Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes How often do we think in terms of needing various things to be happy or content? However, God is what we need, and things are simply what we use. Many people think retirement will bring contentment. But far too many become lonely and depressed, and…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Every person has a worldview of some kind. What is a worldview? Simply put, it is how one views reality. And it proposes to answer the big questions of life such as: Where did everything come from? What is the meaning of life? Who or…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes We live in unusual and troubling days. I’m reminded of Thomas Paine’s comment in 1776: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” Granted, our culture today is quite different from that of the 18th century, but Paine’s statement certainly resonates with people who are…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes The story is told of a man who lived on the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. For years he had assumed that he lived in Minnesota, but a new survey revealed that he actually lived in Wisconsin. His response? “Thank goodness, I never could bear…
Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Now that the year 2020 is in the record books, I’m sure we all have hopes that 2021 will be quite different! But will it? Only God knows for sure. He has His purposes that he is carrying out, and we can rejoice that He is…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Do you recall the widespread anarchy and mayhem of the late 1960s, especially 1968? It was an election year, the country was rife with violence and racial and political turmoil, and many marches and demonstrations were taking place to protest the unpopular Vietnam War. Furthermore,…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes We live in a very complex universe. In fact, no scientist or other professional can know everything there is to know about even his or her own particular discipline. I once read that a medical doctor would need to read the equivalent of one book…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Have you ever experienced severe turbulence while flying? It can be a jarring and unnerving experience to say the least. Furthermore, life itself can be quite turbulent at times (as we have clearly seen in recent months). What do we do in such times? Our…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes As I write these words, restrictions due to the global pandemic are being gradually lifted in some places but, of course, we do not know what to expect in the months and even years to come. But Christians do not have to go into panic…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Americans will go to the polls on Nov. 3 of this year for our nation’s presidential election. Thank God for the privilege of living in a republic where we can exercise this right—a right that so many have fought and died to give us. Now,…