Inspiration

On May 29, 1983, Pastor Tim preached his first sermon at First Baptist Church in Orillia, Ontario. Back then it was the custom at First Baptist to have the youth group take and conduct one evening service each year. Tim was 17 years old. This picture was taken as he was getting dressed to go to the service.

You can listen to "Have You Paid Your Taxes?" through the link below, but please note a couple of things. This recording was captured from a 25 year old tape cassette so the sound quality is not the best. On top of that, any amount of MP3 compression that was applied to the resulting .wav file caused distortion that made it pretty hard to listen too, so this audio file is in Windows Media Audio format (WMA) and weighs in at a whopping 40 megs. Finally, many computers already have software that can play WMA files, but if it turns out yours doesn't, you can download and install "Media Player Classic" for free at the other link below.

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It's good to turn away from an idol in your life, but not if you are just turning to another one.

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The Christian life is a journey from point A to point B - heaven. Keeping that end point in focus can be a challenge if we take our eyes off of what and who is waiting for us.

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The Holy Spirit keeps us from becoming "great". That's a good thing.

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