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Welcome to the web ministry of First Baptist Las Colinas. Our church seeks to help build and strengthen families. We want to help you build the foundation of many godly generations. We believe God wants parents to assume responsibility for the education, nurture, and training of children. We want to help you reinforce strong convictions about education, music, godly dress, and courtship. Many churches "split up" the family as soon as they get to church. But we are a family integrated church seeking to keep families together during worship and Bible training. We want to see your family enjoy the blessings of active participation in the ministry opportunities of God's kingdom.
We hope you will come and get involved in what the Lord is doing at First Baptist Church Las Colinas. While you are here, check out our:
There are plenty of other resources as well. Navigate around the site (always under construction....) and see what is here for you. If you visit us, expect a warm welcome, a family-friendly atmosphere, the great hymns of the faith, and expository preaching. You'll notice that our young people make up the majority of our orchestra and musicians, and sing many of the specials. Most of all, you should notice a genuine love for Jesus Christ that we hope to share with you!
Encouragement from our children
05/31/2011 11:16 am
By Rohlin, Robert
We had great services Sunday and it was a privilege to preach the first half of a two-part sermon entitled "How to finish life well." I really don't want to blow it morally or spiritually in the last half of my life. Interestingly, most men who lose their families, lose their jobs, lose their ministries through indiscretion and immorality do so in the last half of their lives. While I don't have any plans for failure, I also know that Scripture teaches us that we are to take heed while we are standing firm that we don't fall. If you ever get overconfident that you will not be overtaken by temptation, your pride becomes your downfall.
So as I studied Colossians 2:1-14, a passage that didn't seem to have anything for me for the two weeks I looked at it suddenly came forth with an abundance. I found 9 positive actions we can take to enable us to "finish well" in the Christian life -- all of which I put under the category "Receive the Light of Christ." Next week I hope to deal with the second half of the message which is to "Reject the Darkness of the World" an explain specific ways that the world attempts to attack and dilute our faith.
After 30 years of pastoring, I'm still a bit over-sensitive to sermons that don't end at noon. Because we had folks in church we hadn't seen in a while, most folks were still fellowshiping in the fellowship hall when we should have started services. So we were late getting things off the ground. And we also took time to acknowledge the presence of Telugu Bible Baptist Church in our services (who began using our facilities this Sunday). So I didn't get started preaching until 11:45 and then preached to 12:30. But I didn't hear one person complain -- everyone was very gracious about it and felt like God had ministered to them.
The comment that was a big encouragement to me was a mother who said her children sometimes talked about a sermon for 2 or 3 weeks after they heard it. She looked over Sunday and everyone of her kids was taking notes. She attributed that to preaching that reaches all age groups, but I have another explanation. I have seen kids that had the opportunity to hear great preaching and simply "endured" the experience until it was over. But with very few exceptions the children at our church are different. They have been taught to be attentive. Their parents have taught them the Word of God and its importance to living. They've been taught that understanding the Bible is the key to success. I think it is not great preaching but exceptional parenting that has produced children who take notes and discuss a sermon for weeks that even the adults in most churches would have forgotten by the time they'd finished lunch on the very day they heard the sermon.
Thank God for parents who have taken the responsibility to teach their children a love for the inerrant, infallible, inspired, and imperative Word of God! They are a blessing to me and a blessing to our church. They will be a great light in the increasing darkness of our world. May God richly bless all of us to raise up a generation that subjects every decision and action to the supremacy of God's Word! -- Pastor Robert Rohlin
What Weapons Will We Use?
04/18/2009 10:13 am
By Rohlin, Robert
and self-will reign instead of Scriptural authority,
we shall fight the Lord's battles with the devil's weapons,
and if we cut our own fingers, we must not be surprised."
Adrian Rogers reminded me this morning that a train functions at its best when it stays within the limits of the rails of the track. It fulfills its ultimate purpose only when on the tracks. But should a train leave that confining and restricting tracks to venture down a hill and across a meadow, the only future it has is a wreck!
This is why King David said, "Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage"(Psalm 119:54). He found God's law to be subject for songs. Wow! I know I haven't pulled out the Texas Code of Criminal Offenses and started writing music for it yet. But David did that for God's law. Why? Because he understood that when he operated under God's authority, he enjoyed God's blessings.
Basically, every one of us has only two choices in life:
1. We do our own thing, go our own way, and while thinking we're making ourselves happy, we open ourselves to inevitable destruction.
2. We voluntarily place ourselves under the authority of God and there enjoy the blessings that come from the hand of a loving and righteous King.
So which choice do we take? You can walk off the ledge at the top of the Empire State building looking for a pleasurable stroll, but like it or not, you will suffer the consequences of the law of gravity. Like it or not, God has placed into operation laws that always operate 100% of the time. And these laws "cut both ways -- the two-edged sword of God's Word. It brings blessings to those who live under God's authority and allows the natural curse of consequences of our rebellion to God when we refuse His authority.
Yes, authority is not politically correct. Today our country is following after Israel's example in the book of Judges -- "And every man did that which was right in his own eyes." But we need to check our history -- things didn't work out well for Israel when they rebelled against God's authority.
Now we have an entire generation growing up being told that there is no God -- and hence no authority. Every man sits on the throne of his own life. And is it then any wonder that we hare reaping an increasing harvest of violence, disastrous financial policies, incurable venereal diseases, fatherless children, and an epidemic of divorce?
Persecution will some day come for saying this, but "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord"(Joshua 24). I wish I could tell you that I did this faithfully, but I don't. There are some real "fleshy" days in my life where I react and respond to others against the dictates of my conscience. I occasionally jump the track, cause a train wreck, and find myself missing the fruit of God's sweet blessings. But when I do stay within the confines of the track, I find there fulfillment, joy, and rest. I find that I'm meeting the purpose for which I was created.
Thanks for taking time to read these thoughts -- most of which belonged to Adrian Rogers in his book The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority: Getting an Upper Hand on the Underworld. But while the thoughts are his, the passion and the prayer are mine. "God, keep me on the tracks today."
Thornton 50th Wedding Anniversary
On August 9, 2007, Dale & Barbara Thornton celebrated 50 years of marriage together. We had a celebration at our church on Saturday, September 8, 2007. The photos in this gallery are from that event.
Dale Thornton and Barbara Stringer married Aug. 9, 1957 at Bethel Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas. Dale was ordained to the ministry in October 1956 at Friendship Baptist Church at Goree, Tex., his first pastorate. He also pastored Enterprise Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Texas; Friendship Baptist Church at Mt. Pleasant, Texas; and Zion Baptist Church in Fordyce, Arkansas. He is currently pastor of First Baptist Church of Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.
