By Dr. Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Daniel 4:28-35 Americans are nostalgic concerning their movies. Celebrations occur as the movies of the past are remembered on special anniversaries. One recent celebration was for the late 1980s trilogy “Back to the Future.” These movies are about a time-traveling teenager and his scientist mentor. As they travel into the past or the future they try not to

By Dr. Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Daniel 3:13-18, 26-28 Most of us know one. Most of us have had one in our family. Most of us are in awe of their courage and all of us are indebted to them. The members of the United States military, both past and present, are these exceptional Americans who have given up their own lives to protect

By Dr. Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Daniel 2:13-21, 26-28a I don’t know if you are like me when it comes to shopping but I can only endure it under certain conditions. I only like to shop when I have a predetermined list and a set number of minutes. These trips can take a turn for the worse when I hear the cries of a

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Daniel 1:3-5, 8-13, 17-19 Think about it! Will anyone remember that you lived in 1,000 years? Will anybody remember that you lived in 100 years? Sad for some, only a fraction of one percent of the people who have ever lived will survive in the memories of future generations. In our world, halls of fame have been established to

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown. Focal Passage: Revelation 21:1-8 Some of my older retired friends talk about never wanting to move from their homes. They do not want to think about moving all of their stuff (junk). They are settled in for the remainder of their days. They have everything placed or piled where they want it. Their house may not be the biggest or the

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor of Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Romans 8:28-39 Many fathers and sons hunt or fish together for fun and relationship building. With me and my dad, we watched football and cut firewood. He would run the chain saw. He could “fall” a tree on a dime. At the time, I had more raw strength than ability to run the saw so I would pull the

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor of Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Luke 11:5-13 With names like: bag, brick, flip, slide, and smart, cellular phones have come a long way in a few short years. Today’s smart phones are handheld computers that can do just about anything. Besides talking, smart phones are our calendars, cameras, flashlights, photo albums, to-do lists, maps, internet access and constant companions.

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor of Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Psalm 34:4-14 When I was in middle school my parents, my twin sister, and I traveled, with our church, to Brookings, S.D., on a missions trip. Our team stayed in the dorms at South Dakota State University. We worked with the local Baptist Student Union. The BSU building was off campus. The BSU was an easy walk on

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor of Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: I John 5:6-13 It is believed that the purchase of the first life insurance policy can be traced back to London in 1583. The buyer’s name was William Gybbon. The seller’s name is not known but the beneficiary was Richard Martin. When Mr. Gybbon died, his claim was paid after a dispute was settled in court.

By Terry Kirby Senior Pastor, Alpha Baptist Church, Morristown Focal Passage: Psalm 89:1-2, 5-8, 15-18 The Bible says in II Timothy 3:16 that “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.” What does that mean? It means that every word of The Word of God is from God. God wants us to hide every word of it in our hearts.