I don’t know about you, but I often wonder how current world events and even my actions and decisions will affect the generations and world of the future. Some refer to this as the butterfly effect, a seemingly meaningless event (like the flap o...

Healthy churches have healthy dialogue all around the church. For the elders at Faith Bible Church, interaction is essential to shepherding. How can we gain the wisdom of the congregation or know what areas need to be add...

Psalm 911He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Who is protected from enemies and tragedies? W...

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...

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...

Main idea: Christ Rose from the dead so that the Father would be our all in all The Promise (1 Corinthians 15:20-22)Romans 8:11Romans 8:29The Plan (1 Corinthians 15:23-24a)The Purpose (1 Co...

The ScriptureRomans 3:24-25Galatians 1:3-42 Corinthians 5:21The AppearancesThe Transformation Automated Transcription No...

When Dan first took over the team lead position, the Lord impressed on our minds that “God is more interested in our faithfulness than our success.” Luke 16:10 says, “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much...

Main idea: Love others by using your gifts to build them up. Pray that God would help you build others up, not alienate them.Use your gift intelligently, not thoughtlessly.Grow up in your thinking; don’t be childi...

Main idea: Love believers by using your gifts to build them up. Pursue what builds up the church not yourself Upbuilding: Encouragement: Consolation: Pursue what is beneficial not what...

Main idea: Love others with your spiritual gifts because love, not the gifts, is greatest. Seize on love’s permanence Stand on Love’s Greatness Automated Transcription ...

Many summers ago, I dared to hope for more. I didn’t want to – I tried not to – but I couldn’t help but fall for that boy with whom friendship came so easily. I didn’t want to hope for it, because I knew what would be comin...

Main idea: Check your heart well before taking the Lord’s Supper Am I giving the Lord’s Supper it’s proper weight?Am I causing division or strife in the church?Am I considering the Lord’s discipline?...

Backstory of the Lord’s Supper: The Passover Meal (Exodus 12) Main idea: The Lord’s Supper is a meal that the church takes together to remember Christ, to renew our commitment to Him and each other, and to proclaim His death until He c...

Introduction: The Christian Life as A Race, an Exodus, and a Pilgrimage A loving life making disciples of Jesus Christ requires restraint and focus in an idolatrous world Seek the good of your neighborKeep pra...

Main idea: Be quick to waive your rights for the privilege of proclaiming the gospel StatusJohn 13:12-15Natural RightsScriptural RightsMinistry RightsEarthly Rewards ...

The Dominion series this past January helped Faith Bible Church to reorient our thinking regarding stewardship. God doesn’t need us, but He has invited us into His generous economy. While everything is God’s, He has entru...

Main idea: The Word of God is the true and powerful Word of our good King; come to Him and receive life! The Bible is inerrant, without error, and it is infallible, unfailing in accomplishing what God intends....

Main idea: Take care not to lead another Christian into false worship. Background on eating meat sacrificed to idols. Matthew 18:6-7. Acts 15:28-29 (See also Acts 15:20, 21:25). Revelation 2:14 (See also Revelation 2:20). 1 C...

Main idea: Use love and singular devotion to God to navigate life in the midst of false worship Steer with love1 Timothy 1:51 Corinthians 13:1-4Steer with Singular Devotion to God1 Corinthia...

John 4 and the woman at the well  Main Idea: In any state of marriage or singleness, pursue undivided devotion to the Lord. Compelled to get marriedNot compelled to get marriedWidowed S...

Main idea: Your life circumstances don’t affect your ability to faithfully serve and glorify God. Therefore, remain as you are. Value producing spiritual fruitValue the position redemption gives you ...

Main idea: Glorify God in your body according to the passion gift he has given you Recognize God’s differing gifts Recognize God’s differing goodnessConsidering a life of intentional singleness...

Introduction Sexual intimacy created, corrupted, and redeemed Main Idea: The married are to honor God with their bodies by mutual, not selfish, sexual fulfillment. Seek exclusive fulfillment. Colossians 2:...

Think about where the unrighteous will beMatthew 7:21-23The Creator’s View of Sexual SinGenesis 1:27Leviticus 18Matthew 5:17Matthew 5:27-30Matthew 19:1-4Romans 1...

Editor’s note: Faith’s college pastor Jared Millican, his wife Claire and their family are pursuing their calling to global outreach alongside the Denny family in the Czech Republic. This article is adapted from their r...

In the early 2000s, the Gonzaga campus Bible study through Faith Bible Church’s college ministry was thriving. Faith had many students attending Gonzaga University. When that generation graduated, the numbers d...

Main Idea: Regard gospel ministers the way God wants us to regard them, leaving judgment and praise for Him. God’s standard for servants and stewards Man’s insufficient standard God’s final and suff...

Introduction Big Idea: Four imperatives to abandon the wisdom of this age and the jealousy it produces. Don’t deceive yourself. Become a fool to the wise of this age. Don’t boast in men....

About this time every year, I descend into the storage room in my basement in search of a box of plastic Easter eggs, many of them in two pieces, so that we can begin to assemble them for the grand Easter egg hunt to take place after worship on Ea...

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have ...

Tony Medina is a man who can attest to the change brought about by denying self and following Christ. Tony grew up in a home where he and his five siblings were pretty much left to themselves. His father was in and out of the...

"For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” -Philippians 1:21 Hymn Story Henri Abraham César Malan was a prolific composer of hymns in the early 19th century, as well as an a...

North Americans tell their children that Santa Claus delivers their Christmas gifts. Latin Americans give credit to “el niño Jesús” (the baby Jesus). Christmas tradition in Spain maintains that “los tres Reyes Magos” (the three wise men)...

The Bible teaches that the company we keep brings influence and inevitably shapes our character. Christian parents seeking to be wise in the training of their children have a responsibility to help their children learn how to choose friends wisely...