Revelation 21:5 and John 20-21In many ways our annual spring-time celebration of Jesus’ resurrection was far less than it usually is. COVID restrictions were brand new and we had to settle for a fully...  Read More

Dear Church,Yesterday in our worship services, we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection, which typically happens in the Spring - as that is where Passover falls for our Jewish friends. This week we will also...  Read More

When I moved back home after college, I expected my Texas world to be just the way I had left it. I was looking forward to a bit of normalcy as I transitioned from my predicable school routine to the ...  Read More

“God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you” could be the theme song for our marriage. Ghazi was married 17 years to my thirteen. Both of us were divorced for seven and as Christians, we ...  Read More

Dear Church,I’m not sure if it’s my corrupted flesh or the devil or both, but when I think on my life “with God” I regularly sharpen my focus to a list of actions in either of only two columns: do mor...  Read More

Hebrews 12:2 and John 19We finally come to the central event of world history and of the scope of biblical revelation, the death of Jesus Christ, the enteral Son of God.Today we will gain our narrativ...  Read More

Dear Church Family, In an ongoing effort to be as transparent as possible, and keep our church family safe, we wanted to let you know about a potential COVID-19 exposure this past Sunday, November 8, ...  Read More

My husband and I have been married for over 30 years. We spent the first 15 years of our marriage living in Singapore because my husband is from that part of the world and was working there at the tim...  Read More

Dear Church,Today begins a new week, and that week falls in early November of 2020. We saw some of this coming (election anxiety, drama and lack of clarity) but we didn’t see it all (virus, economy, j...  Read More

I was blessed beyond measure to be born into a Christian family. I don’t mean a family that ‘went to church’, but a family that loved God and actively served Him and His people. My mom and dad, and gr...  Read More

Luke 22:39-71Jesus and His disciples were no strangers to the Garden of Gethsemane. They frequented both the Mount of Olives and the Garden at its base. But this event the night before His death is th...  Read More

John 13-17The Gospel of John does not detail the Last Supper as do Matthew, Mark and Luke. Rather, John focuses on details the other three do not include, such as the washing of the disciples feet and...  Read More

Dear Church,When I pay attention to my heart - and that is not always the case in the midst of the busyness of the day - I find it longs, in increasing measure, for truth, stability and hope. A global...  Read More

Our story began, back in Florida, when we met as seniors in high school.  We became fast friends as we bonded over faith and family. We were married shortly after college and settled into our newlywed...  Read More

Matthew 24-25In my experience, there seem to be two prevalent attitudes towards biblical matters of the end, “end times,” the last days and the subject of eschatology. The first is significant interes...  Read More

I am in no way exaggerating in saying the Explorers are family, and for a New York Italian, I do not take the word “family” lightly. This class has blessed us in more ways than I can possibly recount ...  Read More

Dear Church,Once again, I invite your heart to slow down, take a deep breath and feast on the Living Word of God as the primary way to bring truth, peace and redemptive action into your life today. Pl...  Read More

We are so thankful for the many ways God has continued to provide for Faith Bible Church and use the ministries within our church family to reach the needs of so many in our community. However, this s...  Read More

selections of Matthew 21-23As we near the conclusion of our series, we are now in the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry before His crucifixion. The details of this week and exactly what Jesus does ...  Read More

Dear Church,“Who is wise? Let that person give heed to these things, and consider the lovingkindness of the LORD.”When a psalm ends with this statement, I immediately want to go back and read it again...  Read More

I come from a multi-religion and no-religion family. A wide spread of beliefs that contradicted most of the time.  By the age of 12, I had already learned doctrine of at least 3 religions and some oth...  Read More

It is often said that the most reliable predictor of future behavior is past behavior. But as a believer and follower of Jesus, I sure hope there are alternative scenarios. For me at least. What do yo...  Read More

Mark 10:46-52The episode we will examine today is perhaps the shortest of our entire series thus far - seven verses. But what we see in these seven short verses is a powerfully true event that is also...  Read More

Dear Church,There is something particularly painful about being forgotten. Hopefully, most of us recall only stories from childhood dodgeball teams and have rare exceptions in more traumatic stories a...  Read More