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Dr. S. Samuel Krouse
A Church on Fire
On December 15, 1950, the First Baptist Church of Colusa was established. It began meeting in a store-front building in downtown Colusa, and in the mid-50’s built a sanctuary in the middle of the block on Lafayette Street, between 6th and 7th streets....
What God requires of you, part 2
If you, as a Christian, believe certain things are true, just and right, then you have a moral obligation to speak up. You had better speak up. If you do not, your voice will never even have the chance to rise above the clamor of all the others who are...
What God requires of you, part 1
“With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my...
Freedom from the performance trap
“Are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect in the flesh.” (Galations 3:3). Now, perfect is a beautiful word, but perfectionism is an ugly word. What is perfectionism? Well, perfectionism is that disease of judging...
How to show love and respect for others
The Bible says we are to love one another. Sounds good, but can it be done? Whoever said, “I love mankind; it’s people I can’t stand,” was about right. People are just irritating. I agree with the guy who said, “To live above...
Live by faith!
Gullible. It never ceases to amaze me just how gullible people are. When P. T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” he was right. It seems that there is no limit to what we will believe. Just look at the titles that appear...
Whatever became of sin?
More than 30 years ago, psychiatrist Karl Menninger penned the following words in his book "Whatever Became of Sin?" "The very word ‘sin,' which seems to have disappeared, was once a proud word. It was once a strong word, an ominous and serious...
St. Patrick's Declaration of Faith
St. Patrick's Day, celebrated every March 17th, came to Boston in 1737, and has been celebrated as a religious and secular holiday since. The church I pastor, First Baptist of Colusa, will celebrate it this Sunday following our morning service. Why would...
Fellowship of the Unashamed
Corrie Ten Boom in her book, The Hiding Place, relates an incident which taught her a very important principle. She and her sister, Betsy, had just been transferred to Ravensbruck, the worst German prison camp they had seen. Upon entering the barracks,...
Short and Sweet
In September, 2006 the then-editor (James) asked me to write a weekly article for the Colusa paper, limit it to two typed pages. That took some doing because I basically was taking a sermon manuscript and cutting it in half (or more), and tweaking it...
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