Vol. LVII June 24, 2018 No. 25

Bishops

Johnny Davis .......................... 307‐4232

Dan Fuller ............................... 478‐3755

Joe Holland ............................ 626‐2809

Jerry Hopkins ......................... 434‐4188

*Phil Porter ............................ 575‐4782

Richard Watson ...................... 694‐0444

*Chairman for the Month of June

Evangelists

Dan Jenkins ............................ 744‐4559

David Sproule ......................... 301‐2230

Josh Blackmer ........................ 319‐1418

Deacons

Mike Archer ........................... 422‐2995

David Brown ........................... 972‐7608

Novel Brown .......................... 848‐6988

Chuck Clark ............................ 627‐4132

Victor Colage .......................... 719‐1490

Lance Collier ........................... 793‐2718

Jim Davis ................................ 248‐3310

Mike Erickson ......................... 310‐9916

Tim Fry ................................... 373‐9121

Jeff Goodale ........................... 261‐1188

Rick Hall ................................. 622‐5131

Bob Higbee ...................... 303‐386‐6405

Gary Jenkins ........................... 889‐3585

Dick Kelley .............................. 968‐1799

Jeff Leslie ................................ 744‐3444

Paul Metzkes .......................... 736‐9086

Buzz Nelson ............................ 627‐4890

Jerry Pi man .......................... 793‐2725

Kevin Weeks ........................... 386‐4108

Church Office

Phone .............................. 561‐848‐1111

Fax ................................... 561‐848‐1198

Website ....................... www.pblcoc.org

E‐mail ....................... office@pblcoc.org

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ALookattheSinner’sPrayer

For decades, crusades have been conducted around the world, and thousands have responded to give their lives to Jesus. Conscious of their sins, they are told to simp‐ly say the “sinner’s prayer.” Of even greater impact is the preaching by televangelists and church pastors who tell those who are lost

that if they will say this sinner’s prayer, God will immediately forgive them of all their sins.

There are slight varia ons in the wording of this prayer, but they all have this format. “Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your name. Amen.” The lives of many have been changed, but a vital ques on must be an‐swered. Does the saying of this prayer bring salva on?

When did this prayer originate? Google to find the answer. “Some affirm that it evolved, in some form or another, during the early days of the Protestant Reforma on. Others believe it originated as late as the eighteenth century revival movement.” One study provides strong evidence that the sin‐ner’s prayer originated in the early twen eth century.

Think of the implica ons of the preceding paragraph.

It implies that the sinner’s prayer was unknown by the church in the first century. The church, directed by the apostles, told millions how to be saved, but never told them to pray this prayer. It is not found even one me in the Bible. It is not found in the Bible anywhere in any of the forms used today.

It is not found in the wri ngs of church leaders of the second, third, fourth, fi h, sixth, etc. centuries! It was never used for fi een hundred years a er the church began. It is not

from the mind of God but from the imagina on of mere mortals.

If the sinner’s prayer is God’s answer to the ques on of what one must do in order to be saved, then was not one single person saved beginning at the death of Christ un l the sixteenth century? Sure‐ly something must be wrong with giving this prayer as God’s plan to save mankind.

Let me suggest the path every man should follow in finding salva on. Read the book of Acts. It is the history of the church from its beginning un l near the end of Paul’s life. Read about the spread of the church around the world. Read the Divine record of people asking what they must do about their sins. Note that never was any man told to pray this prayer. The answer given was always the same. Honestly seek to find the answer to life’s most important ques on. Read the book of Acts. Discover for yourself. Then do what they did!

By Dan Jenkins

If this prayer was

never prayed un-

l 1500, was any-

one saved before

then?

WhatShouldWeCalltheChurch? In a recent religious blog, the author (a prominent member of a large denomina‐

on himself) reviewed what he called “Contemporary Trends in Church Names.” Space will not allow a lis ng of all the com‐mon church names that he found but no ce what is making the top of the list today:

“Point” has become ubiquitous: LifePoint; CrossPoint. Add an “e” to be fancy: GracePointe.

