Each month we want to share a word of encouragement and offer some resources from like-minded believers for your profit. These articles are available in print upon request. Beloved Congregation, I am writing to you out of love for you and because I believe that we need a reminder on how to warn people of the coming days. We are told in scripture…
The Gospel at Work. By Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert What you do from 9 to 5 matters for the sake of the Gospel! Unfortunately, that’s not how most people think about their jobs. On the one hand, some employees are so committed to their vocations that it amounts to idolatry as they seek to find their satisfaction and fulfillment in them. …
How to Walk into Church. By Tony Payne Think about those Sundays where we came into a morning worship service expecting to be served, hoping we won’t have to talk with anyone, hoping we get our favorite seat, or coming in late and rushed and stressed from an awful morning. Maybe we don’t always think to pray for the people we are about…
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God’s Battle Plan for the Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation. By David W. Saxton Meditation in our Christian circles has gotten kind of a bad rap. The popular idea of meditation has been misshapen by mysticism, New Age, and Eastern religious notions. There is nothing more beneficial for understanding the truth and growing in sanctification than careful reflection on the…
June 26, 2015 SCOTUS RULING Our pastoral staff would like to offer to you a number of resources regarding the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on so called “same-sex” marriage. We hope you find these beneficial! History, Sympathy, and Sovereignty: A Biblical Response to Homosexuality: Genesis 19 Leviticus 18:22 Leviticus 20:13 Deuteronomy 22:5 Romans 1:26-27 1 Timothy 1:9-10 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 …
When a Nation Forgets God. By Erwin Lutzer The things that concern Christians today: government finances, laws that go against biblical morality, revision of history by special interests, the attacks against families, authority, and common sense aren’t new. These same factors lead to the establishment of National Socialism in Nazi Germany leading up to World War II. Evolutionary thought changed the way laws…
Trusting God. By Jerry Bridges Life is not easy. The Christian life is not easy either. And if we are honest, we have found ourselves in circumstances where we have asked questions like, “Why is God allowing this?” or “What have I done wrong?” When unexpected situations arise that appear unjust, irrational, or even dreadful, we feel confused and frustrated. Before long we…
Personal Evangelism If you are in Christ and know the forgiveness of sins, it’s because at some point someone told you about the truth of the Gospel. Praise the Lord they did and that you know the hope of eternal life! Someone took the time to tell you about the bad news of sin and its consequence of eternal judgment, and the…
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment. By Tim Challies The church today is bombarded with a deluge of information on how to live the Christian life, how to do church, how to impact culture, and how to think about a variety of issues. Numerous books and a multitude of resources are available online and in bookstores. Have you ever wondered how to wade through…
Each week we want to share a word of encouragement and offer some resources from like-minded believers for your profit. These articles are available in print upon request. Spring Growth Beloved Congregation, “Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers righteousness…
Stop Loving the World. By William Greenhill We read in 1 John 2:15, “Do not love the world nor the things in the world.” But the world is urging Christians today to love all that it has to offer, to fix our thoughts on the philosophies of men, and to set our Bibles aside. Adoration of stuff, love of gifts more than…
Each week we want to share a word of encouragement and offer some resources from like-minded believers for your profit. These articles are available in print upon request. The Inerrant Word of God Last week, eight of us from MBC spent four days at the Shepherd’s Conference hosted by Grace Community Church and The Master’s Seminary. Attending were over 4500 men from…
The Law of Rewards. By Randy Alcorn Being good stewards of our money and possessions is a crucial component of the Christian life. But rarely do we consider how eternal rewards provide a motivation in relationship to stewardship and giving. In his book, The Law of Rewards, Randy Alcorn establishes the biblical connection between how we use our money and the promises…
Each week we want to share a word of encouragement and offer some resources from like-minded believers for your profit. These articles are available in print upon request. Regular Family Worship One of my favorite memories growing up was spending Sunday afternoons at my cousin’s house. We would almost always have roast beast with carrots and onions and potatoes. We would have…
How to Walk into Church. By Tedd Tripp It has been about a year since the MBC Marriage Conference and now might be a good time to take an inventory of your marriage. Is it growing? Are you more like Christ because of marriage to your spouse? Perhaps a good refresher on the commitments necessary to a healthy marriage is in order. Enter…
A Call to Spiritual Reformation. By D. A. Carson As we begin 2015, it is a good time to take a spiritual inventory and assess how we are doing in our walk with the Lord. Of utmost importance is our need to know the Lord and increase in our understanding of and love for Him. To that end, D. A. Carson’s book A…
Crazy Busy. By Kevin DeYoung Books on busyness tend to be a 10 step plan to curing yourself of busyness, but not Kevin DeYoung’s book, Crazy Busy. DeYoung is a self-professed crazy busy person in search of the reasons behind his busyness. He has you take a good hard look at your motivations behind why your life is so busy. He uses biblical…
God’s Technology DVD. By David Murray In light of the growing difficulties technology presents to parents raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, we want to highlight two resources this month. First is the book iParent by Don Pearson. The second resource is a DVD entitled God’s Technology in which David Murray presents a Christian response to the digital revolution. After…
iParent. By Don Pearson In light of the growing difficulties technology presents to parents raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, we want to highlight two resources this month. First is the book iParent by Don Pearson which addresses the magnitude and implications of today’s technological trends. In it, Pearson shows how these trends have fostered extended adolescence, the…