Rodgers Baptist Church

The Requirements of Our Church Covenant Concerning the Church

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:08 +0000

“We engage therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the [...]

Check Out the Bulletin

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:56 +0000

Click on this link to read the bulletin for Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Brian and Daisy Hughes – Alaska

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:24 +0000

Rodgers Baptist Church are pleased and excited to present Bro. Brian Hughes as a missionary to Alaska. Bro. Brian and his wife Sis. Daisy are fruit of our mission work in Fairbanks, AK. Click here to read not only his inaugural missions letter but also a letter of introduction from Pastor Thomas. Click here to [...]

The Reasoning Behind Our Covenant

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:00:39 +0000

“Having been led, as we believe by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and, on profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God, angels, [...]

What is This?

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

What is a church? On the surface the answer to that question seems rather obvious, but, in the immortal words of Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my friend!” For an example, take this story from the December 1, 2004 edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer; the front page story was about two United Methodist Church buildings [...]

A Church Parable

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:28 +0000

Before we begin our study of the church covenant, we should take the time to read this church parable, and reflect on the truth that is humorously taught but often painfully experienced. Nose and Hand were sitting in the church pew talking. The morning service, led by Ear and Mouth, had just ended, and Hand [...]

A Covenant Community

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:14:48 +0000

As a child growing up in a Baptist church my first exposure to the church covenant was visual. Prominently displayed in the sanctuary was the large wall mounting. As I sat through the services, sometimes not as attentive to the praying, singing and preaching as I should have been, my eyes would settle on the [...]

One Way

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:31:12 +0000

Would you drive from Dallas to Amarillo by heading to Brownsville? Of course not. We all know that to get to the desired destination we have to take the right road. We have to go in the right direction. The same thing is true of trying to get to heaven, yet many believe that all [...]

A Prayer of Consummation

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:00:16 +0000

Everyone learns early in life that death is inevitable. It is an appointment that all will keep, but the time and the day only God knows. Are you afraid to die? Preparation is important in overcoming fear. Let’s use public speaking as an example. You may be afraid to give an oral presentation before a [...]

What to Do with the Culture

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:50:00 +0000

(This post was given as a devotion during RBC’s monthly prayer groups meeting. The handout for this devotion may be accessed by following this link.) Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I [...]

A Proclamation of Victory!

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:00:08 +0000

The fourth saying from the cross was characterized by tragedy: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” The fifth by trauma: “I thirst.” The sixth saying, however, is one of triumph! John 19:28-30 records this victory shout from the cross. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture [...]

A Plea for Relief

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:00:46 +0000

The fifth saying of Christ from His cross is the shortest and is found in the middle of John 19:28-29: “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, [...]

Getting Connected

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:39:34 +0000

We would like to introduce you to the ministry of Rodgers Baptist Church. Our church family is marked both by diversity in age and background, and by unity in faith and purpose. Our desire is to glorify God with all our might through worship and ministry that is Bible saturated and Cross centered. Whether you are searching [...]

Sunday School – Our Small Groups

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:00:11 +0000

“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” – Acts 2:42. This verse states some core principles of life for every New Testament church. Those principles may be summarized with three words: teaching, worshipping, and caring. These principles are priorities of the Rodgers Baptist Church, and [...]

A Petition to the Father

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:28 +0000

The fourth word spoken from the cross was an anguished petition to the Father. Recorded in two places: Mark 15:33-36 and Matthew 27:45-49. Matthew says: “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama [...]

Joel and Madonna Allen – Missionaries to “Greater” Cleveland, OH

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:00:13 +0000

Click here to read Bro. Allen’s most recent report.

Gary and Beverly Hampton – Fairbanks, Alaska

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:42 +0000

Bro. Gary and Sis. Beverly Hampton have faithfully served the Lord Jesus Christ as missionaries to Alaska under the authority of the Rodgers Baptist Church for many years. We are blessed and thankful for their ministry in Fairbanks, AK and beyond. Follow this link to view the mission’s website. Click here to read the most [...]

A Provision for His Mother

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:00:09 +0000

The English author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson wrote: “Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”[1] If ever we would excuse a man for thinking of only himself, it would be that time right before his death. Especially if that time would [...]