“Life” has a new life: Life Church; Real Life; New Life; LifePoint or LifePointe.

Five biggies the past ten years: Journey; Bridge; Foundry; Mosaic; and Genera on.

“Cross” has made a surge: Cross Church; Cross Fellowship; Cross Roads; CrossPoint.

Meaningful names: Impact; Poten al; Epic; Transfor‐ma on; Renova on; Innovate.

“Fellowship” can be found in almost any town. It usually has other words, but some mes just Fellowship Church.

“Grace.” Especially in the Reformed churches.

Many churches like the “New” factor: New Life; New Hope; New Song; NewPoint; NewPointe.

Moving on up: Elevate; Ver cal; Summit.

What do you no ce about these names being used for various groups today? In short, not a single one of them is found in the Bible. But, is that really a big deal?

Do you realize that without the Bible, we do not know a single thing about the church? Everything that we know about the church—its origin, its establishment, its organiza on and even its name—is found in the Bible! So, if we wanted to know what the Lord wanted us to call the church, there is one

source to which we must look! To use a name that is not found in the Bible is to use a designa on created by man rather than by God! Why would we do that?

The church of the Bible wears the name of its Founder, its Owner, its Savior, its Bridegroom. There are various designa ons for the church in the New Testament: “the church” (Col. 1:18); “the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12); “the church of God” (1 Cor.

1:2); “the church of the living God” (1 Tim. 3:15); “churches of Christ” (Rom. 16:16); “the kingdom of God” (Mark 9:1); “the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col. 1:13); “the house of God” (1 Tim. 3:15). Compare these Scriptural designa ons for the church with the ones that are popular today. The designa‐

ons in Scripture are given as marks of ownership, for the church does not belong to man but to Christ!

If a “church” today wears a name different than one found in the Bible, can it be the church of the Bible?

By David Sproule

To use a name

that is not found

in the Bible is to

use a designa on

created by man.

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AnUnexpectedReminder Life has a way of teaching us. One of the lessons I learned as a teenager involved a rusty metal box. My brother and I were cleaning a yard and preparing it to be sod‐ded. We kept kicking around this old metal box that looked like an Altoid box. The guy we were working for eventually saw it,

picked it up and opened it. Inside was a wedding ring set. I couldn't believe I had been kicking that around. A missed opportunity. Recently, I saw a folded piece of lined paper in the church parking lot. My mind went back to those wedding rings, “You never know what it could be,” I thought. I picked it up, I opened it, and I read it. Wri en in pencil were these words, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My right‐eous right hand” (Isa. 41:10). What a treasure to be reminded of.

I am not one to go all “foot prints of Jesus” Hallmark card about these kind of things. However, consider this. The same prophet wrote, “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty,

without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the ma er for which I sent it” (55:10‐11). In that moment, His word accomplished exactly what it was supposed to. I am not saying God had someone write that verse and leave it in the parking lot for me to find. I am saying thousands of years later, through different languages, in a different culture, on a different con nent someone copied down God’s message on common paper with a No. 2 pencil. In that moment, it was as

powerful to the reader as it was to those who re‐ceived it from the hand of Isaiah.

At the me, God was communica ng to His people about future deliverance. Who wouldn’t want a message of assurance from their God that He will strengthen, help and uphold you? Later in the same chapter He speaks about the false gods. “But when I look, there is no one, and there is no counselor

among them who, if I ask, can give an answer. ‘Behold, all of them are false; their works are worthless, their molten images are wind and emp ness’” (Isa. 41:28‐29). With the false gods there is no such assurance and no confidence of a god that claims us and reassures us of His presence. No one to comfort.

I found comfort and encouragement from the mes‐sage of my God wri en on scrap paper in the parking lot. No ma er what form we find it in, His message is s ll valid. He s ll speaks to His people. PSA, please don’t li er in the parking lot.

By Josh Blackmer

No ma er what

form we find it in

His message is

s ll valid.

