Dick Winkler’s Memorial Service

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, This morning the preacher at Calvary Baptist Church in Rapid City, SD spoke on the idolatry, ignorance, and insolence of Jonah from Jonah 4:1-3. I was encouraged to hear good preaching and challenged as I considered the likelihood of my idolatry, ignorance, and insolence. Because we are in Mountain Time, we…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Have you ever wondered why Jesus said what He did to Mary in John 20:17? “Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father,…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Psalm 51:1-4 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family: In the steel mill, we regularly had to cut samples of our machine’s weld. Then the QC department came and picked up our samples. They’d get the metal real cold and then try to break the weld. QC determined whether or not the weld was good to go. Philippians 4:8…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Jesus tells both the church in Pergamos and the church in Thyatira to “fold fast” to what they have of Christ. Then, Jesus tells the church in Sardis to “hold fast” and to “strengthen the things which remain.” Life is not often perfect. Local churches are not perfect. Many Christians are not…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, This morning I read Psalm 37 with Lin. Verse one reads “Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.” Need I say more? Don’t worry about the wicked. Don’t envy those who break the rules. Pray for one another. This afternoon Jean W is having a “Watchman” installed…