Jesus and Navy Seals

Here is an amazing story of a Navy Seal laying down his life to save his fellow soldiers by taking the full force of a grenade blast. Faced with the decision to save his life by escaping before the explosion, he chose instead to sacrifice his own life for the sake of the other Seals. It truly is a heroic act and is one I don't think many would make.

Now try to picture that Navy Seal jumping on the grenade for an enemy, it would be unheard of! It is very rare that someone would die for their friends much less his enemies.

But this is what Christians believed happened in the Gospel. We believe that Jesus Christ the God/Man entered into space and time and gave himself up for his enemies. There was nothing in us that could have drove Christ to do this, we were hostile to God deserving nothing, it is only by grace that he would die for his enemies. I was an enemy of God, and Christ took upon himself the punishment that was rightly mine. This love, this grace, is unheard of, who would die for their enemies? But this is the glorious truth that Paul echos in Romans chapter 5.

6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:6-11)

One of the main purposes and results from this act, is that we as enemies would be reconciled to God through Jesus. We would no longer be considered enemies of God deserving wrath but that God would look upon us as friends and we would receive adoption as sons because of what Christ has done.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/seal.medal/index.html

Wednesday Night Meeting and Carl Cartee

Just a reminder that we will be meeting back at the Renfro Center
Basement this Wednesday (tomorrow) at 7pm. We'll be continuing our study on Ephesians with a look at Ch. 5. 10-21 which is an awesome passage.



Also this Saturday @ 7pm there is a Carl Cartee concert at
Gardner-Webb and the admission is a non-perishable canned food item. We will be getting a group together to go and will make plans after tomorrow's meeting. If you'd like to go and won't make it to the meeting tomorrow please contact us.

Halloween Night Service

Happy Halloween! We'll be having our service at the normal time tonight (7pm) in the Renfro basement. Wear your costume to the meeting and afterwards we'll be heading over to Spoon's house for the Halloween party. Mary is bringing some pumpkins to carve and everyone else is welcome to bring their favorite candy/food to munch on.


If you have questions contact us!

Wednesday Night Meeting-9/12

We are meeting once again on Wednesday night in the Renfro Center basement at 7pm. We'll be continuing our Ephesians Series with a study on Ephesians 2.11-22. Jeremiah Childers will do the teaching which should be great. Jeremiah is a student in the Divinity School at Gardner-Webb and is working on his Master's in Divinity. We will also take time out for The Lord's Supper which is something that we will be doing for the first time as a ministry.

After the Meeting: There are no definite plans at the moment. We'll decide after the service whether to go to the Coffee Shop, Kerry's, or to the Cookout. So everyone be thinking about where you'd like to go.

"Excellence in All Things and All Things to God's Glory" -- The Legacy of Dr. D. James Kennedy

Dr. Mohler has a good post about the passing of Dr.D. James Kennedy.

Also, Justin Taylor over at Between Two Worlds has a post with some good links.

Wednesday Night Meeting

There is a Foundation meeting tomorrow night at 7pm in the Renfro Center basement. Courtney Eller will be there this week to share a presentation on her mission trip to Uganda over the summer which should be awesome. Also, Justin Webb will continue our teaching series on Ephesians 2.1-10, so be sure to bring your Bible and something to write with.

After the Meeting: The plan is to go over to Broad River Coffee once again to hangout and listen during their open mic night.

If you have questions, contact us.

Wednesday Night Meeting-8/29

Once again The Foundation will be meeting Wednesday night at 7pm in the Renfro Center basement. You are in for a treat this week as you will hear two different mission trip reports from this summer. Stephanie Kay will be sharing on our New Orleans trip and Justin Witherspoon will share on his trip to Brazil. We will also pick up on our Ephesians study with an in-depth look at Ephesians 1.15-23 and focusing on "Our Resources in Christ."

After the meeting we will head over to Broad River Coffee to hangout and drink some good coffee. See ya'll Wednesday.

Foundation Gathering This Wednesday

After a near summer-long "sabbatical," if you will, The Foundation is back this Wednesday night as we will have our first meeting of the new school year. We will be meeting over at the Renfro Center at 7pm with a short worship service and then a trip to Kerry's for some ice cream will follow. The format will be a little different in these meetings, so be sure to come and check it out (don't forget your Bible, because we'll be diggin in). Also try to check the blog (Yea, we know...we've been lazy on here too, but we're working on it) this week as we'll be putting new information up about some changes coming this year in the Foundation. If you have any questions....contact us.

Is the Roman Catholic Church the only true Church?

