Three realities of authentic love that are indispensable for Christian marriage: Love is exhilarated with its objectLove must trust the Lord with disappointmentLove views the other as the standard of beauty...

Sermon Notes Three life-stabilizing truths concerning God’s Word which will work to produce hope in His children that live in exile. Introduction: What is exile?  God’s Word Sustains Creation G...

The playlist of Solomonic love: an overview one of the most neglected and misunderstood books in the Bible—Song of Songs Introductory Sermon Proposition 3 features of the Song of Songs to help yo...

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Three ways to experience heavenly change in the midst of human rage. Sermon Notes 1. Grasp God’s goodness and learn from His word. (65-68)      Praise His Goodness     &...

Continue to observe, interpret and apply in Psalm 119:-88...

The Psalmist gives us 3 motivations to be remembering God and His Word in our sojourning. Sermon Notes Big Idea: Remembering the Word of the LORD results in confident prayer, comfort in trials, and obedient love! 1....

When you encounter trials and suffering, what does it look like to run to the Word of God, the Bible? Sermon Notes Recall your relationship to the Word (vv 17)Request insight into the Word (vv 18-20)Resolve...

Whenever an organization, be it a government, a church or any other, identifies a problem or need, the usual response is to set up a program to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, the problem or need often persists in spite of good in...

In my first article, (which you can read here,) I looked at some of the biblical evidence for our need to be quiet before the Lord for our own spiritual health and growth....

Big Idea: God transforms lives through an increased knowledge of Him through His Word. Proposition: Psalm 119:33-40 provides 3 God-dependent transformations you must pray for so that you would live obedien...

FBC Global Outreach is committed to training leaders and to taking the gospel to new places. We see what Jesus said about making disciples of all the nations, and we understand from the New Testament that training leaders to teach the Bible, to sh...

In this section of Psalm 119 we will focus on Parallelism and repetition. We will also look at how personal this Psalm is with the repeated first and second person pronouns my, me, you, and your....

How to live with purity: The Psalmist describes seven committed pursuits of the man intent on guarding his way with God’s Word. Sermon Notes IntroductionBig Idea: How to live with p...

Recently at Faith Bible Church we have been shaping our worship services around the story of the gospel, using a “Gospel Liturgy.” We are so thankful for how well these changes have been received by you as a congregation. We are seeing mo...

Today we launch an 11-week series on Psalm 119 and I couldn’t be more thrilled. My own doctoral work is in the Psalms and Psalm 119 is one of my favorite chapters in all of the Bible. And I thought for the grand opening of our summer series on P...

The Bible is God's all-sufficient gift to direct us and bless us as exiles on this earth.Sermon NotesMain idea: God’s word is His all-sufficient gift to direct us and bless us as exiles ...

At FBC, we want to be worshipers who express our worship joyfully, feel each other’s pain deeply, and confess theologically rich truth with conviction. However, when it comes to planning gathered worship, it’s not always easy to balance these ...

What makes Psalm 119 so significant is not just that it is the longest chapter of the Bible, but that the longest chapter in the Bible is about the Bible. Psalm 119 is a 176-line poem about Scripture. And not just a poem, but a very intricate and ...

There are billions of unreached people groups around the World, and God uses His church to take the gospel to all nations. We are all part of his global plan. In what ways can you participate?...

What is God's design for marriage? What are the Biblical grounds for divorce and what does the Bible say about remarriage? Read this elder document to get an outline of Faith Bible Church's doctrinal positions on these issues....

What are the God-given responsibilities of believers and church leadership when marriages become difficult or even hostile?Sermon NotesIntroduction Big Idea: Two God-given responsibilities of church...

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.” (Psalm 62:5) Noise. We usually don’t have to go looking for it. It finds us; constant pervasive sounds which surr...

To have a marriage that glorifies God we must cultivate love and Christlikeness.Sermon Notes1. Cultivate Love Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Titus 2:4 and ...

Summertime is almost upon us here in Spokane and that means it is time to fill up your schedules with all those sun-filled activities and vacations you were dreaming about while shoveling your driveways. After experiencing a winter and a “spring...