Most feel it is morally acceptable It would not surprise you (or probably even bother or catch your a en on) to find out that 89% of Americans believe that birth control is morally acceptable or that 59% believe that wearing clothing made of animal fur is morally acceptable. But it’s some of the other things, that this Gallup poll found that Americans believe are morally acceptable, which should get our a en on, such as: divorce (72%), sex be‐tween an unmarried man and woman (67%), having a baby outside of marriage (62%), gay or lesbian rela ons (60%). Those numbers, as you would expect, are on the rise! The acceptance of these moral issues in our na on is not on the decline, which means that standing for and defending BIBLICAL and CHRISTIAN values and stand‐ards is going to become more necessary and, likely, more diffi‐cult. Are you ready? Are you up for the challenge? We must NOT blend in to the moral depravity around us (Rom. 12:2) or show acceptance of it (2 John 9‐11), but we must shine forth as the light and image of Jesus Christ (Ma . 5:16; Gal. 2:20). May God help us do just that! – DS

“Who can this be?” When Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, the disci‐ples marveled, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Ma . 8:27). But, a er everything they saw that day, they should have known Jesus was truly Lord of all. Earlier in the day, leprosy obeyed Jesus (8:1‐3), then paralysis obeyed Jesus (8:5‐13), then fever obeyed Jesus (8:14‐15), then

demons obeyed Jesus (8:16), and then sickness‐es obeyed Jesus (8:16‐17). So, when the wind and the waves obeyed Jesus (8:26‐27), they were just falling in line with everything else that had obeyed Jesus that day! He is truly “Lord of all” (Acts 10:36)!

So the ques on today is—“Is He YOUR Lord?” If so, what evi‐dence would there be of such? The leprosy, paralysis, fever, demons, sicknesses, wind and waves obeyed Jesus without any “yeah, but” or any “what if?” or any excuses or any finagling of any kind! There was just immediate compliance! So again, is Jesus YOUR Lord? Or do leprosy, paralysis, fever, demons, sicknesses, wind and waves obey be er than you? – DS

Ar cles Published in PBL Family News Emails Last Week

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Millie Ames Shelton Howell

Sandra Daniels Daniel Johnson

Josie Dawson Don & Be y Ma er

Cora Lee Dennis Deidra Miley

Annie Faison Harriet Morris

Margie Hardin Godfrey Pra

Janet Hickerson Leigh Pucke

Lore a Holaday Ricky Smedley

Pray for Our Shut-Ins

Pray for These PBL Members

Lillian Bankston dialysis treatments

Silas Moses dialysis treatments

Charles Norton dialysis treatments

Norm Smedley breathing problems

Patricia Ventress dialysis treatments

Long-Term Health Issues Adrienne Banks scheduled for open heart surgery on July 18

Karen Bibbee good results from her recent medical tests

Zula Garre Waterford Health Center in Juno Beach (room 107)

Terri Hahn scheduled for eye surgery this month

Joe Holland Heartland Health Care (room 111), improving slowly

Silas Moses Nursing Home sec on of the VA Hospital (room L131)

June Pack recovering from foot surgery, slowly improving

Kay Richardson slowly regaining her strength

Robin Stone recovering from lumbar fusion surgery

Linda Studer two cancerous lymph nodes in her small intes ne

Amy West skin gra at Bethesda West on Friday (June 22)

Connye Plouffe Gardens Medical Center (room 303), pacemaker put in

Norman Smedley recovering from a fall and other health issues

Pray for These Rela ves of PBL Members

Edward Bass Henry Bass’ brother, stage 4 cancer

Carmen Damron Mike Damron’s wife, chemo and radia on treatments

Tim Deem Allison Roman’s brother, diagnosed with prostate cancer

Delores McGee Victor Colage’s mother, has blood clots and brain bleed

Diane Colby Joyce Parker’s sister, recovering from heart stent surgery

Sco Freseman Nicole Freseman’s brother, recovering from surgery

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Sunday, June 24 Pew Packers at 5:40 p.m. in the Auditorium. Jr. High Family Devo a er evening worship. Please

bring a drink, dessert or chips. Sr. High Devo a er evening worship. Wednesday‐Saturday, June 27‐30 Leadership Training Camp for Young Men & Women.

