First Baptist Church of New Carlisle, Ohio has a rich and unique history in our community. Since 1955 we've been establishing ourselves as a lighthouse for Jesus Christ in our hometown of New Carlisle, Ohio.

We have Bible Study at 9:15 am and Worship Service at 10:30 am every Sunday. Childcare/nursery provided for all services. Wednesdays we have Prayer Meeting at 7:00 pm and Revive Student Ministries for youth at 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Kitchen Korner (Jiffy Cornbread Salad) - By Dolly Lawler

Lisa Foland has done it again. Here's her cornbread salad recipe that everyone is asking for. I've heard raves from several people. I haven't made it yet, but I think the 4th of July is a good time to test it out.

JIFFY CORNBREAD SALAD

  • 1 pkg. Jiffy Cornbread Mix
  • 1 4 oz. can chopped green chiles (do not drain)
  • 1 C. mayonnaise
  • 8 oz. sour cream
  • 1 envelope Ranch Dressing
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cumin
  • 1/8 tsp. dried oregano
  • pinch of rubbed sage
  • 2 cans 15 oz. pinto beans (rinsed & drained)
  • 2 cans corn (drained)
  • 3 med. tomatoes (chopped)
  • 1 C. chopped green peppers
  • 1 C. chopped green onions
  • 2 C. shredded cheese
  • 10 bacon strips (cooked crisp and crumbled)

Instructions:
Prepare cornbread mix according to package directions, add green chiles and bake; cool.
Stir together mayonnaise, sour cream, dressing mix and spices until well blended; set aside.
Crumble half of cornbread in a large serving bowl. Pour and smooth out enough dressing over the cornbread to make a smooth covering.
Layer vegetables, cheese and bacon over the dressing.
Sprinkle the other half of the cornbread over top and repeat the above until all ingredients are used up.
Refrigerate until chilled and enjoy!


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Babylon - By Ken Lawler

Babylon is one of the oldest cities on Earth. No one knows for sure when it was originally built, but history records it being destroyed (the first time?) in 2300 B.C., so obviously before that. Gen. 10:8-10 records the activities of the first mighty hero in the Bible, Noah's grandson Nimrod (Some scholars believe Nimrod was Sargon the Great, who lived about 2400 B.C.). Anyway, one of his first accomplishments was to establish a kingdom called Babel (Babel and Babylon are the same word in Hebrew.). The ancient city sat between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, about 30 miles southwest of modern Baghdad, Iraq. Situated in a strategically critical area of the Middle East, many world rulers/wanna-be have ruled there or had plans to, including: Hammurapi, Tiglath-Pileser III (Pul in 2 Kings 15:19), Marduk-apal-iddina (Baladan in 2 Kings 20:12), Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great (who planned to make it his capital), and Napoleon I (His plans to make it his world capital are still on file in the Ministry of Defense in Paris.).

What prompted this article is the naming of many nations involved in the Last Days battles, but no mention of the most powerful nation in modern history, The United States. Granted, many of these mentioned nations are unfamiliar to us, but you can usually find an ancient map or some archaeological evidence that lets historians know what we call that nation today. For instance, Chittim (Dan. 11:30) is Cyprus; Lydia (Ezek. 30:5) is Western Turkey. Gog (the leader of?) Magog (Rev. 20:8), a word probably meaning "the northern barbarians," is believed to be Russia by lots of Bible scholars. I could go on-and-on, but I won't.

The name Babylon or variations of it is used about 300 times in the Bible, but it's not always talking about the actual city. Usually the reference is to the city or its ruins in modern Iraq, but sometimes it is speaking about "Spiritual Babylon," and sometimes about "Political Babylon." You can usually tell which by the context.

Rev. Chap. 17 is about Spiritual Babylon, called "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH"(emphasis in orig.). When The Rapture takes place and all "born again believers" are translated to Heaven there will be a lot of "religious" people left on Earth. The devil will have his counterpart to The Holy Spirit, a man called the false prophet (Rev. 16:13, 19:20 & 20:10) who will organize world religion in support of the Antichrist (Rev. 13:11-12).

Now Political Babylon is where I climb out on a very thin limb and hand all of you a saw. Read the 18th Chapter of Revelation. In this chapter a place called, "that great city Babylon, that mighty city," is destroyed "in one hour" (Rev. 18:8). Look at the description of this great city:
  • The merchants of the Earth are rich through her abundance (v.3).
  • She has a large population of Jewish people (v.4).
  • She has glorified herself, and lived deliciously. She says I sit a queen, and am no widow (v.7).
  • The kings of the Earth have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her (v.9).
  • She imports merchandise from all over the earth (v.11).
  • It's a place the merchants can safely stand afar off from (on ships) and watch her burn (v.15).
  • These observers are shipmasters, all the company in ships, sailors, those who trade by sea (v.17 & 19).


Political Babylon is a great city/nation that made the rest of the world rich. It was accessible only by sea (The airplane hadn't been invented when John wrote this.). This access feature can only apply to North or South America or Australia, and the only place that fits this description is The United States. Look at a map of The World. You could make a paperclip in Shanghai, China and deliver it to Cape Town, South Africa or anyplace in Asia or on the European Continent on foot. Using a ship would be smarter, but not required. The text of Rev. Chap. 18 implies this place is accessible primarily, if not only, by sea. I think the reason the greatest and most powerful nation in history is not mentioned in the final battles of Armageddon is that the United States (Political Babylon) is destroyed in one hour, probably at the start of that great battle. I'd guess by nuclear weapons.

Do I hear someone yanking the rope on their chainsaw???