First Presbyterian Church, Dyersburg TN
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First Presbyterian Church, Dyersburg, TN
Our Vision:
First Presbyterian Church is a community called to bring glory to the one true God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - by worshiping Him, making disciples, and equipping Christians to present, in word and deed, the gospel of Jesus Christ to Dyersburg and to the world.
And the answer is .......ROMANS
We live in a time when there are many questions about God and who He is and what we are to believe about Him. It seems we live in a time with lots of questions and no real answers:
If Christianity is true, why are there so many other religions? What is a religion?
What happens to people who live their whole lives and never hear the gospel?
If there is a real God, why are there atheists?
What is an idol? Why do people worship idols?
Do people worship idols today?
Why are there bad people?
Why is the world the way it is?
Is God really in control of everything or just some things?
Come study with us as we discover the answers to life's big questions. Join us as we go verse by verse through one of the most challenging books of the Bible..........Romans.
Every Sunday morning at 10:45 AM
You can also hear each week's sermon on the "sermons" page.
Join us in our Wednesday night home groups as we are studying the "Gospel of Mark" by Tim Keller.
Pastor Tim Keller was interviewed in The Atlantic recently about his new book The King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus. In the interview he also discusses his writing process, the relationship between his preaching and writing, and how Christianity relates to politics and power.
Here's an excerpt:
What made you decide to write a book about the life of Jesus?
In a way, the reason why I wrote the book is I'm a Christian minister. And a basic job, I think, is to get people to be attracted to Jesus. That's the purpose of the book: to take the continual, almost inexorable, interest that people have in Jesus—it seems like no matter whether people have a positive or negative view of the church, regardless of whether the culture is secular or religious, there is an interest in Jesus. I'm trying to connect with that because I find Jesus very attractive, and I want people to be attracted to him.
And why did you choose to focus on the Gospel of Mark rather than any of the other three gospels?
You're an author, so you'll probably laugh at this: I chose Mark because it's the shortest gospel. But because it's short, it's compressed, and it moves from incident to incident in Jesus' life very quickly. In Matthew, Luke, and John, you have these long discourses, long pieces of teaching, and they're wonderful in many cases, like the Sermon on the Mount. And they raise a lot of questions.
But if you're really just trying to get exposed to all the aspects of Jesus, in Mark you get three or four incidents: Jesus with the dying girl, Jesus with the Pharisees, Jesus with a scholar. You get so many pictures of him per chapter that very quickly you get a very full-bodied picture of who he is. Also there's a sense of immediacy: it's all in the present tense. Sometimes it says, "Immediately he did this, immediately he did that." It's pretty compelling. I always go there, to Mark, if I'm trying to introduce somebody to Jesus. It's the fastest way to give the person a picture.
Weekly Schedule
Sunday:
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Morning Worship 10:45 AM
Pioneer Clubs, Youth Group and Adult Bible Study 5:00 PM
Choir Practice, 7:00 PM
On the first Sunday of every month, the members host a covered dish fellowship meal after morning worship.
Wednesday:
Midweek Home study groups 6:30 PM starting up again on Jan 11. 2012 Join us as we study "The Gospel of Mark by Tim Keller Contact us to join a Home study group. These meet in members' homes.
Please contact us if we can be of any service to you or your family. May God richly bless you as you seek His truth and His will for your life.
Sincerely,
Wally Bumpas, Jr.
Pastor