Keep the campers in your prayers. Sunday, July 1 Leadership Training Camp Lessons presented by the

young men and women. There will be a separate class for the ladies.

Sunday‐Saturday, July 22‐28 Jenkins Week at CFBC. Dona ons are needed to help

with scholarships for campers and ac vi es during the week. Register online at www.c iblecamp.org. See Gary or Jacqui Jenkins for more details.

Tuesday, July 10 Young Adult Ladies’ Prayer Night at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14 Young Adult Devo at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Paul &

Lisa Metzkes. See Ivan Villard for details. Tuesday, July 17 Young Adult Bowling at 7:00 p.m. at Jupiter Lanes (now

Bowlero). See Ivan Villard for details. Sunday‐Saturday, July 22‐28 Jenkins Week at CFBC. Dona ons are needed to help

with scholarships for campers and ac vi es during the week. Register online at www.c iblecamp.org. See Gary or Jacqui Jenkins for more details.

Tuesday, August 7 Young Adult Ladies’ Prayer Night at 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 10 Sr. High & Young Adult Ladies’ Hangout at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 24 Single Ladies’ Luncheon a er morning worship at

Duffy’s on Northlake Blvd. See Joan Holloway to RSVP or for more details.

Wedding Shower for Casey & Aisha Commander at 4:30 p.m. in the Family Room. They are registered at Target.

Pew Packers at 5:40 p.m. in the Auditorium. House‐to‐House/Heart‐to‐Heart Labeling a er evening

worship in the Family Room. Everyone is encouraged to stay and help out.

Monday, June 25 Monday Night Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. in the Family

Room. Tuesday, June 26 Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27 Kick Start Your Summer Series: “Bind Us Together” at

7:00 p.m. Kevin Pa erson will be speaking on “The Re‐newal of Binding: Mending Broken Bonds.” Jr. High, Sr. High and all adults meet in the Auditorium.

Sunday, July 1 Leadership Training Camp Lessons presented by the

young men and women. There will be a separate class for the ladies.

Renova/North Lake Nursing Home Visit at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 8 Second Sunday: “What Does the Future Hold?” 9:00 a.m. Bible Class 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship Youth & Family Singing a er evening worship in the

Family Room. Every member is invited to stay and sing for about 35 minutes.

Sunday, July 15 EDP Mee ng at 4:30 p.m. in the Family Room. Sunday‐Saturday, July 22‐28 Jenkins Week at CFBC. Dona ons are needed to help

with scholarships for campers and ac vi es during the week. Register online at www.c iblecamp.org. See Gary or Jacqui Jenkins for more details.

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I would like to thank all of you for all you did for us a er my surgery; the cards, calls, visits, and prayers; especially the prayers. I feel truly blessed and thankful to be a part of PBL.

Judie Jenkins

Congratula ons to Casey Commander & Aisha Fer-nandez, who were married on Saturday, June 9.

“...always abounding in the work of the Lord…” (1 Cor. 15:58)

Our Record

A endance June 17 May Avg.

Sun. Bible Study 203 226

Sun. A.M. Worship 338 325

Sun. P.M. Worship 165 158

Wed. Bible Study 176 179

Contribu on $14,038 $13,993

2018 Weekly Budget: $15,252

Y‐T‐D Contribu on‐to‐Budget: +92

Sunday Morning, June 24 Lead Singing ........................... Gary Friedly Opening Prayer .............. Morris McDaniel Scripture Reading .................. Dan McLeod Presiding at Table ................. Jeff Goodale Serve at Table: Josue Charles Orlando Lolo Victor Colage Michael Morning Mike Erickson Sco Studer Namdidie Ikon Marty Williams Alternates: Josiah Blackmer Lawrence Williams

