Posts with the category “fbc-essentials”

Author Randy Alcorn in his book Money, Possessions, and Eternity. He writes:"Too often, we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living when his stated purpose is to inc...  Read More

 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 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

At FBC, we believe that the church is God’s people, saved by God’s power, for God’s purposes. We emphasize the importance of living everyday life with gospel intentionality—purposely living out the go...  Read More