Over the last few weeks we have been considering the question of how Christian parents ought to approach the education of their children. This week I would like to talk about the Bible’s emphasis on the spiritual education that should take place...

Just the other day I was watching a video of a live performance from a very accomplished worship ministry in Austin, Texas. Austin is known as the live music capital of the world, so this church makes a point to serve their congregation within tha...

In my last article on the topic of education I made the argument that education itself can sometimes be elevated in our hearts to a place of importance that it should not hold. It can even become more important and defining for us than the truth...

Part 1 of a three-part education article series. There is no easy way to say this, but someone has got to say it. Ready? Alright... Education… is… overrated! ...

Our Experience with a Refugee Family When we moved from Kenya to the U.S., our daughter was just entering her teens. Although she was born in America and had a U.S. passport, she had lived almost he...

A Holy Nagging While it is true that some people pervert the purpose of prayer by asking for things that they shouldn’t, many Christians are way too passive and don’t ask for things they should. The problem with...

Why do we sing in church? Why not just gather to fellowship and hear the word? If God’s word is central, why all the fuss about singing? While there is much more to be said about this than can be explained in a few hundred words, we see in scri...

A Culture of Fear...

The Cure The most important thing I can say about prayer is not actually about prayer. Rather, it is about that which produces and creates desires for prayer. Isn’t that oftentimes what we’re missing. We can mak...

One of the things about prayer that would so liberate God’s people to pray more is if they knew that the way they pray doesn’t have to be perfect or poetic or profound or polished. It doesn’t always have to be super structured or ...

“Of making many books there is no end” (Ecclesiastes 12:12). One of the products of that reality is that there are a lot of bad books available to Christians. They range on the doctrinal spectrum from “too shallow to get your feet...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and pe...

If you have picked up a book on youth ministry or parenting in the last decade—and there are no small number of them—there is a good chance that you have been challenged with the idea that children raised in...

We are closing in on our 25th anniversary as a church. We began in September of 1992 at Lewis and Clark High School. Over the years we have taken on numerous long term ministries and projects. All of them with a constant eye to th...

The goal of global missions is to see people from every people group worshiping Jesus Christ! Two people groups we are focusing on are the Czechians and the Canarians (Spanish). Our STM teams will partner there with our long-term missionaries....

Our Rip Van Winkle ExperienceSet in the years of the Revolutionary War, the story of Rip Van Winkle tells the tale of a man who, after falling asleep for decades, is awakened only to find that the world in which he lives is radically diff...

Two playlists to help cultivate your love for church music and corporate worship. The music ministry at Faith Bible Church has a dream that our congregation would love singing together. This starts with us learning to love worship music ...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

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I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

We hate to admit it, but we don’t know what to call ourselves. Are we the worship planning team? Are we the music planning team? Are Mark Hippauf and I "Worship elders?" We say this, because in common usage, ‘worship’ is the time of ...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

Pictured above is the core outreach team of students who regularly serve at Crosswalk. Pictured, left to right: Noah, Chris, Gage, Rylee, Aislin. Not pictured: Caleb Here is how Daniel Atha, who leads this outreach along with his wife Nic...

Baptism is a public declaration of a person’s whole hearted commitment to be a disciple of Jesus. It’s saying to Jesus and the world “I’m all in.” Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

The soon return of Christ to judge the living and the dead is a constant reminder to the Christian that we are living for a heavenly country. Paul writes, “Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Je...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit  ...

Faith Bible Church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Jesus told his followers, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them (and)…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20). The...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit ...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived by the Holy Spir...

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,  who was conceived...

Every Christian is a Worshipper. Every part of life is worship. Music is one of the blessings God gives to enhance a life of worship. Summer often means irregular schedules, travel, and interruptions of Christian disciplines. Why not buy up precio...

We are always telling a story with the things we do. The question is always this, “what story are we telling?” The saying “The medium is the message” has a pointed ring of truth when it comes to the gathering for worship we often call the ...

Why does a gifted, passionate Biblical counselor get a cancer that causes him to need to step back for a season from his vital counseling ministry? Why does my best friend from childhood spend years raising support to go as a missionary only to ar...

It is rumored that during the Viet Nam war in the 60’s, soldiers were given this little piece of advice before being shipped out to the jungle: “Terminate with extreme prejudice.” And what that meant was: aggressive execution of the enemy....

The Apostles were said to have turned the world upside down with their message. Jesus gives instructions that are a vital part of continuing to spread the message and fulfill the mission of Christ and His Apostles. What is it Jesus points to that ...

Every time – every time – I begin taking steps of obedience and faith, especially after a season of struggle, I am beset by trials. It often doesn’t seem fair to me. Here I am, just getting stabilized, feeling healed, sens...

I can’t escape that I have the personality of a coach. From my earliest grade school years to my mid-forties I was always involved in athletics. I am competitive. I enjoy the hard work of achieving a goal. I relish the little successes that lead...

Preaching through Genesis this summer at college group gave me the opportunity to tackle some of those more controversial passages. And by far, one of the most controversial is ...