First Baptist Family of Asheboro, NC

  The series we’re in is about a new you.   How can we get different results than we have in the past?   We are thinking about what it means to be made new.   As a church, how to we do things together in a way that pleases God and is healthy?   We want you to be taking good care of yourself.   We have disagreements at home and with fellow church members sometimes.   Paul is addressing disagreements in this passage.   We are opinionated people.   We don’t agree on all things.   What’s the best peanut butter?   Is crunchy better or is creamy? Some disagreements are more serious and we can find ourselves in a power struggle.   This is happening in our nation.   They key to being healthy is right here in this text.   Two weeks ago in my sermon I talked about Jesus being seated at the right hand of the Father.   We can choose to set our minds on Heaven.   We can have a new way of thinking.   Jesus is the c...

I want to praise God and to share a time He has worked in my life. The experience shows how God used my emotional pain for my growth and answered my prayers only when I was ready and in a way that was best for me. My first wife and I came to Asheboro so I could work with Thad Moser and Wes Moser in their law firm, starting February 1, 1976. The office was in the Trollinger Building on Worth Street in Asheboro . My father died May 27, 1976. The funeral was at First United Methodist Church in Asheboro . He was buried in Asheboro . I helped mother as much as possible. I handled the estate. I missed Daddy’s advice and common sense. I did not deal fully with his death for years, not being able to cry or talk fully about it when I needed so much to do so. The senior partner in our firm, Thad Moser, died February 14, 1977. He was at his desk in the office when he slumped over. There was some confusion as to what to do. He was rushed to the hospital and cared for ...