We’ve come to the end of our discussion on 2 Corinthians 8, but you and I sit here today with many needs before us, but the greatest need isn’t a money need…the greatest need is in the area of discipleship.  As a pastor I am not a fund raiser—I am called to be a disciple [...]

  The Bible teaches us that we are stewards and as stewards we will all be held accountable to how we spend His money.  It all starts with the phrase in 2 Corinthians 8:5, “And this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God [...]

  We left our discussion of the Macedonian giving yesterday and I want to pick up today by looking at the spirit of their giving—first, They gave sacrificially.  Verse 3 says, “For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means… They didn’t just throw a little into the plate—they [...]

Yesterday we started looking at 2 Corinthians 8 and saw that giving starts with an experience of God’s grace.  Paul draws the Corinthian’s attention to the churches of Macedonia.  We know of three of them—the church in Philippi, the church in Thessalonica, and the church in Berea.  Paul gives us an idea as to what [...]

Yesterday was a historic day for FBC Pell City.  For some time we have been working toward a total relocation of our church.  For over 100 years our church has ministered on the corner, but we have run out of room.  Week after week we conduct two services and two Sunday Schools and several hundred [...]