“It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.” Acts 24:21 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the greatest courage-building truths in the Bible. The Apostle Paul ri...

Main idea: If you are living in obedience, be reassured that you are in true fellowship with God. If you live according to God’s commandments: You are of the truth (1 John 3:19-20)If you live according to Go...

Main Idea: Love fellow Christians like Christ, and you will display supernatural evidence of God’s work of salvation. Remember Christ’s original message (1 John 3:11)John 13The Apostle Paul...

Main Idea: Cling to Him who is eternal and reject the “world” that is passing away 1. Cling to Him who is eternal (2:12-14) Realities to treasure: Forgiveness Fellowship Faithfulness Vict...

Proposition: John describes three realities about his letter that you must embrace so that you might know fullness of joy. The message is Christ Himself (v. 1)The personal experience of the Apostle means his message ...

Main Idea: The purpose of Ecclesiastes is to teach us how to think rightly about a God-pleasing life that focuses on eternal things. In this message, we enter back in to the book of Ecclesiastes after 6 weeks away from it. The purpose is t...

Main Idea: Delight in your God and King and declare His greatness to the next generation! Delight in your God and KingPsalm 145:1-3Declare God’s greatness to the next generationPsalm 145:4-7 Declar...

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...

Main Idea: God’s Name is Proclaimed to the World through the Unity of His Church The Church is: A People Shaped By the GospelA People Clothed in Christ’s GloryA People Included in His Love...

In the first part of our Back to Basics series, we focused on what it means to be a loving community. We studied the love of God, the Word of God, and the family of God. In this second part, we will be returning to some basics that we pray will co...

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 ...

‘Hevel…’ Vanity…Smoke…Mist…Breath… If these things represent the transience of life, and if they represent the transience of the experiences life has to offer, then Solomon wants to be sure we’re not chasing after the wron...

What’s the difference between unbelief and doubt? Unbelief is a resistance to unwanted truth; whereas doubt is belief under scrutiny. The main difference between the two is: unbelief doesn’t want help to believe, whereas doubt does want help t...

In this message we ‘deconstruct’ deconstruction. Deconstruction is a practice being promoted in some progressively Christian circles today. Believers are being encouraged to doubt what they’ve been taught, in order to organize a ‘faith of ...

Four things that are necessary to faithfully contend for the faith. Remember ‘them’ The Apostles’ wordsWho they spoke aboutGuard yourselfBuild yourselves up Pray in...

Main Idea: Three essential disciple-making convictions will make us effective in becoming like Christ as a church and powerful in our witness to the world. Pre-requisites to disciple-making convictions  Know...

At the launch of the school year Jared explains Doxa's mission statement: A loving community where collegians can learn to declare Jesus Christ with their lives....

Learn why salvation by works just doesn't work....

Acts 2:41—27, Ephesians 4:10–13, Hebrews 10:23–25 Main Idea: We gather as a local assembly so we can joyfully experience the victory of Christ in our lives The chief impulse in assembling (Acts 2:41-47)The central...

As in Hebrews 3, Jude takes the tone of warning and exhortation in Jude 5-7 to admonish believers to remember how God had judged past unbelief. As believers we must regularly exhort one another so that we are not taken captive by disbelief or dece...

As we approach our 30th anniversary as a church, we want to revisit the core values and commitments that we see in God’s Word that are the foundation of who we are as a church. The result of these core values and commitments is our passion state...

King Jesus has given spiritual gifts to his people so that they build each other up. Are you using yours? We are working our way through the resurrection account of Luke 24 as a church. None of the disciples were expecting Jesus to be rais...

For moms, life can simultaneously feel like a roller coaster and a slow walk through the park. MomLife was launched nearly ten years ago to support moms through the overwhelming toddler years. For years, MomLife met once a mo...

We talk about making disciples at Faith Bible Church, a lot. After all, we want disciple making to be the culture of our church. As we say, “We are a loving community making disciples of Jesus Christ.” However, even with all the discipling tal...

Introduction Main Idea: Kingdom Leaders are Servant Leaders Kingdom Leadership ContrastedWorldly leadership…Kingdom Leadership…  Kingdom Leadership Promised  ...

Outline: Review of Series’ 5 other MessagesExhortation to Convert and Commit in response to wisdom’s instruction....

Introduction None of us enjoy going through trials and suffering. Some of our trials are the result of our sins and internal struggle against our flesh. Much of our suffering is the result of living in a b...

Big Idea: Be ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ by being certain and being watchful. Be certain about the second coming of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:10 Romans 8...

Main Idea: Endure the world for the sake of your Lord.Five refrains for the Lord to endure five pains from the world: False saviors… I will not be led astray (v. 8) Terrors of war… I wi...

Like last year, I’m using Tim Challies’ reading challenge to help guide my reading for this year. I’ll post monthly updates this year for tho...

Five characteristics of the sluggard’s life which wisdom calls us to labor against in our own lives: The Sluggard is (1) Hinged to His Bed; (2) Happy With Excuses; (3) Hopeless at Completing Things; (4) Hungry for Fulfillment; (5) Haughty in his...

Like last year, I’m using Tim Challies’ reading challenge to help guide my reading for this year. I’ll post monthly updates this year for tho...

Discipling is a team sport. Being a Christian is not primarily an individualistic thing. Just as you would never try to win a soccer match or a football game by yourself, ultimately being built up into the likeness of Christ is not something you c...

As we enter into the last third of Ephesians, our prayer is that all of us would be strengthened so that Christ would be living His life through us. We want our relationships as members of the body of Christ to continue to grow in unity and minist...