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Today we finish our three-part series on the Sabbath. Read Part One and Part Two. What response is the Christian to make regarding the Sabbath today? Is the observance of the Sabbath necessary, or has it been reinterpreted? We've already seen that this is precisely...

Last week we began a short series to help us rediscover a rhythm of God's grace called the Sabbath. We first considered how the Sabbath was a command given to God's people in the Old Testament. This week we'll look at how the Sabbath was understood in the New...

*We will be taking a short break in our “Participating in the Missio Dei” series to look at the Sabbath and rest in the Bible. Why are we hurried people? Why do we often feel distracted and busy and often over-committed and overworked? The trouble is not that there is...

In part 8 of our series, we learned three significant ways in which Jesus was reshaping Israel to live up to her God-given mission of being a light of God's good rule and reign to the nations. Jesus was also doing this mighty work of forming Israel by declaring,...

Last time (part 7), we saw how Jesus began to restore Israel to her calling of being a light to the nations by calling twelve disciples to learn from him, along with his call for people to repent of their sins, believe the gospel, and follow him. Jesus had ushered in...

*This week’s blog post comes from Lindsay Tice. Lindsay is a wife, mother, and member of Faith Bible Church. She and Michael have attended FBC for over 18 years. Most importantly, Lindsay is a follower of Jesus Christ. Lindsay finds joy in leading our congregation in...

In part 6 of our series, we began looking at what Jesus was doing in his mission of restoring and renewing Israel. Jesus's purpose was to gather Israel and restore her to fulfill its unique role in history: to bring salvation to the nations. The way Jesus begins to do...

*This is a repost from Wade’s blog on 12-23-21. I remember that Christmas Eve gathering at my church many years ago. One of our members, Chris, brought his father-in-law, and from the moment the older man walked in, I could tell he wanted to be anywhere else but in a...

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? What do we do? When applied to our study of scripture and our...

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've received the new job, when we wait for the results from a lab...