Photo: group photo from recent UGM Outreach Camp with students from Willard Elementary and the neighborhood around FBC. Motivated. Equipped. Available... are you? As we think about the mission King Jesus has gi...

Seven lies our culture tells us about love and sexuality, debunked by the greatest love song written in history....

“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.” Romans 12:16 At first glance, you may not think of FBC as a “diverse” congregation. We tend to be an ethnic refle...

Sermon Notes Three pleas for ‘life’ from the weary exile so that you may freely love and courageously serve the Lord Give me life according to your promise (Psalm 119:153-154)Give me life according to y...

Why study the Ten Commandments? Our very brief answer to that significant question is because the law reveals the holy character of God and simultaneously defines how our lives must reflect that holy character. Jesus taught that the law is summed ...

Abiding in the true vine (Christ) produces fruit, not abiding results in being cut off and thrown into the fire.Sermon 4 at Youth Summer Camp 2018...

Because of God is saving, hope-giving, trustworthy, loving, just, near, and eternal, we should cry out to Him in passionate prayer! Sermon Notes Main Point: Cry out to the Lord in passionate prayer because of the majesty of ...

Whoever believes in Christ will be physically resurrected and live eternally.Sermon 2 at Youth Summer Camp 2018...

No one can come to the Father (be saved) except through Jesus.Sermon 3 at Youth Summer Camp 2018...

Jesus is better than physical food (and everything else) because He can give you eternal life.Sermon 1 at Youth Summer Camp 2018...

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...

The way we react to God’s word can bring stability in an unstable world Sermon Notes Three reactions to God’s word that bring stability in an unstable world   1. Long for the wonderful word toge...

Sermon Notes  Central message (main idea) of the poem.      Our cry for deliverance, an expected human response, must be established upon a life style of obedient submission and loyalty to God. ...

“Lord, help me be more patient.” “Help me to be organized.” “Please help me have kind words instead of losing my temper.” Have you ever prayed such prayers?  In reality, these are prayers for more self-control, and who couldn’t ...

Proposition: 3 counter-cultural components of authentic love which the church and the world desperately need to see. Pt. 1—The anxiety of the woman before the wedding (3:1-5)Pt. 2—The arrival of...

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...

Sermon Notes 1. Resolve to walk in the light of God’s word (105-106) 2 Peter 1:19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in...

Three realities of authentic love that are indispensable for Christian marriage: Love is exhilarated with its objectLove must trust the Lord with disappointmentLove views the other as the standard of beauty...

Sermon Notes Three life-stabilizing truths concerning God’s Word which will work to produce hope in His children that live in exile. Introduction: What is exile?  God’s Word Sustains Creation G...

The playlist of Solomonic love: an overview one of the most neglected and misunderstood books in the Bible—Song of Songs Introductory Sermon Proposition 3 features of the Song of Songs to help yo...

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Three ways to experience heavenly change in the midst of human rage. Sermon Notes 1. Grasp God’s goodness and learn from His word. (65-68)      Praise His Goodness     &...

Continue to observe, interpret and apply in Psalm 119:-88...

The Psalmist gives us 3 motivations to be remembering God and His Word in our sojourning. Sermon Notes Big Idea: Remembering the Word of the LORD results in confident prayer, comfort in trials, and obedient love! 1....

When you encounter trials and suffering, what does it look like to run to the Word of God, the Bible? Sermon Notes Recall your relationship to the Word (vv 17)Request insight into the Word (vv 18-20)Resolve...

Whenever an organization, be it a government, a church or any other, identifies a problem or need, the usual response is to set up a program to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, the problem or need often persists in spite of good in...

In my first article, (which you can read here,) I looked at some of the biblical evidence for our need to be quiet before the Lord for our own spiritual health and growth....

Big Idea: God transforms lives through an increased knowledge of Him through His Word. Proposition: Psalm 119:33-40 provides 3 God-dependent transformations you must pray for so that you would live obedien...

FBC Global Outreach is committed to training leaders and to taking the gospel to new places. We see what Jesus said about making disciples of all the nations, and we understand from the New Testament that training leaders to teach the Bible, to sh...

In this section of Psalm 119 we will focus on Parallelism and repetition. We will also look at how personal this Psalm is with the repeated first and second person pronouns my, me, you, and your....