James Dearmore – Writing, Teaching, and Web Ministry

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:05:14 +0000

Click here to read Bro. James’ most recent prayer letter. You may also reach Bro. James’ Gospel web ministry by following this link.

A Promise of Salvation

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:00:56 +0000

Do you believe in miracles? Yes! That statement, made by commentator Al Michaels during the closing seconds of team USA’s win against the USSR hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics is one of the most famous calls in the history of American sport. That win was a miracle, because, nine times out of ten [...]

Cross-Centered – Church Focus 2012-2013

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:11:38 +0000

“…daily sacrifice and commitment through the power of the cross.” Jesus Christ embraced His cross. It was the center of His life, and because of this, Christianity includes a cross. It is through the redemptive work of Jesus on the cross, that you have the forgiveness of your sins and the free gift of [...]

Forgiveness is a Much Better Way

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:09:09 +0000

Scripture has a lot to say about forgiveness. Here are just three examples: Colossians 3:13, “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” Ephesians 4:32, “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God [...]

A Prayer of Forgiveness

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:00:50 +0000

Forgiveness sounds like a marvelous idea until you are the one who has to grant it. How can we forgive someone who keeps breaking a promise? Why should we forgive someone who doesn’t ask for it? Why should we be the one to forgive when we were wronged? Must we forgive someone who is out [...]

The Garcias – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:19 +0000

Click here to read Bro. Garcia’s most recent report.

Gerardo and Silvia Nino – Queretaro, Mexico

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:00:06 +0000

Click here to read Bro. Nino’s most recent report.

Spoken from the Cross: Introduction

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:00:12 +0000

Matthew 27:31, “And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.” Ours is a society that likes its symbols and logos. Athletic gear with the logos of college and pro sports teams is popular and expensive. [...]

The Cross is at the Center

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:00:06 +0000

The cross is central to Christianity. Without the cross there is no Christianity. The Incarnation of Christ was for the purpose of the cross. The Resurrection of Christ validated His work on the cross. The message which we are to unashamedly proclaim and live is “Jesus Christ, and him crucified,” (1 Corinthians 2:2; see also [...]

What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter?

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:40 +0000

Several years ago I was asked to address the issue of manhood and womanhood from a Biblical perspective, particularly as regards to Galatians 3:28. What follows is the manuscript of that address. I believe it fits as an add on to a Biblical parenting series of posts because it deals with our identity as given [...]

Teach Your Children Well

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:00:38 +0000

Have you ever been so frustrated with your children that you find yourself thinking (or even saying), “How do I know what to do with them? They didn’t come with instructions!” The Bible says otherwise! The Bible provides all the instruction parents need for the raising of their children. The issue is not an absence [...]

Roy and Roxie Dearmore – Writing and Teaching Ministry

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:30:03 +0000

Click here to read Dr. Dearmore’s most recent report.

Our Children’s Greatest Need

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:02 +0000

Our children have many needs. Of course they do! Their neediness is by design. Children are brought into this world in need of everything: protection, nurture, care, education, and so much more. As parents, our biblical goal is to raise our children from absolute dependence on us for every need, to independence from us for [...]

A Biblical Foundation

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:00:07 +0000

The first sentence of the first chapter in John MacArthur’s book What the Bible Says About Parenting is a Chinese proverb: “’One generation plants the trees and another gets the shade.” We enjoy the shade of trees planted by our parents and grandparents. We must ask ourselves: Are we planting trees that will shade our [...]

The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:00:42 +0000

Perhaps you can relate, on some levels, to this parent who wrote his pastor the following: “I’m looking for biblical help with parenting. Not just parenting advice from a Christian perspective, not just warmed-over child psychology couched in “Christian” terminology, but solid, biblical parenting guidelines. It seems to me that the specific commandments to fathers [...]

God Help the Home

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:00:53 +0000

Raising children is at the same time sobering and joyful, a responsibility and a privilege, full of fun and loaded with concern. Think about it, every parent is a sinner who is raising other sinners. Little wonder that the home needs help! We have help, and it is not found on the day time talk show [...]

Sumatra family – Kingdom of Thailand

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:00:56 +0000

Click here to read the most recent prayer letter from the Sumatras, and follow this link to view some pictures of their work.

