FBCD Insights

Blogs, articles, resources and more from First Baptist Decatur

Looking for some written encouragement to grow your faith and strengthen your walk with Christ?
Check out the curated collection of devotions, prayers, and blogs below, written by our amazing staff!

 
 
 

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BLOG POSTS

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Dear Friends:
Dear Friends:
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Cultivate Staying Power with a Bigger Faith
Cultivate Staying Power with a Bigger Faith
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Do Not Be Intimidated!
Do Not Be Intimidated!
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Happy October Everyone
Happy October Everyone
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Anyway
Anyway
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The Relativity of Wickedness
The Relativity of Wickedness
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We Gun Owners Should Unite Around Reason
We Gun Owners Should Unite Around Reason
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Justice in the Square: From the Confederacy to John Lewis
Justice in the Square: From the Confederacy to John Lewis
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Boldly Making Peace
Boldly Making Peace
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On Jesus and White Folks: The Irony of White Supremacy
On Jesus and White Folks: The Irony of White Supremacy
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The Fire of God for Today
The Fire of God for Today
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Love and Fire
Love and Fire
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PRAYERS

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We Affirm and Pledge Anew
We Affirm and Pledge Anew
Prayer from a Pastor’s Heart
Prayer from a Pastor’s Heart
A Prayer for the Children
A Prayer for the Children
A Prayer as We Enter the Season of Fall
A Prayer as We Enter the Season of Fall
Waiting Prayer
Waiting Prayer
A Prayer for Strange Times
A Prayer for Strange Times
Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
O Word of God: A Prayer
O Word of God: A Prayer
Prayer for Courage
Prayer for Courage
Prayer of St. Francis
Prayer of St. Francis

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ARTICLES

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We Gun Owners Should Unite Around Reason
We Gun Owners Should Unite Around Reason
Evangelicals quoting Scripture: Whatever happened to Romans 13?
Evangelicals quoting Scripture: Whatever happened to Romans 13?
Confessions of a white preacher
Confessions of a white preacher
God’s gift of love: What do we do now?
God’s gift of love: What do we do now?
The problems with Hamas, Gaza, Israel (and America?)
The problems with Hamas, Gaza, Israel (and America?)
The vice and the cure
The vice and the cure
A well-regulated militia: Gun owners of the nation, unite!
A well-regulated militia: Gun owners of the nation, unite!

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DEVOTIONS

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Liberated from Judgement; Set Free to Forgive
Liberated from Judgement; Set Free to Forgive
Childish Wisdom
Childish Wisdom
On Poverty and Prudence
On Poverty and Prudence
On Fountains and Refreshment
On Fountains and Refreshment
To Bind Up a Nation’s Wounds
To Bind Up a Nation’s Wounds
Look Out In Compassion
Look Out In Compassion

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David’s Musings and Attempts at Poetry

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Mother’s Day Would Lack It's Feel
Mother’s Day Would Lack It's Feel
A Mother’s Day Confession
A Mother’s Day Confession
A SWISH
A SWISH

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