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To God Be the Glory!
The purpose of this web site
www.baxterministry.com
is to glorify God by means of the internet.
This is the personal web site
of Robert E. Baxter ("Pastor Bob"),
First Presbyterian Church, Dothan, Alabama,
Associate Pastor.
On the various pages of this site
I have provided articles to help
in your study of the Bible and
living of the Christian life.
This is an expansion of my ministry.
Thank you for visiting this site.
First Presbyterian Church
Dothan, Alabama
Come, worship with us
when you are in the area.
The Church is located on
Main Street (Highway 84) at
3012 W. Main Street
Dothan, Alabama 36305
Our telephone number is 334-794-3128.
WORSHIP is at
10:15 AM
Wednesday Chapel Services are at 6:30 PM
Sunday School classes for
all ages are held at 9:00 AM with eight different classes available for adults
This site was updated on
May 1, 2009
To see and read my book, AIM HIGH, on the internet, go to this address: http://www.gracegems.org/book4/Baxter.htm
or just click on this link:
AIM HIGH by Robert E. Baxter
Also to find other excellent Christian books and Quotations go to this address: http://www.gracegems.org
or just click on this link:
Grace Gems
For five years I preached annually at First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee where Dr. Michael Anthony Milton was the Senior Pastor. The picture shows me preaching there at his Installation Service with the former pastor, the famous Ben Haden, listening (lower right side of the picture). 
Dr. Michael Anthony Milton is now President of Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC.
For information about my son, the Rev. James A. Baxter, Pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church in America, visit the page I have included in this site under his name. It shows pictures of the Church he is now serving in Olathe, Kansas.
See the page about my father, E. W. Baxter, where you can see a picture of his large oil painting of a ship at sea.
I started this website when I retired in 2000.
Then I moved to First Presbyterian Church, Dothan, after their four pastors had left, and for 17 weeks I was their Interim.
After that I became Associate Pastor and have continued to serve for nine years.
I have been so busy that I can't keep this website up to date. Much of it needs to be refreshed, but rather than discard it all, I leave what I started available to whomever wants to read it.
I would like now to suggest seven books that I have found especially worth reading:
- THE REASON FOR GOD by Timothy Keller, 2008, Dutton.
- THE LEGACY OF SOVEREIGN JOY by John Piper, 2000, Crossway Books
- A SCANDALOUS FREEDO0M by Steve Brown, 2004, Howard Publishing
- PAIN: THE GIFT NOBODY WANTS by Paul Brand, 1993, Zondervan
- THE GRACE AWAKENING by Charles Swindoll, 1996, Word
See inspiring links on the BEAUTIFUL LINKS page.
One is called "Interview with God."
It includes the Lord's Prayer and the Twenty-Third Psalm.
See the "BIBLE TOOLS" page for links to Bibles in many translations and web sites where you can search for information on topics you specify. Visit that page and try out some of these tools. For instance, you can hear the Bible read online by professional readers in the KJV, NKJV, or NIV versions.
See the CARTOON page for a cartoon updated once a week.
See "WHAT'S NEW" for changes to this web site.
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I am Robert E. Baxter,
known in the Churches I have served
as "Pastor Bob."
Seeing my picture, you may appreciate this true story. My youngest granddaughter was at a ballgame with our family and was sitting in the bleachers behind me. She looked down at the top of my head and asked, "Grandpa, when it rains, do the rain drops hurt your head?" Grandma thought that was funny! So did I! I replied, "No, the rain drops don't hurt, but when it rains, I am the first to know it!" You can tell why from the picture.
I do not pretend to be anything more than a sinner saved by grace. I cannot measure up to God's demands for perfect righteousness. I have no hope of pleasing God by any holiness of my own, but my only hope is in the mercy of God through the perfect work and life of my Savior Jesus Christ. You will see this explained if you read my testimony in rap form in a sample sermon on the page called "MY BIOGRAPHY." I delivered that sermon, entitled, "MY TESTIMONY" on April 29, 2001. I am guilty of all of the seven classic sins that afflict all people: Sloth, Lust, Anger, Pride, Envy, Gluttony, and Greed. That's not all. The breaking of any of God's commandments constitutes sin in my life. Apart from the Lord Jesus Christ, I have no hope whatsoever. This web site is to rejoice in the Savior. It is not to promote myself. I cannot help you; I cannot help myself. But the Savior can!
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I have been interim preacher twice in this Church in Dothan since the beginning of 2001, but we now have a new Senior Pastor coming May 17, 2009, whose name is Rob Oates. I am so excited about his coming that I can hardly wait! His wife Rosie is the great-granddaughter of the world-famous evangelist, preacher, and author, R. A. Torrey. You can read much about him on the internet if you just google his name.
I am also responsible for hospital visitation and other pastoral services. I am delighted to be serving the Lord in such a loving and joyful congregation where the emphasis is on God's grace. You can see pictures of our campus on the Dothan page of this website.
Including this HOME PAGE,
there are now 27 pages on this site.
Come back and read more when you have time.
You can read about the Church and the City
and see pictures on the pages called
"DOTHAN" and "MORE DOTHAN PICTURES."
Here are some additional views of First Presbyterian Church.
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