tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:26:22 +0000A blog by Pastor Carey Olson. Commentary and interesting articles for your consideration.http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)Blogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-4543191389460164165Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:59:00 +00002014-04-08T13:59:24.028-05:00Pastor Andrew sent this article to our elders and pastors and I invite you to read it and pray this way.From Jared Wilson:"About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way."  Acts 19:23 That is what we long for, deep down. That the Spirit of God would move afresh in our day with wonderful, healing disruptive force-- that he would upend our self-regard and http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2014/04/healing-disruptive-force.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1415948583113295089Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:12:00 +00002014-01-22T14:13:17.939-06:00On the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here is an important article from Dr. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.  It is a sobering reminder of the evil infecting our country and world and a call to desperate prayer for the sake of babies, parents, families, churches, nations and the glory of God. http://www.albertmohler.com/2014/01/21/http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-sobering-reminder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-3889780058177341557Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:10:00 +00002013-06-12T15:15:27.180-05:00 Some Thoughts on 2 Thessalonians 3:1 June 12, 2013 This morning I asked Denise Melendez, one of our great staff members, to include this Scripture verse in our newsletter article about missions, outreach and disciple-building this summer: "Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as is happened among you…"  (2 Thes. 3:1) What does http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/06/that-word-of-lord-may-speed-ahead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8833057492650239408Thu, 02 May 2013 17:11:00 +00002013-05-02T12:18:04.419-05:00 Rynette and I returned from our sabbatical on Tuesday night after being away for four weeks.  I believe the purpose of our time was fulfilled because we have come home rested and spiritually rejuvenated.  We thank you, our elders and church family, for this extraordinary, beautiful gift!  We needed the rest and the Lord has graciously granted us invigoration by His Spirit http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/05/thank-you-for-sabbatical-rest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-782796371424825967Thu, 02 May 2013 17:09:00 +00002013-05-02T12:09:41.093-05:00Please take a moment to watch this video.  It is a Christ-centered testimony for all of us, but especially those of us suffering life-threatening illnesses, to help give us perspective for future suffering and illness. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/05/02/whether-i-live-or-die-god-wins/ http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/05/whether-i-live-or-die-god-wins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-4596257019135247820Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:58:00 +00002013-03-28T11:58:54.947-05:00Love Lustres at Calvary  from The Valley of VisionChrist was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in,trodden down as an enemy that I might be welcomed as a friend, surrendered to hell's worst that I might attain heaven's best,stripped that I might be clothed,wounded that I might be healed,athirst that I might drink,tormented that I might be comforted,http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-meditation-for-good-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8862302284750396240Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:59:00 +00002013-03-04T14:59:59.917-06:00The preaching text on March 3 for my sermon, "How To Pray for One Another", was Ephesians 3:15-18,  Here it is:"For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/03/follow-up-after-march-3s-sermon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-4404407604106535839Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:00 +00002013-02-28T11:50:16.758-06:00 Pastor Travis Cook, filling the pulpit in my absence, shared the story of Rosaria Champagne Butterfield and the story of her conversion from a radical lesbian to a redeemed Christian.  If you would like to read more, check out this blog post: http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/from-radical-lesbian-to-redeemed-christian http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-unlikely-convert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-966641576934390325Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:08:00 +00002013-02-03T07:30:49.615-06:00Here is Pastor Carey's 2012 Advent poem, read at RBBC's Quiet Christmas Eve Service. To See God's Glory What a wonder is the coming of the Word, sent forth from God            when He said the time was right; With life and light in Him to overcome the dark of sin and            show God's glory http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2013/02/to-see-gods-glory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-259325963000143327Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:19:00 +00002012-10-25T16:19:55.439-05:00In all my years of ministry, I don't recall an election like the one coming in less than two weeks.  I have read an article by one pastor giving his reasons for deciding not to vote because he cannot agree with voting for either one of the major party candidates for President.  He vote is not voting.  I know that some believers, as a matter of conscience, will vote for President, but not for http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/10/on-voting-in-2012-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-716778817307475034Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:07:00 +00002012-10-16T12:08:01.261-05:00Dear Rocky Family,The subject of last Sunday's sermon, Loving One Another, is very, very big and there is much more to say about the importance of "one another" relationships with fellow disciples in the body of Christ.  There are many verbs describing the benefits of loving one another in the church-- encourage, build up, pray for, forgive, restore, be kind, exhort, help, stir up--http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-on-loving-one-another.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6864997588028410000Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:38:00 +00002012-09-26T13:39:08.730-05:00I am thankful for a request to post the response questions posed at the end of Sept. 23's sermon from Jonah, "And Should I Not Pity Nineveh?"  Here they are:1. If you have heard the call of God's compassionate grace and received rescue from sin and death through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, you have a calling like Jonah.  What an amazing privilege to be called to speak http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/09/questions-from-jonah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-7328182368352067960Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:00:00 +00002012-09-18T15:00:56.210-05:00A few minutes ago I read that China is rattling sabers against Japan.  "Friendly allies" kill American soldiers in Afghanistan.  Murderous violence is intensifying against the U.S. and other western nations in Muslim countries.  The economies of our nation and world seem bent on implosion as unfathomable debt continues to mount.  Shall we be afraid? Here is how the Bible answers http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/09/shall-we-fear_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8428195373401447933Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:23:00 +00002012-08-15T13:23:38.162-05:00 As I've prepared to preach and meditated on the book of Joel, I've been impressed with the importance of repentance for sin and turning to the Lord as part of our sanctification.  As followers of the Lord Jesus we are called to living lives pleasing to God and abstain from sin-- "for this is the will of God, your sanctification" (1 Thess. 4:3).  While once we were slaves to sin, by http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-about-joel-2-returning-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-409459838385384464Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:17:00 +00002012-06-27T11:17:48.792-05:00When Death Is All Around: Reminders Of Truth for My Dad and Mom (And Us, Too)   Last Saturday night at about 11:00 P.M. my mother's best friend, Betty Welch, died of ovarian cancer that had spread rapidly in her aged body.  It was a blessing for Betty.  Mom had known Betty for 70 years, having gone through nurses' training as young women in St. Paul, MN.  And for almost as long, Dad http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/06/when-death-is-all-around-reminders-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-239511984509433012Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:26:00 +00002012-06-11T10:29:14.305-05:00On Thursday, June 7, Rynette and I will celebrate 37 years of marriage and once again I rise together with our children to call her blessed!  Happy Anniversary, Babe!  I love you so much!  Thank you for being my beautiful, kind, sweet, generous, sacrificial, gentle, loving, understanding, godly, helpful, faithful wife!  You bless me. Today I am contemplating two things http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/06/grateful-for-gods-grace-to-me-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6612732834725162784Tue, 08 May 2012 15:05:00 +00002012-05-08T10:05:44.641-05:00Are you joyfully married?  Do you want to grow in marriage?  Are you struggling in your marriage?  Or looking forward to marriage one day?  Or none of these?Whatever the case, I encourage you to take ten minutes and view "The Story of Ian and Larissa" at www.desiringgod.org in the blog section.  This is a must-see-and-listen!  You will be encouraged, moved, challenged, convicted, http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/05/story-of-ian-and-larissa-must-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-7717293626872586058Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:27:00 +00002012-04-25T11:27:39.849-05:00In April 22's sermon from Acts 22:1-21, I encouraged us all to be prepared to give a defense (witness) for Christ and His gospel.  This doesn't mean that we have to wait until we are thoroughly prepared to speak to lost people!  1 Peter 3:15 makes this plain: "In your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/04/dont-wait-to-be-witness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-2272956722695639548Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +00002012-04-04T10:39:28.854-05:00This morning I read this from Kevin DeYoung's blog: "We are all natural evangelists for the people and things we love the most."  And I join with Kevin in this: "As I seek to grow as a personal evangelist, and want my church to grow in the same way, my first prayer is 'More Love to Thee, O Christ!'  What we need first and foremost is greater wonder and greater delight http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/04/we-are-all-natural-evangelists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-9127091025535188337Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:39:00 +00002012-03-29T13:39:48.203-05:00"And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way He said to them, 'See, we are going up to Jerusalem.  And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and He will be raised on the third day.'" http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/03/christs-purpose-in-jerusalem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8863341729993934806Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:33:00 +00002012-03-14T14:33:31.175-05:00Dear Rocky Family,Here is, I think, a good resource for you or someone you know who has special needs kids to be aware of.  Go to www.theelishafoundation.org.  I have read some of the site, including their doctrinal statement, and believe God may use this ministry to encourage and help those whom God has graced with caring for these little ones.  http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/03/elisha-foundation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-2256628678902324422Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +00002012-02-07T15:05:24.961-06:00Last Sunday I encouraged believers in Christ to join the apostle Paul in being enthralled with Him!  Love HIm!  Treasure Him!  How can we do this?  How can we stir this up in ourselves and one another?I spoke of several ways to do this and one of them is reading (and meditating) about Jesus-- the Scriptures (especially the gospels) and great books about Him (such as Seeing and Savoring Jesus http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/02/being-enthralled-with-jesus-christ.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-2002899338166034128Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:57:00 +00002012-01-11T10:58:19.284-06:00From my reading in Matthew 11 this morning:"At that time Jesus declared, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.  All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom thehttp://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/01/jesus-reveals-father.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1792193624437532346Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:16:00 +00002012-01-10T17:17:07.072-06:00Here is a quote from Charles Spurgeon: "A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over."  I have been pondering this today and am challenged and humbled.  I wonder, does Spurgeon mean to address the preacher or the listener?  Or both?   http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/01/sermons-and-weeping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-3569966442579541587Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:08:00 +00002012-01-10T17:09:08.189-06:00Last Sunday, when I preached on 2 Chronicles 14:11, I spoke of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint and their teammates who were all killed by Auca Indians in Ecuador, martyred for the cause of Christ and His gospel.  Today I was reminded that the very day of this sermon, January 8, was the 56th anniversary of these men's death-- Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Peter Fleming, Ed McCully, and Roger Youderian.  I http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2012/01/jim-elliot-and-nate-saint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)0