Boise Gospel Teaching

How do we distinguish between those who belong to "us" and those who would otherwise claim to be, but who actually preach a different gospel or are devoted to a different Christ? With Jb Van Hoogen.

John wraps up all the aims of his letter in a final exhortation. Pray, and pray for one another. With JB Van Hoogen.

Who loves like this? With Leif Karlberg.

What is true faith and what does it have to do with the commands of God not being burdensome? With JB Van Hoogen

Jonathan Edwards preached "the spirit of the true saints is a Spirit of Divine Love." With JB Van Hoogen.

The assurance of God in Christ eradicates condemnation. With JB Van Hoogen.

Psalm 16:5-6 reveals the joy of true contentment in God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who models perfect communion with the Father and trusts in His sufficiency. With JB Van Hoogen.

Christ's birth was not simply happy news, it was "good news of great joy." What sadness did Christ's birth answer for Israel? And how can we receive the joy of Jesus along with them? With JB Van Hoogen.

Even our best rulers and kings can't bring the lasting and complete peace that we long for, just as Israel always has. We need a more lasting peace and we need a more perfect and permanent king. With JB Van Hoogen.

God made a promise to Abraham, because He is a promise maker. And God is sovereign to keep that promise, as He did in Christ. It is only because of who God is that we can have true HOPE. With JB Van Hoogen.

What place does sin have in the Christian life? With Leif Karlberg.

What are we waiting for? With JB Van Hoogen.

The apostle John reminds us of the two things that we've been given, that if they will abide in us, will ensure that we abide in Christ. With JB Van Hoogen. **Due to technical difficulties (JB didn't change the battery) the teaching this week was cut short half-way through.**

To fight for real love and fellowship with God's people and with the Father and the Son (1 John 1:3) John points us to our doctrinal core; the incarnation. Anything opposed to this belief is a lie. So who is the liar and what is the lie? With JB Van Hoogen.

This week's teaching is a little different. Our leaders attended a summit of church leaders last week and wanted to share some of what they took away from their time. Sydney shares briefly about the beauty of serving children, while JB and Leif spend time on the topic of friendship.

The Christian life is no walk in the park, and when you face discouragement, remember the foundations laid for you, and don't be allured by the world and its facades. With JB Van Hoogen.

Guest teacher, Jeff Patterson, asks: What do we do when life turns out differently than we expected? Because if we are in Christ, it is guaranteed that life will turn out better than we could imagine.

Why and how is brotherly love so central to true Christian life? With JB Van Hoogen.

How can we put our claim of fellowship with God to the test. John says that assurance of knowing God and abiding in Christ is found in obedience and imitation. With JB Van Hoogen.

To "walk in the light" doesn't mean sinlessness. It means living in such a way that nothing is hidden. It is a call to live exposed before God and one another. With JB Van Hoogen.

The Apostle John is out to correct some bad ideas and he starts by calling Christians back to the fundamentals of our faith. You can't skip these and have eternal life. With JB Van Hoogen.

We cannot become like Christ, love like Christ, intercede like Christ, and reconcile like Christ, without the Spirit of Christ's presence and power. With JB Van Hoogen.

The work of reconciliation doesn’t end when we are converted so the work of interceding doesn’t end there either. It's through our discipleship together that we join in Christ’s mission to save His people “to the uttermost.” With JB Van Hoogen.

Intercession has a peak or a limit, when we concede that we cannot intercede for someone sufficiently enough to save. BUT in that moment, thankfully, we can tell them about the One who did. With JB Van Hoogen.

If the Spirit is at work, speaking to the hearts of all people, and our role as intercessors is to join the work that the Spirit is doing, than the practice of intercession is learning to listen. How can we learn to eavesdrop on the conversation that the Holy Spirit is having with all people? With JB Van Hoogen