That shouldn't sound like anything new, that is the age old claim that the Reformers repeatedly denied, and a claim which we deny today as well. The Vatican just released a new document declaring the RCC to be the only true church, and that any church which denies the papacy is not a true church.

Dr. Al Mohler has a good post on the topic so check it out and let me know what you think.

Cookout & Pool Party

The ladies are throwing a pool party/cookout on Wednesday night for anyone who wants to come. The party will be held at Kesha Allen's house and will last from 6:30 until whenever. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be served. Bring your swimsuit and invite a friend to come out for a good time. And in case you didn't know...these ladies know how to put on a shindig...especially when it comes to food!

Click Here for directions.

Any Questions? Contact Us.

The Foundation @ DSBC Sunday

We will be leading the worship service over at Double Springs Baptist Church this Sunday(10th) at 10:50am. Justin Webb will be preaching and Jonny's House will be playing in full force. Aaron and the gang will be doing some remixes of good hymns which will definitely rock as well as a couple new songs...so don't miss out.

If you need directions to DSBC click here.
If you have questions contact us.

3M Club- June 9th

The next 3M Club meeting will be this Saturday, June 9th. All of those reading Wild at Heart should finish chapters 3 and 4. A detailed agenda for Saturday's meeting is listed below.




Agenda:

5:00-6:00: Book discussion at Chance and Ian's

6:00-8:00: Go out to eat at restaurant in Shelby

8:15-10:30 Ocean's Thirteen at the theater.



Any guys of any age are welcome to come to all or part of the 3M Club meeting. If you are not reading the book feel welcome to come and sit in on the discussion anyway...otherwise meet at Chance and Ian's house at 6:00 to go out to eat. If you have any questions contact us.

Televangelist Jerry Falwell Dies at 73

This article is from the Christian Post

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.

Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. "CPR efforts were unsuccessful," he said.

Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell "has a history of heart challenges."

"I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast," Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they found him unresponsive."

Falwell had survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was hospitalized for two weeks with what was described as a viral infection, then was hospitalized again a few weeks later after going into respiratory arrest. Later that year, doctors found a 70 percent blockage in an artery, which they opened with stents.


In 2006, Falwell marked the 50th anniversary of his church and spoke out on stem cell research, saying he sympathized with people with medical problems, but that any medical research must pass a three-part test: "Is it ethically correct? Is it biblically correct? Is it morally correct?"

Falwell had once opposed mixing preaching with politics, but he changed his view and in 1979, founded the Moral Majority. The political lobbying organization grew to 6.5 million members and raised $69 million as it supported conservative politicians and campaigned against abortion, homosexuality, pornography and bans on school prayer.

Falwell became the face of the religious right, appearing on national magazine covers and on television talk shows. In 1983, U.S. News & World Report named him one of 25 most influential people in America.

Falwell credited his Moral Majority with getting millions of conservative voters registered, electing Ronald Reagan and giving Republicans Senate control in 1980.

"I shudder to think where the country would be right now if the religious right had not evolved," Falwell said when he stepped down as Moral Majority president in 1987.

The fundamentalist church that Falwell started in an abandoned bottling plant in 1956 grew into a religious empire that includes the 22,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church, the "Old Time Gospel Hour" carried on television stations around the country and 7,700-student Liberty University in Lynchburg, which began as Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971. He built Christian elementary schools, homes for unwed mothers and a home for alcoholics.

With Falwell's high profile came frequent criticism, even from fellow ministers. The Rev. Billy Graham once rebuked him for political sermonizing on "non-moral issues."

Falwell quit the Moral Majority in 1987, saying he was tired of being "a lightning rod" and wanted to devote his time to his ministry and Liberty University. But he remained outspoken and continued to draw criticism for his remarks.

Days after Sept. 11, 2001, Falwell essentially blamed feminists, gays, lesbians and liberal groups for bringing on the terrorist attacks. He later apologized.

In 1999, he told a evangelical conference that the Antichrist was a male Jew who was probably already alive. Falwell later apologized for the remark but not for holding the belief. A month later, his National Liberty Journal warned parents that Tinky Winky, a purple, purse-toting character on television's "Teletubbies" show, was a gay role model and morally damaging to children.

Falwell was re-energized after moral values issues proved important in the 2004 presidential election. He formed the Faith and Values Coalition as the "21st Century resurrection of the Moral Majority," to seek anti-abortion judges, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and more conservative elected officials.

The big, blue-eyed preacher with a booming voice started his independent Baptist church with 35 members. From his living room, he began broadcasting his message of salvation and raising the donations that helped his ministry grow.

