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Main Idea: The Biblical Covenants between God and his people are the vehicles God uses to advance his kingdom and give us purpose and hope. 1. Biblical Covenants Defined 2. Summary of Biblical Covenants ...

Dr. Nathan Busenitz speaks on the beauty of holiness from Leviticus 11, also referencing 1 Peter 1:13-16 and Acts 10....

A Summary of Dr. Nathan Busenitz’ research in Reasons We Believe: 50 Lines of Evidence That Confirm the Christian Faith...

Main Idea: The mission of the Gospel is for people from all nations to know and worship God. Points: The Mission of the Gospel in CreationThe Mission of the Gospel in the Covenants...

Watch Sermon With Presentation Here Roles & Limits of State, Church, Family When to say, “we must obey God rather than men”Acts 5:29 1 ...

I hope that you have gotten a chance to join the in-person gatherings at FBC over these last few weeks! For Ashley and I, they have been so refreshing even with the extra restrictions and precautions due to the virus. But, that prompts a question....

We have been examining the architecture of the divine-human covenants in the Bible to see how these covenants carry forward the Bible’s storyline of God establishing His kingdom over the whole world through His chosen king. Much like all the com...

With a little help from John Piper (A Hunger for God), Donald Whitney (Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life) and a couple of others, I have tried to outline the biblical occasions for fasting. Here is the fruit of tha...

Have you ever wondered where your teenager came from? No, I do not mean that the way you think I do. I mean literally, do you know where this whole idea of teenager came from? The concept of the “teen years” is a rather recent social invention...

“God made Israel to put His character on display to the nations.” That was one of the repeated themes of Dr. Michael Grisanti as he lead our tour of Israel. God has always had a plan to save helpless sinners from all the nations. Since Israel ...

Part One of this article introduced the Prayer Meeting Revival that began in 1857. Such an intense desire for prayer gripped people in New York City, that by the ...

As I sat in the audience watching a production in the “Best of Broadway” series, a question lingered in the back of my mind: “How does the Lord Jesus Christ make inroads into the world of entertainment? How does He even get a foot in the doo...

Both human history and the Father identify Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. Sermon Notes Introduction 1. The Father's public identification of His son (Luke 3:21-22)2. The Son's identifi...

A Poem by Lydia KinneThey had waited. Through four hundred years of deafening silence. A weary nation under Roman rule - Hoping for light to break through the darkness that surrounded them.  She w...

Two ways the Spirit of God is making ready a people prepared for Christ’s coming Sermon Notes Introduction Resources ...

We just studied the Sabbath together in our Growth Groups. I thought it might be helpful to give some of my insights and conclusions on the topic to help cultivate unity and avoid confusion. There is a lot of liberty in how Christians unde...

The theme of the spring college retreat was “Ex Nihilo,” the Latin phrase meaning, “out of nothing.” The idea being that God is not only entirely sufficient in and of himself (he had no need to create), but when He created...

David's Reign is established and God promises in the Davidic covenant, a seed of David's would rule the Kingdom forever, but even he, a man after God's own heart, falls into sin with Bathsheba. David's dysfunctional family has much conflict and Ab...

Sermon NotesProposition 4 costly and dangerous resolutions so that you will maximize both your pleasure AND impact not only in this age, but also in the one to come An abbreviated biography of Jonathan Edwards...