Closing Prayer .......................... Jerry Hopkins

Sunday Evening, June 24 Lead Singing ......................... Ken Tipton Opening Prayer .... Lawrence Richardson Scripture Reading .................. Phil Porter Presiding at Table ............. Taylor Reeves Lance Collier Rick Price Carmen Ruckman

Closing Prayer ............................ Tim Fry

Wednesday Evening, June 27

Lead Singing ................... Harrison Cro s Invita on .............................. Cam Cro s Family Prayer ......................... Jeff Leslie

Ushers for this week: Chris Thompson (Head Usher); Gorman Ericksen & Chuck Reeves, Sr. Safety Team for this week: Victor Colage & Darin Summerlot

Sunday June 17

LOCAL VISITORS: Ms. Gail Archer; Ms. Tasha Bridge , Raphael & Shanique; Mr. Jean Charles; Ms. Susan Crosswhite; Mr. Erik Estepa; Ms. Baby Gena; Miss Jamie Granino; Mrs. Maxine Griggs; Miss Lauren Grimaldi; Miss Hazel Hackshaw; Mr. John Judd; Mrs. Sharon Mann; Mr. & Mrs. Frank & Ashaki Mule; Ms. Lizzie Rozier; Mr. Johnny Singer & Logan; and Ms. Machelle Wil‐liams & Macquas.

OUT OF TOWN VISITORS: Mr. & Mrs. Ma hew & Olivia Ellis & Lilliana, Hendersonville, TN; Ms. Marcia Farrar, Palm City, FL; Mr. & Mrs. Cherrye Fletcher, Pantego, NC; Dr. Barbara Houston Wilson, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.; Mr. Sco Kelley, West Broward, FL; Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Emily Lane, Lees Summit, MO; Mrs. Faye Moore, Giddings, TX; Mr. Chad Morgan, Port St. Lucie, FL; Mrs. Tiffany Poole, Belhaven, NC; Ms. Holly Richmond, Nolensville, TN; Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Beth Rosenblum, Mia & Mason, Huntsville, AL; and Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Wendy Stevens, Green‐ville, NC.

Those to Serve

If you cannot serve, please call Mike Ellis at 775‐3533. If you are scheduled to serve on Sunday morning, please meet in the Grades 6‐8 classroom at 9:50 a.m.

If you are scheduled to serve on Sunday evening, please meet at the front of the auditorium at 5:50 p.m.

Sunday (June 24th) Morris McDaniel Monday (June 25th) Tom & Rose Martens (Ann.) Wednesday (June 27th) Joe & Marian Holland (Ann.) Thursday (June 28th) Cam Cro s

Thursday (June 28th) cont. Cheryl Milton Friday (June 29th) Steven Livergood Dorothy Savage Saturday (June 30th) Edward & Ellen Gager (Ann.) Adrienne Banks Marcia Walker

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Come & See!

Service Schedule Sunday: Bible Classes .......... 9:00 a.m. Worship .............. 10:00 a.m. Worship ................ 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Bible classes .......... 7:00 p.m.

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Palm Beach Lakes Church of Christ at 4067 Leo Lane, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410

Speaking

where

the

Bible

speaks,

silent where the Bible is silent.

“All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all

things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body,

the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all

things He may have the preeminence...And whatever you do in word or

deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the

Father through Him” (Col. 1:16-18; 3:17).

Front Cover: Keila McLeod, Bree Solis, Judy Lerro, David Bound, Cara Blackmer & Casey Bound

June 27 Kick Start Your Summer with Kevin Pa erson June 27-July 1 Leadership Training Camp for Young Men & Women July 8 Second Sunday: “What Does the Future Hold?” July 22-28 Jenkins’ Week at Central Florida Bible Camp August 4 Charged By Christ (Youth Weekend) with Joe Wells August 12 New 10-Week Classes Begin for Upper Level Classes August 12 Back-to-School Ice Cream Social