Our study of 1 John continually raises the idea of assurance of eternal life: How do we know we are truly in Christ? There are two errors into which we might fall as we read: (1) looking at our sin and doubting our position...

Our study of 1 John continually raises the idea of assurance of eternal life: How do we know we are truly in Christ? There are two errors into which we might fall as we read: (1) looking at our sin and doubting our position...

Faith Bible Church is a sending church. We sent Natalie Widman to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on January 21, 2012. Natalie arrived in Tenerife to join a church plant, partnering with Dave and Lois Belch, Nathan and Julie Thir...

If you aren’t one already, imagine you’re a seventh-grade boy. Who do you think is cool? Who do you want to be like? The twelfth-grade guys in youth group at Faith Bible Church remember being there. They remember the seniors they w...

For several years, Jared and Claire Millican have been praying about whether to move their family to the Czech Republic to partner with our Global Outreach Partners, Marcus and Amie Denny and the church in Kladno. Here...

This February are publishing prayer prompts for each week and encouraging you to pray through them in community, whether that be with your spouse, family, Growth Group or friends!  For the week of February 27 Thank God that ...

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Revelation 5:8...

Six weeks have passed since Trinity Church covenanted together to officially become a church. We miss gathering with you and ministering alongside you. In many ways the reality hasn’t set in yet, almost as if we are just on a long vacati...

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7, New Living Translation Jesus is very direct in His te...

The Lord is in the business of making a people for himself, who enjoy Him and each other. Part of our life together, and one of the great blessings we share, is a wonderful church building and piece of property. Many opportunities exist t...

You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. -James 4:2b-3 “Why pray?” is the cry of many people, and, if we are honest, perhaps we have found the...

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive ...

Every year, the members of Faith Bible Church examine and affirm the biblical qualifications and godly character of our Elders and Deacons. Before I came to Faith Bible Church, I had been involved in several denominations and had never se...

Poetry by Lydia Kinne God himself wrote poetry. It’s found in the Psalms and woven throughout the Scripture, and we can reflect his image in our own creativity. Lydia Kinne’s poetic meditations from 1 John e...

Dustin Erbeznik remembers what was like to be lost. He’s encouraging believers to remember the people all around them who still are. Dustin came from a nominally Catholic family and knew of a distant God, but the idea of kn...

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."Revelation 11:15...

Before taking the Faith Bible Church marriage class in 2008, Gary and Kari Norton’s marriage was not in a healthy place. Gary was a newer believer and had no real understanding of the husband’s biblical role in marriage. H...

Greetings Faith Bible Church, It’s good to keep the big picture in mind as we face another spike in Covid cases. The Prophet Isaiah gives us this key reminder: I am God, and there is none like me,10 d...

If you were at church three weeks ago, you may recall a brief aside Dan had in his sermon about something called “Deconstruction” that has surfaced in the last few years. However, while the word “deconstruction” may be new to the ...

As we finished cleaning our old house this past week I said to my children, “the time has come to say goodbye.” We walked as a family into each room of the house and shared memories that we had experienced in each space. There were a lot of te...

For the second year in a row, I was unable to keep up with reviewing every book on the church blog (though I have published many more reviews on Goodreads, and will be posting ...

When I select Christmas cards, I always look for cards that feature Jesus, not Santa Claus, not the Grinch who stole Christmas, but Jesus. And I am often drawn to reproductions of Nativity Scenes painted by the old masters (e.g, Renaissance artist...

It’s a ubiquitous truth that when a friend wants to catch up, a student needs to study, or your family comes to town to say a quick hello, heading to your local coffee shop is natural. Much like the dinner table, people gather around the coffee ...

“But…isn’t that more of an Easter theme?” Astute observers have noticed that this year’s Christmas theme calls to mind imagery of sacrifice and atonement; things we (rightly) focus on during the Easter season. So why have we chose...

Scripture references from Galatians unless otherwise noted. In Youth Ministry we’ve been working through a series of messages from Galatians entitled No Other Gospel. Paul wrote Galatians to a collection ...

In Acts 2, thousands of people of many languages came to Jerusalem for Pentecost and heard Peter’s proclamation of the gospel. Many of the 3,000 who were saved that day presumably returned to their homes across the region carrying t...

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.~Hebrews 4:16 Hymn Story We don’t choose songs at Faith Bible Church base...

As believers, we are Christ’s ambassadors in the world. The places we go each day are full of people who need to hear the truth of the Gospel and the full counsel of God contained in his Scriptures. Some of those people would even b...

The pandemic has caused us all to rely on technology to connect with others. Online groups, streaming, texting, video chats etc. became the new normal as we had to physically distance. Dan and Emily Kopp have led their growth group using t...

“God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform; he plants his footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. You fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds you so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in bl...

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his handand marked off the heavens with a span,enclosed the dust of the earth in a measureand weighed the mountains in scalesand the hills in a ba...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless befo...

Jesus tells us in Matthew 28:18-20 to make disciples of all the nations. We know from Revelation 5:9-10 that Christ has purchased people from every tribe and nation. For this reason, we continue sending global partners to take the gospel to the na...

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name! Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.~Psalm 103:1-2 Hymn Story Joachim Neander (1650-1680) lived a short and ...

Have you ever thought about how to join and how to leave a church well? Membership at Costco and membership at a local church are wildly different things. Yet, if a person is not careful, the comings and goings from a church may not s...

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.~ Psalm 19:1 Hymn Story Maltbie Babcock was a true Renaissance man. As a gifted athlete, talented musician,...

Steve* majored in Professional Golf Management (yes, you can major in golf; 18 US universities offer this major, including the University of Idaho). After some experience managing golf courses in the US, he applied for and was hired to oversee con...

This past week Trinity Church, (a church plant being sent to the Valley by Faith,) had its first of three “preview” services which will be held over the course of the fall semester. These preview services help to work out some of the logistics...

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;let the field exult, and ever...

Brian Sayers has an upcoming booklet being published by Shepherd Press on how to recognize and respond to manipulation. The following is an excerpt and summary of the material. Manipulation is a painful and dest...