“A New Soul and a New Nose”
Whether 2025 seemed lightning fast or painfully slow to you, a new year has dawned, and only God knows what it will hold for each of us, and that’s not our concern anyway. So what should concern us at…
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“THE LORD IS GOOD!”
Well, it is the last Sunday of 2025! And it has been a big year for Granite Hills Baptist Church family. We have been through many things and as our church family grows and with them comes more opportunity for…
“GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY”
“Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the…
A Thanksgiving Prayer
Pastor Mike and I, trust you had a blessed Thanksgiving! But being thankful is not a once-a-year event but a way of life. And here at Granite Hills Baptist Church we wish to encourage each person in our service to…
“How Rigid Is Your Religion?”
There he sat on the ground next to a man with shabby clothes that reeked of alcohol. My friend Tyson, who himself wore street clothes and had large gauge earrings in his ears, was spending his Saturday in the…
“Fighting the Good Fight”
I was hunting in Montana in one of our favorite spots that after a while you realize are several people’s favorite spots. As the sun was coming up and I was anticipating elk on every hill when there came a…
“Doubt: Faith Looking for Answers”
Is doubt sinful? I’m very thankful the Bible addresses doubt on several occasions, because it’s an issue all of us—no matter how resilient our faith feels at the moment—will experience. In this week’s passage from Matthew 11, we learn…
The Presence of God
John G. Paton missionary to the New Hebrides Islands in the 19th Century tells of an incident where he felt the presence of the Lord the most in his life. He had landed on the islands to find the people…
“Little Mice Have Big Ears”
Many years ago, in Missouri a preacher had two sons, and those two boys found a little dog in their town and brought it home. They asked their preacher daddy if they could keep it and the preacher liked it…
The Narrow Way
Anne Brontë 1820 –1849 Believe not those who say The upward path is smooth,Lest thou shouldst stumble in the way, And faint before the truth. It is the only road Unto the realms of joy;But he who seeks that blest…