"He was one of the first to come up with ways to use television to expand his ministry," said Robert Alley, a retired University of Richmond religion professor who studied and criticized Falwell's career.

Liberty University's commencement is scheduled for Saturday, with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the featured speaker.

3M Club

With much anticipation, I am pleased to share the details of the newly created 3M Club. While this may sound like the name of a cheap gentleman's club (as someone told me), the 3M Club is actually a Men's Group that will begin meeting this summer in place of our small groups.

Details:
3M Club: manhood. meat. movies.

• This men's group will meet several times a month on the weekend to do the following three things that all men love.
  

1. Talk about Manhood.
2. Eat Meat.
3. Watch Movies

• This group is for all ages of men: from teenagers to old men!

• We will begin our Manhood study with the book Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge

• Our first meeting will be Saturday May 19th.

• A typical meeting agenda might look something like this:
1. 5:00-6:00pm - Roundtable discussion of Wild at Heart.
2. 6:30-8:30 - Trip to a steakhouse restaurant or cookout at someone's house.
   
3. 9:00-11:00 - Watch a movie at the theater or DVD at the house.

Perks:

• An awesome 3M Club t-shirt (pictured below): custom designed by Derek Ramsey.
  
  
• Wild at Heart book by John Elderedge.

• Great Fellowship with other men on a regular basis.

Cost:

• Of course nothing is free...I wish it was, but membership into the 3M Club is $20 which includes the T-shirt and Book.
  

• If you would just like the book or just the T-shirt the cost is $10.

Join:

• If you'd like to be a part of the 3M Club send us an email at thecorefoundation@gmail.com or contact Chance Witherspoon. See Contact Page.
  

• Share this page. Forward it to others. Invite all they guys you know! We want to fill up entire restaurants with 3M Club Members and their rockin' t-shirts.
  

Ladies stay tuned, we've got something for you soon.....

Worship at the Greenway

• Worship Gathering THIS Sunday(13th)! New Time. New Place. Cookout!

Time: 10am

Place: Broad River Greenway

Details:

• We are going to meet under the picnic shelter right beside the river on the Greenway for a time of outside worship.
  
• Justin Webb will be preaching and the band will play all acoustic songs.
  
• We will take up a love offering for several people going on mission trips to Brazil and Uganda this Summer.
• There will be a cookout right after the service around 11am.
• Invite all your friends!
  

Location: The Broad River Greenway is located right off Highway 150 just before you cross the river. While heading from Boiling Springs, south on 150 towards the Broad River, you will turn left on to Riverside Rd. just before reaching the Broad River bridge. Immediately turn back to the right and into the Greenway parking lot. Walk down the long railed walkway until you see the picnic shelter and there you will find us. There should be someone in the parking lot as well to keep you from getting lost.


If you have any questions about the service, please contact us!

Broad River Cookout

Wednesday night @ 7pm, the Foundation will be meeting down at the Broad River Greenway for a little pre-summer fun. We'll plan on meeting at the river in one of the shelters at 7pm. There will be a cookout and food will be provided. Invite your friends and come out for a good time.

Have questions? Contact Us!

Map to the Greenway

Why Hate Should Not Be a Crime

For those of you interested in where hate crime legislation is heading in this country, here are a few links to check out.

H.R. 1592

USA Today

Stand to Reason

AFD

Christian News wire

GovTrack

World Net Daily

Men of whom the world was not Worthy

35Others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; 36and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38(men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. 39And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.(Hebrews 11:35-40)

Here are some links about three Christians martyred in Turkey. I will go ahead and warn you that there are some graphic descriptions.

http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=701

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsID=511

Book Recommendations

Check out our Recommended Reading List with tons of great literature that you will hopefully find to your liking. To save page space, I posted the blog with a date of a few days ago so you might see it if you scroll down. Keep checking the list (link located on side menu) as new books will be added as we keep finding the diamonds in the rough...

Spring Fling Sunday- NO Worship Gathering

Just wanted to let everyone know that there will NOT be a Worship Gathering THIS SUNDAY for the The Foundation. Instead we will be going over to Sandy Run Baptist Church for their annual Spring Fling on Sunday from 3-5pm. Jonny's House, the Foundation Band will be playing and there will be lots of fun, food, and games for kids in the community. Please feel free to come out, have a good time and support the band as we fellowship with people in the local community. The next Worship Gathering will be two weeks from Sunday...May 13th. Check the blog for more details later.

If you need directions to Sandy Run click here