Alan

Please inform Randy, "Happy Birthday," also.

Thank you, Alan. Today is Randy's and tomorrow is mine - we have fun celebrating them together.

Thank you, sir. Had a nice day with my wife. Our anniversary was the 8th, so I took Monday and Tuesday off work and we sort of combined Anniversary and Birthday into a nice 3 days together, something rare for us to be able to do. 

Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Brother Alan.

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you. ? 

Hey brother, I will be praying for you.
Another friend of mine's dad went to be with the Lord last Wednesday - another great saint unrecognised by most, but known by the Lord, a faithful servant of the Lord.
These are the ones who many never hear about but who faithfully serve the Lord, not for the recognition of men, but for the glory of the Lord. Men like these will hear those words "Well done thou good and faithful servant.."

Thank you all.

Oh, NoNi - I am truly sorry for your loss, but so thankful you know where he is. And I'm thankful you have the memories that you do.

"... and to be with Christ; which is far better." Philippians 1:23b

May the Lord bless your ministry at Maranatha Bible Baptist Church in Fulton, MI.

Thanks! It was a good day. I got a $25 gift card to Subway! ? 

This happened before you joined the forum. It was someone who joined using an offensive and vulgar username.

I thank you both very much! 

Happy Birthday and I too wish God's blessing for you.
 

You got rid of a doozie last evening . . . keep up the good work!

Amen brother Alan. Thank you for reaching out. I hope that I can be a blessing or an encouragement to this group. Glory to God!

Greetings to you also. May the Lord bless you in your search for a bible believing church. It is also our hope that we can have good fellowship with you here on OnLineBaptist.

Jim,
Thank you for your testimony. It was a blessing to my heart to see how God worked in your life to bring you to Christ and your inward thought processes throughout the many years.
I am sure that the Baptist preacher who first witnessed to you will rejoice with you in eternity. God will reward him in proper time.
God bless!
Alan
 

Jordan,
IFB churches are independent churches; it is not a denomination. What Hyles, Ruckman, Anderson, Waite, etc... has no bearing on me nor the church I stated nor my home church. I imagine you have attended, or am currently attending, an IFB church that may not preach from the scriptures as much as you think he should. I do not know. None of the churches that I attended, or started (I have started four churches), uses none of the material of these men.
I do know that the problems of the various IFB churches that I hear from other brethren here on OnLine Baptist is, in my opinion, exaggerated.
The devotions that I have written here on OnLine Baptist, along with the studies that I have written, are mostly sermons and teachings from our Sunday school at the church that I started and currently the pastor of. If you look closely, you will see that all (or mostly all), of them are textual, with very little reference to some of the problems that you mentioned. From the IFB churches that I have attended, these textual messages (with very little hobby horse material), is standard fare. 
It is my hope that that Lord gives you wisdom and guidance in you life.
Alan
 

Jordan,
IFB churches are independent churches; it is not a denomination. What Hyles, Ruckman, Anderson, Waite, etc... has no bearing on me nor the church I stated nor my home church. I imagine you have attended, or am currently attending, an IFB church that may not preach from the scriptures as much as you think he should. I do not know. None of the churches that I attended, or started (I have started four churches), uses none of the material of these men.
I do know that the problems of the various IFB churches that I hear from other brethren here on OnLine Baptist is, in my opinion, exaggerated.
The devotions that I have written here on OnLine Baptist, along with the studies that I have written, are mostly sermons and teachings from our Sunday school at the church that I started and currently the pastor of. If you look closely, you will see that all (or mostly all), of them are textual, with very little reference to some of the problems that you mentioned. From the IFB churches that I have attended, these textual messages (with very little hobby horse material), is standard fare. 
It is my hope that that Lord gives you wisdom and guidance in you life.
Alan
 

You have to remember that every IFB church is different and independent of each other. It can decribe a movement of independent Baptist churches at most but it is not a denomination. Independent Fundamental Baptist is a description that any independent baptist can use or not as they wish to identify themselves. I typically tell people that we are an Independent Baptist Church. The Fundamental moniker I typically reserve for other Baptist who want to know "what type".

If you look around you'll probably find a conservative Baptist church that you can feel at home in but if not there are also some independent bible churches that use KJV as well which hold to the same baptist faith as many IFB but without the "stigma" of the title. I also heard some Calvary Chapels are good but I have never been to one.

Things went great. I was privileged to lead a young lady to the Lord today. We've been praying for her for a while, and I've dealt with her two other times. This morning, she came to church ready to be saved! AMEN!

May the Lord richly bless you. Alan and the Mrs.