Many places of business will post very prominently a "Missions Statement." The Business Dictionary defines a mission statement as, "a...

One aspect of Christian service that, I am afraid, many Christians fail to grasp is that serving God IS A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE!!!  It is...

“ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way...

The Apostle Paul was a good preacher! I don't think he was necessarily a dynamic preacher, or an entertaining preacher, or a...

Ephesians 2:8-9, " For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man...

" Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the...

1 Timothy tells us that our church is the " church of the living God " and that we are the " pillar and ground of the truth ." A strong,...

At Mountain Lake Independent Baptist Church, we strongly emphasize the importance of setting aside a daily time for Bible reading and...

Matthew 14:22-33, " And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while...

Luke 18:1-8, " And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city...

2 Chronicles 7:14, " If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their...

Psalm 70:1-5, " Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my...

We often quote Dr. John R. Rice where he said, "All our failures are prayer failures." That implies to me that all our victories are...

Ephesians 2:1-7, " And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the...

Luke 15:11-24, " And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of...

The purpose for Mountain Lake Independent Baptist Church's existence is to declare the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every man, woman, and...

Luke 10:30-37, " And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him...

Psalm 119:153-160, " Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me...

Ephesians 2:14-17, " For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having...

Luke 13:6- 9, " He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,...