It was a joy on Sunday to launch our Christmas series, Christmas Wonder. I've been working ahead and am thrilled about where this series is going. I hope you'll be present for each message and bring friends. This is a great time of year to invite unchurched friends and family, because secular people are oftenthinking about spiritual issues during thisseason. This Sunday o...

Christmas will be in the air this Sunday at FBC! Our sanctuary will be beautifully decorated, and we will begin a new series calledChristmas Wonder. I have been working hard on this series and am super-excited to share it with you! We live in a world that has forgotten how to be lost in wonder. Hopelessness and joylessness are pervasive in our lost and broken culture. But...

This Sunday we will conclude our study of the life of David by looking at some episodes from the latter part of his epic life. As we've seen, David's life is a sweeping drama that points to a Greater David, the ultimate Son of David, the Lord Jesus. We will see that again this Sunday. Our message will be, "Pointing To A Greater King," from 2 Samuel 12-24. In this message,...

This week we will look at a dark episode inDavid's life. The message is, "Great SinGreater Grace," from 2 Samuel 8-12 and Psalm 51. Scripture never whitewashes the lives of men and women. It includes their sins as well as their virtues, their failures as well as theirvictories. That's for a couple of reasons: We need to look to the Lord, "fixing our eyes on Jesus" (Heb...

This Sunday, as we continue in our series,David: After God's Own Heart, we will look at the end of 1 Samuel and parts of the first few chapters of 2 Samuel, as we talk about "Glorifying The Forever King," from1 Samuel 31-2 Samuel 7. We will see the tragic ending to the lives of Saul and Jonathan, and the beginning ofDavid's reign as King. Most of all, we will look at the ...

This Sunday we will be in 1 Samuel 21-24, and talking about "Life On The Run." This is a period of time when David is quite literally running for his life. Saul is chasing himhunting himwith all the power of the state behind him. It is a bleak, dark time for David. He has been anointed as the rightful and future king, he is a man after God's own heart, and yet he is hidi...

This Sunday, as we continue to walk through the fascinating contours of David's life, we will look at 1 Samuel 18-20 and talk about "The Gift Of Friendship." This past Sunday, we saw that David wascatapulted into national prominence afterslaying the giant, Goliath. Remember the key difference between David and the otherIsraelites? They compared themselves to the giant,...

This Sunday we will be looking at one of the most compelling stories in the Bible, as we look at 1 Samuel 17 and look at the story of David and Goliath. I am calling this message, "Run To The Battle." When we look at familiar stories like this, there is a danger: The story can become overlyfamiliar to us. We can slip into the trap of thinking we know all there is to know ...

It was great to get a new Fall series kicked off this past Sunday. In David: After God's Own Heart, we will be looking at one of the central lives in the story of the Bible. David was not only a king, but the writer of many of the most beloved Psalms, and from his seed would come our Savior and the King of kings, Jesus. On top of all that, David's life is utterly fascinat...

I want to thank you all for praying for meduring my recent trip to the Middle East. We were able to visit a place where no Trustee has ever visited, and where basically no one could visit until the past few years. What God isdoing there is amazing! This nation is opening to the rest of the world, and God is opening hearts to the gospel. And you are a huge part of it, throu...