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2025 is officially in the books, and 2026 is upon us! A new year is always a time of reflection, both on the highs and lows of the year past, as well as the expectation and hope of what the year to come may hold. Reflection is a good thing. As we look back over the past year, we remember all the ways God has blessed, as well as how he has worked and brought us through struggles and difficult days. As we look forward to the new year and reflect on what is in store, we face the unknown with confidence, knowing that the future is known by God because it is ordained by God. So make your plans and set your goals, but do them ever with the exhortation of James 4:13-15 in mind.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Spiritual reflection is also a good thing. I often challenge you to examine your heart and life for spiritual fruit, not simply to beat a dead horse, but because it is so vitally important. Those who have been changed by the Spirit will bear spiritual fruit. How do we do that? How do we know with confidence that we who claim the name of Christ and who believe in him have eternal life? This is the question that John seeks to answer in the first of his three letters. He says so explicitly in the conclusion of his first letter. I John 5:13 says:
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
It is important for us to examine our hearts for fruit the same way John encourages his readers to look at their own lives for the fruit of brotherly love, and love for God, and hatred of sin, and turning from sin, and more. Therefore, it is fitting that we will be starting off 2026 by examining this letter verse by verse on Sunday mornings, that we as a body might examine ourselves for spiritual fruit and, finding it, know with confidence that we are children of God. God may also use his word to expose the heart that has no fruit, that such a person might repent and believe and be saved!
We invite you to join with us each Sunday morning as we examine our hearts in light of the letter of I John, and I encourage you to incorporate this little letter into your weekly bible reading, that you may hide it in your heart so as to live by it. I am looking forward to what God will do in each of our lives and in his church this coming year.
May the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you!
Love in Christ,
Bro. Adam
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From the time of the Apostles to today, Christians have laid out doctrine (beliefs) in brief, definitive statements. As those who know God, we believe it necessary to set forth in a concise fashion the cornerstone truths that our church teaches as guided by Scripture. Our Doctrinal Statement summarizes essential Christian beliefs, shows unity in Christ, and affirms our belief in the Christian truths which have been held by the church throughout the ages and particularly since the Protestant reformation, including believer’s baptism, and congregational polity (government).
The Freeness of Salvation
We teach that the blessings of salvation are freely offered to all by the gospel, that it is the immediate duty of all to accept the gospel with a glad, obedient faith and Godly sorrow, and that nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth other than his own inherent depravity (sinfulness) by which he refuses to listen and suppresses the truth in unrighteousness thereby rejecting the gospel which makes him wholly responsible for his just condemnation.
Grace in Regeneration
We teach that in order to be saved, sinners must be regenerated, or born again. This results in the mind being spiritually and savingly enlightened to understand the Word of God which is accomplished in a manner above our comprehension by the power of the Holy Spirit and the divine truth of the Word of God. This is done in a way that brings about voluntary obedience and faith which is evidenced by fruits worthy of repentance as demonstrated in righteous attitudes and conduct.
Faith and Repentance
We teach that faith and repentance are required by Scripture and inseparably linked graces that are granted to us as a gift by the regenerating Spirit of God that deeply convince us of our guilt, danger, and helplessness, and of the way of salvation by Christ. We then turn to God with true repentance, confession of sin, and pleas for mercy while whole heartedly receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as our Prophet, Priest and King, and relying on him alone as the only and all sufficient Savior.
Adam Fitzgerald
Primary Preaching and Teaching Elder
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We are a church that believes in Jesus & loves God and His people
Adam joined the elders at Oak Grove Baptist Church in August of 2022. Prior to that, he served as the Associate Pastor at Sardis Baptist Church in Swansea, SC. Before entering full-time ministry, he taught social studies and coached football in both the Bismarck and Sheridan public school districts.
Adam grew up just outside of El Dorado, AR, graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, and eventually went on to complete both a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Arts in Religion/Biblical Studies from Liberty University Online.
He and his wife Kelly have three children (AJ, Eddie, and Halle), and they all enjoy spending time doing anything outdoors, whether it be hunting, fishing, gardening, hiking, or working with the dogs or horses. They are always up for an adventure and see the greatest adventure of all as having their lives spent in service to the savior.