Norm Noble In August 2022 the pastor of Sun Lakes Baptist Church retired, and thus began the search for his replacement. During an eight-month interim, Pastor Bob Dodridge filled the pulpit. The five-person Pastor Search Committee looked nationwide for God’s man. Then a tiny advertisement they placed on the Southern Baptist Convention website…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church “Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.” These words from Psalm 111:2 reveal that God performs works and that His works are great. Furthermore, we are to delight in them, which leads us to study them. In the same…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church In addition to now being the most anxious nation in the world, we are surely one of the most distracted nations as well. Obviously, there is much in our culture that can keep us fragmented in our attention and cluttered in our minds. For example,…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church One of my favorite cartoons when I was growing up was Popeye. You may recall that when something really terrible was happening, Popeye would say, “That’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more!” Well, his grammar wasn’t the best but I think most…
Norm Noble Twenty years ago, Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, and a number of his friends sent several boxes of toys to Bosnian children for Christmas. Thus began a project which is now known as Operation Christmas Child. Since its beginning, Operation Christmas Child has sent several billion boxes to children over all over…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church For some reason, I’ve always enjoyed thunderstorms (as long as I’m not out in them). When I was growing up in the South, my room had an unsealed roof and I still remember that deafening sound as the heavy rain pummeled the house. There was just…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church A man with a neatly trimmed beard, stately forehead and piercing eyes stood at a wood post, having been tied to it. At his feet, men piled logs and kindling, after which they poured gunpowder over the dry wood. A city official stood by with a…
Norm Noble With the dawning of the new year (2015), Kyle Guss became an Associate Pastor of Sun Lakes Baptist Church, joining the worship team of Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, George Shuttleworth, Associate Pastor and George Walker, Associate Pastor. His ordination occurred this past January. Kyle, a native of Ohio, has lived in Arizona…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church Perhaps you’ve seen the TV commercial where the young boy hops up on the concert stage and begins playing Chopsticks on the grand piano. His stunned parents are embarrassed and don’t quite know what to do. But then the performer comes out and begins playing alongside of…
Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church Sometimes it’s hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to certain aspects of Christian history. Some accounts of early heroes and martyrs of the faith, handed down orally, have become embellished and romanticized. Such is the story of St. Valentine – a man who…