How to Download Our New App

Earlier today we launched our new mobile app available on all iOS and Android smart devices (phones, tablets, etc.). This is a great tool for our church to keep our members informed and in touch and it will allow us as a community to better pray for one another.

First, downloading the app is simple.

1. Go to your app store and download the "Church Link" app. It is a free app to download and use.
2. Open the app and allow it to track your location and to send you push notifications. This is very important.
3. Search Frankfort, KY in the city, state search bar or search for "East Frankfort Baptist Church."
4. Select "East Frankfort Baptist Church."

Your done! Now you can start using the app and every time you open the Church Link app it will open to EFBC's app.

This free app comes with a number of important features

1. Access to the entire sermon podcast.
2. Events page where everyone can stay up-to-date with everything that is happening at the church.
3. A prayer wall that allows each user to post prayer requests.
4. Photos from church events.
5. Access to our Facebook page.
6. Access to our website.
7. Access to the Bible.
8. Access to this blog.
9. You can call the church directly from this app.
10. You can get directions to the church.
11. The times of our services is listed.
12. Push notifications that will allow the church to keep everyone updated.

I strongly encourage everyone with smart devices to download and use this app. It is a great tool that is free to use. Also invite your friends, family, and neighbors to use it.

July 2, 2017 | 1 Peter 2:21-25

Here is the sermon from Sunday morning:

²¹ For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, ²² who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; ²³ and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; ²⁴ and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. ²⁵ For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

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June 25, 2017 | Joel 3:1-21: A Day of Judgment

Here is the final sermon in our exegetical series on the book of Joel. I have enjoyed it immensely.

“For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
² I will gather all the nations
And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Then I will enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
And they have divided up My land.
³ “They have also cast lots for My people,
Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

⁴ Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. ⁵ Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples, ⁶ and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, ⁷ behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. ⁸ Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”
¹¹ Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones.
¹² Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.
¹³ Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
¹⁵ The sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
¹⁶ The Lord roars from Zion
And utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the heavens and the earth tremble.
But the Lord is a refuge for His people
And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
¹⁷ Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be holy,
And strangers will pass through it no more.

¹⁸ And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
And the hills will flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of Shittim.
¹⁹ Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations.
²¹ And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.

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For more:
May 28, 2017 | Joel 1:1-20: A Day of Suffering
June 4, 2017 | Joel 2:1-17: A Day of Grace
June 11, 2017 | Joel 2:18-32: A Day of Restoration 
June 25, 2017 | Joel 3:1-21: A Day of Judgment

June 18, 2017: Matthew 1:18-25: The Simple, Godly Man - Father's Day 2017

Sunday morning we celebrated Father's Day by looking at Matthew 1:18-25. Below you will find the audio and notes from that sermon.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. ²⁰ But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” ²² Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ²³ “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” ²⁴ And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, ²⁵ but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.

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For more:
May 14, 2017 | Proverbs 31: The Value of a Godly Woman
May 8, 2016 | Genesis 1-3 - Dad as Priest-King: Why Being a Man is High Calling From God
May 10, 2015 | 1 Samuel 1:1-20 - Mother's Day 2015
Worship Minimovie: A Very Special Mommy

June 11, 2017 | Joel 2:18-32: A Day of Restoration

Here is the third sermon is our series on Joel taken from Joel 2:18-32 entitled "A Day of Restoration."

¹⁸ Then the Lord will be zealous for His land
And will have pity on His people.
¹⁹ The Lord will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with them;
And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
²⁰ “But I will remove the northern army far from you,
And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,
And its vanguard into the eastern sea,
And its rear guard into the western sea.
And its stench will arise and its foul smell will come up,
For it has done great things.”

²¹ Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad,
For the Lord has done great things.
²² Do not fear, beasts of the field,
For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,
For the tree has borne its fruit,
The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.
²³ So rejoice, O sons of Zion,
And be glad in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the early rain for your vindication.
And He has poured down for you the rain,
The early and latter rain as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of grain,
And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.
²⁵ “Then I will make up to you for the years
That the swarming locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
²⁶ “You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will never be put to shame.
²⁷ “Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the Lord your God,
And there is no other;
And My people will never be put to shame.

²⁸ “It will come about after this
That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
²⁹ “Even on the male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰ “I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire and columns of smoke.
³¹ “The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
³² “And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.

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For more:
May 28, 2017 | Joel 1:1-20: A Day of Suffering
June 4, 2017 | Joel 2:1-17: A Day of Grace
June 11, 2017 | Joel 2:18-32: A Day of Restoration 

June 4, 2017 | Joel 2:1-17: A Day of Grace

Sunday morning we continued our series on the book of Joel looking at Joel 2:1-17. Below you will find both the sermon audio and the notes.

Blow a trumpet in Zion,
And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For the day of the Lord is coming;
Surely it is near,
² A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.
³ A fire consumes before them
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is like the garden of Eden before them
But a desolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.
⁴ Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;
And like war horses, so they run.
⁵ With a noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
⁶ Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces turn pale.
⁷ They run like mighty men,
They climb the wall like soldiers;
And they each march in line,
Nor do they deviate from their paths.
⁸ They do not crowd each other,
They march everyone in his path;
When they burst through the defenses,
They do not break ranks.
⁹ They rush on the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They enter through the windows like a thief.
¹⁰ Before them the earth quakes,
The heavens tremble,
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
¹¹ The Lord utters His voice before His army;
Surely His camp is very great,
For strong is he who carries out His word.
The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And who can endure it?
¹² “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
“Return to Me with all your heart,
And with fasting, weeping and mourning;
¹³ And rend your heart and not your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And relenting of evil.
¹⁴ Who knows whether He will not turn and relent
And leave a blessing behind Him,
Even a grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
¹⁵ Blow a trumpet in Zion,
Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,
¹⁶ Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.
¹⁷ Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,
Weep between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance a reproach,
A byword among the nations.
Why should they among the peoples say,
‘Where is their God?’”

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For more:
May 28, 2017 | Joel 1:1-20: A Day of Suffering
June 4, 2017 | Joel 2:1-17: A Day of Grace

"The Insanity of God" Showing This Sunday Evening

Sunday evening we are meeting at 5 pm to watch the important and powerful film "The Insanity of God" based on the best-selling book of the same name (you can buy it here). Below you is the trailer for the film. I cannot emphasize enough how good this film is and I strongly encourage all of our members to come and be sure to invite a friend or neighbor.