Two days after I had my heart broken, many years ago, I typed these words into my computer journal: “The world is frost-bitten today. It feels kind of like my heart, I’d imagine. Numb, frozen … life hidden behind the death that has ...

“I love your hair! I love that outfit! I love your necklace!” In part one of this article, I wrote about the use of these kinds of expressions that have become normal in our language and can cheapen the word love, and maybe even affect our abi...

Have you ever gone to Cabelas and seen all of the animals on display? While the critters are beautiful and interesting to look at, there is something missing: life. They were once living creatures but now only their shells are left and they will n...

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In this last week, an awfully familiar event came flooding through our news and social media. Again, another school shooting. Again, debates raged predictably along political lines. However, we as a people of America have responded in two directio...

As a dad, the question concerning my children’s salvation has been a constant companion of mine. As I have searched for solid resources on the subject I have found precious little and what I have found has left me wanting more. It truly is start...

I would like to invite you to join us next Sunday morning, February 18, for the grand opening and tour of the newly expanded Faith Biblical Counseling Center! Maybe you have seen some construction happening in the old library?...

Where Truth and Beauty Meet  “Now that is beautiful!” You have no doubt experienced the moment. The sun emerging from the horizon, the symphony coming to a majestic climax, the movie resolving just right. Or perhaps it was more ...

Psalm 103:1  Of David“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!” Okay, that’s great, but do I really have to praise Him with “...

Technology and Holiness As disciples of Christ we need to continually behold Christ so that we can worship Him and love others. The pursuit of seeing Christ through meditation on His Word should consume our lives more than anything else ...

Growth Groups Define Us  Because of the unique structure and history of Faith Bible Church, it is appropriate to think of our body as a church of Growth Groups, not a church with Growth Groups. We would not be able...

Have you ever felt like the Christmas classic “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” is a cruel lie? If you live in the same world I do, you might. A recent widow or widower might. A cancer p...

There are several men from history that have profoundly impacted the way that I think about pastoral ministry. One of the examples of this is found in a Puritan pastor named Richard Baxter. Richard Baxter believed that the responsibility of a past...

Life is full of diverse experiences—joy, sadness, anticipation, grief, fun, uncertainty, stress, celebration, sadness, satisfaction, and doubt. We’ve known them all. In fact, we often experience many of these diverse events and competing e...

The Singing Family  My wife, Emily, has quite the extended family. Her grandparents, Woody and Dinah Widmer built a house out in the Spokane valley where the “new” interstate 90 was being constructed in the early 50’s. Their h...

It’s happened to you too—many times. Your friend, co-worker, or family member is so discouraged that it’s like a dark cloud follows them into the room. You rack your brain trying to think of something to say that will help them turn to the c...

Without question, the Protestant Reformation is one of the most controversial (and perhaps thrilling) eras in the history of the church. This is a story that needs to be retold again and again and again. The Reformation is our heritage, it is our ...

While many think of Martin Luther as a scholar, pastor, and theologian, few truly know the man behind the Reformation. Growing up, Martin’s father had strong aspirations for his son to be a lawyer. After attaining his Masters of Arts degree at o...

One night in 1522 in southwest England over a dinner table conversation, an exasperated Catholic scholar remarked, “We were better be without God’s law than the pope’s.” A 28-year-old home tutor at the time famously replied, “I defy the ...

John Calvin was born July 10, 1509 in Noyon, France. At the age of 14, Calvin’s father sent him to study theology at the University of Paris. However, after his father ran afoul of the church, Calvin left the field of theology, and began to stud...

Showing up is more powerful than you will ever know. Never under estimate the power of a good example. Any Christian can make a significant impact simply by his presence and persistence.  Hav...

It is often helpful to express something we already know in a new and interesting way in the hope that it may challenge our hearts and minds anew. This article by GotQuestions.org does a great job of defining biblical stewardship and reminding us ...

Ministry Expansion At A GlanceIt is our passion to be a loving community making disciples of Jesus Christ. Our prayerful aim has been to discern and respond to God’s leading to fulfill that passion....

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...