Conclusion: What Now?

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:00:38 +0000

We began by asking the question “Why study the book of Ruth?” To answer that question we provided five reasons. Now we will finish where we began by turning those five reasons for studying Ruth into five appeals to continue learning from and living out, not only this small book, but all of scripture. What [...]

Spiritual Disciplines

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:00:22 +0000

1 Timothy 4:7-8; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 2:1-2 What are spiritual disciplines? They are instruments of grace! “Discipline” can often be a dirty word in a promiscuous society; all the more reason for it to be rescued. One way in which we may rescue it is by understanding that disciplines are good for us, and, spiritually [...]

The Best is Yet to Come

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:00:10 +0000

One of the central themes taught in the book of Ruth is this: The life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there. To follow the Lord Jesus Christ is not like moving along a wide interstate through Kansas, instead, it is like traversing a country road through [...]

Strategic Righteousness

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:55 +0000

What do a God-saturated man, a God-dependent young woman, and a God-exalting older woman do when they are filled with hope in the sovereign goodness of God? The answer from Ruth 3 is that they manifest “strategic righteousness.” By righteousness we mean a zeal for doing what is good and right. By strategic we mean [...]

God at Work

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:00:56 +0000

There is one thing that every family in every generation needs. That one thing is hope. The need for hope is universal and timeless. It has been said that to lose hope is to lose everything. Some might say that to lose everything and everyone you hold dear is to lose hope. That was certainly [...]

Grace and Favor

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:00:32 +0000

Ruth took the initiative to go out and find menial employment to provide for herself and for Naomi. She trusted God. That is why she had forsaken the gods of Moab and followed Naomi to Judah. “Your God will be my God,” she had said to her mother-in-law. Her trust in God was demonstrated not [...]

Integrity and Character

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:00:29 +0000

Naomi and her family experienced the frowning side of God’s providence in Ruth’s first chapter: a famine in Judah, a move to Moab, the death of her husband, the marriage of her two sons to foreign wives, the death of her sons, and no grandchildren. One blow after another caused Naomi to say, “the hand [...]

Color Me Bitter

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:00:36 +0000

Set during the dark and debauched days of the Judges, the narrative of Ruth drives home the blessed fact that God is never off His throne and always at work. We see in this short story that the Lord often chooses to accomplish His purposes in ordinary places, through ordinary people, and normally in a [...]

Why Study Ruth?

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:46:02 +0000

The small book of Ruth is sandwiched between the larger books of Judges and 1 Samuel. Judges depicts the decline of Israel. 1 Samuel describes the establishment of the Jewish kingdom. Ruth is the connector; picturing Christ as the ultimate Redeemer, protector, and provider. This is a love story and a harvest story, depicting what [...]

Stewardship of Our Time

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:00:51 +0000

To be like Christ we must be good stewards, not only of our material wealth and spiritual gifts, but we must also be good stewards of our time. Moses wrote in Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” With that verse in your mind, imagine [...]

Stewardship of Our Money

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:00:22 +0000

2 Corinthians 8:1-9: 1Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [...]

Stewardship of Our Spiritual Gifts

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:00:59 +0000

Would you like to be better at doing what the Lord has called you to do? I certainly would! I want to operate at full capacity all the time. Hopefully, this lesson will help you be a good steward of your spiritual gifts. Were you aware there is a Stradivarius Society in Chicago that entrusts [...]

Stewardship of the Gospel

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:00:42 +0000

Mark 4:3-9; 14-20: “Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because [...]

Stewardship of Our Resources

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:39:38 +0000

Stewardship is an old but useful word. The dictionary definition states: “One who manages another’s property, finances, or other affairs.” Biblically speaking, believers are the ones who manage God’s stuff. When it comes to…well…everything, we must understand that God is the owner. We are the stewards. The Psalmist wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s, and [...]

Bible Clubhouse

travis@rodgersbaptist.net — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:25:38 +0000

Bible Clubhouse is an outreach for children here at RBC. Regular programming includes: prayer time, scripture memorization, a Bible lesson, snacks, crafts, kids choir, and recreational time in the gym. We look forwarding to ministering to your children!