This month’s free book from Christian Audio is A. W. Tozer’s classic, The Attributes of God. This is an excellent book and worth the investment of your time to listen to it. Free Download.
Read More Tozer’s Attributes of God audio book — for freeToday is what is commonly known as “Reformation Day,” the 497th anniversary of the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenburg Church. Those brief theses were written in the manner of the day as topics for debate; Luther saw a great many failures and unbiblical works in the […]
Read More It’s Reformation Day — lots of treats and no “tricks”First Thessalonians 5:18 is a verse that often comes to mind when I am wrestling with discontentment and disappointment. I want something that I didn’t receive or have something that is taken away. And sometimes I am fearful or anxious of something that might happen. The question in all these circumstances is, “can I give […]
Read More Give thanks — even when fearful of EbolaThe following documents contain the Power Point slides I used in my presentation in this weekend’s Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (track 2). These presentations covered three areas of theology to help participants prepare for the ACBC exam for certification. Anthropology Questions 1 & 2 Counseling Questions 16 & 17 (Anger & various homework) Counseling […]
Read More BCDC Weekend 2 notesAfter this morning’s sermon on church membership, someone shook my hand and quipped, “so I guess [church membership] is more than wearing a name tag.” Yes, it is indeed. My friend was obviously being facetious. Yet his point was obvious. Church membership is a priority for every believer, and being a church member has implications […]
Read More Church membership — it’s more than a nametagA Biblical Perspective on Church Membership Selected Scriptures October 19, 2014 A few days ago, I went though a file in one of my cabinets and I found an old copy of the “Grace Bible Church Membership Qualification Examination.” As I read it, I thought, “maybe this is why some people have delayed joining GBC…” […]
Read More Sermon: A Biblical Perspective on Church MembershipTwo days ago, Fox News reported that, The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor. And those ministers who fail to comply could be held in contempt of court. [The Religion News Service […]
Read More Can the government do that?Christianity today is man-centered, not God-centered. God is made to wait patiently, even respectfully, on the whims of men. The image of God currently popular is that of a distracted Father, struggling in heartbroken desperation to get people to accept a Saviour of whom they feel no need and in whom they have very little […]
Read More Man-centered or God-centered?There are a great many conceptions and misconceptions of what Heaven will be like. One aspect of Heaven that is often overlooked is the eternal unfolding of God’s plan of redemption to the redeemed: “and [He] raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that […]
Read More In Heaven…This morning the sermon dealt with the theology that undergirds GBC’s philosophy of ministry. The statement, “Shepherding God’s people by God’s grace for God’s glory,” is shaped by 13 theological truths. Here is a diagram that illustrates what we mean by shepherding God’s people, and how those theological truths relate to our philosophy of ministry.
Read More A theology of ministry…picturedA Theology of Ministry — Thirteen Core Values that Undergird GBC’s Ministry Selected Scriptures October 12, 2014 Over the next six weeks, we want to think with you about what church ministry looks like. There are two motives behind this: It is good to regularly remind ourselves of the purpose and foundation of ministry — […]
Read More Sermon: A Theology of MinistryHospitality, Truth, Love, and Missions, Pt. 2 3 John 7-14 October 5, 2014 Years ago, when then-speaker of the house Sam Rayburn discovered he had terminal cancer, he shocked everyone when he announced that he was going back to his small hometown of Bonham, Texas. He was often asked, “They have the finest facilities in […]
Read More Sermon: Hospitality, truth, love, and missions, Pt. 2The following documents contain the Power Point slides I used in my presentation in last weekend’s Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (track 2). These presentations covered three areas of theology to help participants prepare for the ACBC exam for certification. Theology Proper Q 1 — The Basis of the Trinity Theology Proper Q 2 — […]
Read More BCDC weekend 1 theology notesOur church has several new social media links, including some relating to our Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (BCDC). Check these out: GBC Facebook page GBC Facebook prayer group GBC Facebook buy, sell, and trade group GBC Twitter page: @gbcgranbury BCDC Twitter page: @BCDC2014 BCDC Facebook page
Read More New church social media linksWhen we don’t know how to pray for ourselves or when we don’t pray for ourselves, listening to and reading the prayers of other can sometimes stimulate us to pray with greater wisdom and effectiveness. So this morning, read this prayer from Henry Scougal (The Life of God in the Soul of Man) who desires […]
Read More A prayer for Christlikeness
Words of Grace 