Here you will find ten helpful tips for studying your bible in a way that will generally serve you in your vital Bible intake....
"Everyone worries; and while it may become a familiar companion in our lives, it never becomes a welcome one. Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to worry less, or not to worry at all, in the midst of your struggles?" So writes Dr. Tim Lane in his book entitled, "Living Without Worry." If you find that you are one who worries...that would make all of us...there is a great book available for$5 on our bookshelf store at the church building. We encourage you to pick the book up on Sunday, read it, and learn real answers for addressing the issue and finding victory over it....
How to fight boredom with the Bible. A wonderfully helpful article by Jon Bloom of Desiring God Ministries....
Want to get a handle on your finances? One Master Ministries is holding a six-week course beginning in just a few short weeks. For more information or to register, please go to www.onemaster.org. Please forward this to 5 people you know....
Keep ReadingPerhaps you don't think much about a new year because life just goes on as it always has. Perhaps the extra eating, lack of routine, and money spent over the holidays has you longing for order. Perhaps you look at the new year as a chance to improve. Perhaps you look at a new year with an attitude of defeat as you consider all that is going wrong in your life or in the wor...
Keep Reading"I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for t...
Keep ReadingAdvent is a season where we look back, consider how it must have been for the people of God as they waited for the promised salvation of God, not knowing what to expect. And at the same time, we celebrate by looking back to the child who was born, the one who came as the Light in a world of darkness and brought redemption and freedom and victory to his people. And at the s...
Keep ReadingOver the last number of months I have had the opportunity to read the biblical and helpful blogposts of our sister, Holly Sands, through the ministry of United in Christ Jesus. Joy brought my attention to the content, particularly, of an email that Holly had sent out to a few of the ladies involved in the UCJ ministry this past Monday. Both Joy and I were encouraged and ex...
Keep ReadingI want to encourage married couples to join Joy and I in attending The Art of Marriage event being held at Bellbrook Community Church on November 14 and 15. It's a great opportunity to grow in our respective marriages and get to know others in the community as well....
Keep ReadingAn Open Letter to Members of Sovereign Grace Churches from SGM Executive Director, Mark Prater...
Keep ReadingThis Sunday we'll be singing a few songs that may be new for some or many. Thankfully, we have some resources available online to help us familiarize ourselves with them....
Keep ReadingGrowing up in a Christian home, the Bible has always been an important book in my life. I was in 6th grade when I first felt personal conviction that I should read it on a daily basis. I was also in 6th grade when a struggle began in my heart. The struggle to read my Bible became a legalistic issue almost as soon as it became a conviction. Reading and studying God's word b...
Keep ReadingGeorge Mueller, famous for his faith in God to provide for the many orphans he cared for, is said to have stayed in his time with the Lord each morning until his soul was happy in Jesus. And the scriptures remind us that God's mercies are new every morning because of His faithfulness so we have been given a recurring gift from God to start each day with joy in the morning....
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