Posts with the category “discipleship”

 Last week we looked at four essential questions that can help us learn how to know the gospel, apply the gospel, and speak the gospel. The four questions again:Who is God?What has he done?Who are we?...  Read More

This past Sunday, we considered what it means to put our hope in God, trusting him with every situation and circumstance. We often find it hard to trust God in the waiting: when we wait to hear if we'...  Read More

At FBC, we have four gospel distinctives that fuel our church. These four "basics" – gather, grow, give, and go – help to shape and define the way we live out our gospel identity here, near and far, f...  Read More

Last year we did a sermon series called God Is: Four Kingdom Truths for Everyday Life, where we focused on four key attributes of God: God is Great; God is Glorious; God is Good; God is Gracious. With...  Read More

We've begun a short series on the importance of cultivating a Biblical worldview among our churches and why this is essential in making disciples. If you haven't already, I will encourage you to go ba...  Read More

Last week I briefly mentioned a new survey highlighting pastors and the strength of their biblical worldview. The results are not good. To summarize, many pastors don't have a biblical worldview. This...  Read More

A recent study by Arizona Christian University and George Barna was recently released, highlighting statistics among Christian pastors and their biblical worldview (click here to see the study). The r...  Read More

We've taken several weeks to lay a foundation of what it means to become a gospel fluent community (if you haven't read parts 1-6, I'd recommend that you start there!). As we continue in this series, ...  Read More

As we have been going through our Becoming Gospel Fluent blog series, we pray that we are learning to increasingly submit all of life to the empowering presence and lordship of Jesus. Here we see what...  Read More

Last time we looked at the importance of taking every thought captive for Christ. Today, we want to dig in a bit more with four essential questions that serve as a helpful framework for uncovering wha...  Read More

As we continue to learn what it means to become gospel fluent people (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), we recognize the importance of becoming a people shaped by God's good news. We need to know the gospe...  Read More

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all re...  Read More

As we continue to learn what it means to be a gospel fluent people, we want to ensure that we truly understand what the gospel is. Last time we defined the gospel:The gospel is the good news that Jesu...  Read More

When I was in high school, I took four years of Spanish, but I never really could speak the language fluently. On the other hand, my friend took only one year of Spanish but then spent his entire firs...  Read More

I was reading through the book of 2 Timothy the other day and paused when I came to Paul's words in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, words that are very familiar to many of us:All Scripture is God-breathed and is u...  Read More

Last week we highlighted the importance of being intentional about the "renewing of our minds" (Romans 12:1-2). We does this mean? It means we can't sit back and neglect reading God's word. We can't s...  Read More

 I remember several years ago coming home from work and finding water flowing down our driveway. Our water heater had sprung a leak and was draining down the road. Not the most welcoming way to come h...  Read More

This Sunday we begin a new series in the book of Acts and I'm super excited for us to go through this book found in God's true Story. Why? (I know you asked it, right?) Let me give you a few reasons; ...  Read More

Several years ago, I worked as an administrator in an alternative high school. This was a job I had spent years dreaming about, furthering my education to obtain what I thought would be the job I alwa...  Read More

This past Sunday the Elders shared our hopeful expectation for the FBC family heading into 2022. We want to be disciples who make disciples, striving to help others find and follow Jesus. In other wor...  Read More

The predominant posture of our culture is to end Christmas with December 25. After weeks of expectation, craziness, sapped energy and emotions, many people let out a sigh of relief. With the Christmas...  Read More

I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately on living everyday life in faithful and joyful obedience to God. While reading Psalm 26 this week, I was struck by what David says in verses 2-3:“Prove me, O LORD...  Read More