Nothing is more important than who Jesus is and what is the gospel that saves
My name is Jim Baumgaertel. I live in Port Orchard, Washington State, USA with my wife, Kim. We have four adult children and four grandchildren. After 400 years of church history on this continent (Race and Racism) and after the craziness of recent years, we recently decided to become a part of Sinclair Missionary Baptist Church in Bremerton.
I am a retired engineer and formerly worked in a shipyard. Before the shipyard, I was in the Navy and served on submarines. It was my privilege to help lead our local church assembly for six years, until 2020. I teach home schooled students with my wife.
It’s my desire that the Lord would use these pages to proclaim His Gospel, to invite people to put their trust in Him, to build His Ekklesia, and to warn of false gospels, false messiahs, and counterfeit religious systems.
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Bruce & Ellen Craswell – Christianity & Politics
Two of the most loving and genuine people we have known are Bruce and Ellen Craswell. We greatly respect this precious couple. My wife and I had the privilege to know them in the late 1980’s for a time, when we were prolife and political activists. We were among the...
Spanking, in Love
Spanking our children at the right times, in the right way, and for the right reasons, has been one of the most important things we’ve done as parents. By the grace of our Lord Jesus, it helped them to be able to humble their hearts, to have a sense of...
The “House Church Movement”
[Modified 10/7/07] "The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house." 1 Corinthians 16:19 For 2000 years followers of Jesus have met in homes all over the world, where ever the Gospel has...
Young Christian Women Dressing Like J. Lo and Beyonce
(Written about 2009) Why? Who are we trying to impress? Why are you showing off your body? Now, I truly respect those who don't even know who the above celebrities are. But people like these celebrities appear to have a serious influence on professing...
Beth Moore Simulcast
Beth Moore and Lifeway charged $800 for a church with less than 250 members and $1500 for more than 250 members for her 2013 Living Proof Live Simulcast. This is the effect of Celebrities. Each of our fellowships have brothers and sisters that would have opened the...
Human Potential Deception over 25 years
Warning about "Motivational Training" and the World Religion - 25 year ago and today the world is still being deceived GURUS HIRED TO MOTIVATE WORKERS ARE RAISING FEARS OF 'MIND CONTROL' By ROBERT LINDSEY, Special to the New York Times Published: April 17, 1987 "In...
The Word of God is Amazing
Sometimes it seems like I'm just now learning the Bible after thirty-five years of being a Christian. The more I study the word of God the more amazing I realize it is. From Genesis to Revelation it is cohesive and coherent and interwoven with common themes and...
Community Bible Fellowship
Gig Harbor, Washington State USA Posted 4/19/08 Updated 11/25/11, 8/21/2017 After years in Calvary Chapels and about five years hoping to be a part of a mature Biblical house church, I decided that my family would become a part of CBF. That was about 2003. People had...
What’s with all the Cleavage?
7/17/09 Updated 7/20/09 Lately I’ve seen increasing numbers of low cut tops on professing Christian women. The licentious would say to take it all off. The legalistic would say put on a burqa. What does the New Testament say? About Dressing Modestly...
The Summer of 76: Jesus Pierced My Heart
Daily Sobbing Sessions I was going through sobbing sessions nearly every day in Vallejo, California. My first wife was divorcing me. I was twenty-three years old. I had come within about a week of being "baptized into the Mormon Church". I was still...