Faith Archive

In what we know as Ephesians 6:12, the Apostle Paul wrote, as found in the Good News Bible, “For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.”

Looks can be deceiving. 

The old storefront at 412 W James Lee Blvd looks like many other old storefronts in any town in Florida or the United States.

In Matthew 17:20 Jesus told the Disciples, “If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain to move to another place, and it will be moved. And nothing shall be impossible to you.”

Pastor Curt Rainey of First Baptist Church of Holt is quick to credit the members of the church for how God is working.

In Matthew 25:35, Jesus told the Disciples, “I was hungry, and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me something.”

Later in the passage, the Disciples asked Jesus when they saw Him hungry or thirsty. Christ’s answer is found in Matt 25:40 when he said, “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!”

Project Hope, an addiction recovery ministry, has been in Okaloosa County since 2016 and in the Crestview community for about three years.

Project Hope was founded in Houston in 2012. The location now in Crestview was the second. A third location is in Arkansas with plans underway to open a location in the Birmingham, Alabama, area.

The Book of Acts describes an encounter between Phillip, a newly minted deacon, and an Ethiopian court official, who was sitting in a chariot reading Isaiah 53. The Spirit of God directed Phillip to ask him if he understood what he was reading. “How can I, unless someone guides me? About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or someone else?” Phillip told him from the Scriptures the good news about Christ Jesus, and that man put his faith in Christ.

On the first Wednesday of each month, members of local churches meet at Hideaway Pizza to meet and share how God is working within the community. They pray for the community and plan future Prayer Walks or Prayer in the Parking Lot ministries that allow people to be prayed for from the comfort of their car.

Dr. Mike Mosley is a product of the class of 1977 at Fort Walton Beach High School. But he has spent his career at Rocky Bayou Christian School.

Starting as the school’s upper-level math teacher in 1980, Mosley served as the school’s baseball coach, taught throughout the school and is now the superintendent. And he still teaches math.

Vacation Bible School has changed a lot through the years. 

The simple Bible lessons, perhaps illustrated on a flannel board, are now delivered by high-tech methods. Simple crafts have become more elaborate. Depending on one’s taste, snacks today might taste better than the old standard of graham crackers or cookies and Kool-Aid so common to those of another generation.