Upcoming sermon: Audio will be posted Monday afternoon. Big Idea: God trains His instruments through the opportunities of humiliation. Part 1: Think through God’s purposeful...

Big Idea: God’s grace still rescues shameful sinners. Observe the freefall into immorality (Genesis 38:1-5).Look at the family consequences (Genesis 38:6-11).Expect sinful blowback (Genesis 38:12-23).Watch...

Main idea: Anticipate God’s redeeming purposes, God uses even his enemies’ hatred to graciously rescue them. Lord, I trust you. What are you up to here? Look for the proper promises Genesis 15:13-1...

Main idea: Worship the All-Sufficient God, putting away idols, being purified, and putting on Christ. Worship the All-Sufficient God, remembering Christ and renewing your trust in Him and devotion to Him. Call to wors...

What does Christ's birth mean for us? He reveals God to us and He came to save every kind of sinner. We can now know God who is Spirit through Jesus. Sermon audio from the 2025 Christmas Eve service....

Big idea: Receive and enjoy life in Jesus—the Word became flesh. Grasp the realities of the incarnation. Jesus experienced all aspects of life without sin.Jesus suffered like all humans suffe...

Main idea: Celebrate Christmas by receiving the Word, the son of God who took on human flesh for our salvation. Eternal Word Community Distinct Deity Creator Life Light ...

Main idea: When God is not the center, outrageous passions will take flame and scorch lives. I. Six warnings: When God is not the center... Passions turn abusivePassions twist lovePassions fuel greed...

Read stories about the life of Faith Bible Church, book reviews, recipes, and more in the fall issue of Living Faith Magazine. This issue: A Christmas poem that tells a moving story, keeping Faith friendly, and being a loving community to our loca...

Highlights Praise God for continuing to save and mature His people at Faith Bible Church in 2025! Newcomers: More and more first-time visitors came to Faith. Many of them chose to stay; 58 new Faith members join...

Rising to the Challenge After the elders set a higher budget to meet rising costs, God has moved more people to give. The number of households giving in Q1 is up almost 5% from the same period last year. ...

Yes, we’re producing a video podcast. But actually, that’s not the biggest change the new format will bring. The largest shift is the intended audience. While our previous podcasts have been produced primarily for Faith members, Reframed has b...

Book by Susan Wojciechowski; Illustrated by P.J. Lynch At the heart of this timeless children’s story is a grieving man, Jonathan Toomey. Known in his community as Mr. Gloomy, he is the best woodcarver in the town: “He wasn’t an old ...

Heart and Habits by Greg Gifford is a deeply practical yet unwaveringly theological look at our habits and the heart behind them. Other works, like Mathis’ Habits of Grace, have delved into our spiritual disciplines; Gifford’...

Extending Christlike Hospitality Across Continents Lois Belch and Natalie Widman are longtime missionaries—and longtime friends. Lois grew up in Venezuela as a missionary kid, returning there in her early 20s with her husband, Dav...

The Foyer at Faith Bible Church gets crowded every Sunday between 10:00 and 10:30 am. That is also the peak time for newcomers to come through the church doors, but Tom Dudenhofer can still spot them pretty easily. ...

The Ruscio family was sent to Madang, Papua New Guinea, as global partners in the summer of 2024. We asked Frank how their family has been blessed by individuals and Growth Groups from Faith that have “adopted” them through various seasons of ...

Jesus clearly commanded Christians to love one another. He also affirmed the Old Testament commandment that we should love our neighbors as ourselves. That phrase from Leviticus 19:18 sums up a long list of ways God said His people sh...

Author’s note: I wrote this during an unexpected season of sorrow, grief, and even shame, before and around last Christmas. God reminded me that He is always faithful, and I wrote to offer hope and encouragement to my husband and myself. I b...

Main idea: God’s grace should increasingly prompt you to live better with others, and worship Him. Let God’s Grace Affect Your Relationships with Others (1-11)Let God’s Grace Affect Your Relationship with Him (12-20)...

If I was only allowed one book other than my Bible, I would choose The Power of the Gospel, R.C. Sproul’s yearlong devotional on Romans. I have never been so blessed, encouraged, challenged, and had doctrinal topics clarified so helpful...

Big idea: Winning the greatest contests of faith will first require the most humble prayers. Trust God’s protection for humble reconciliation (Genesis 32:1-5).Seek God’s grace through humble prayer (Genesis 32:6-21)....

As we continue reading through Genesis, we see God’s grace and faithfulness to keep HIs promises to Jacob and his family. We see people like Jacob and Judah learning to fear God and to obey Him through many sins and failures. We begin with the J...

Depression is a term that a lot of Christians can be afraid to use as it is not used in the Bible. However, the Bible has plenty of things to say about sadness, sorrow, grief, and despair and how God is a refuge and relief to such feelings....

Editor's note: This article has been adapted from Pastor Ian Rush's teaching in Youth Ministry in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10. Our...