type of journal that can be used to [...]