Boise Gospel Teaching

Selections from our Christmas Eve service. Not all singing was captured, but the readings, message, and final "Silent Night" were recorded. While all who heard the Christmas announcement wondered about it, Mary treasured and pondered these things. Will you treasure Christmas for the gift that it is to you?

What do the shepherds teach us about discipleship--that natural and urgent desire to see Jesus? JB Van Hoogen.

Who was this baby born unto? Not the world actually. JB Van Hoogen.

Why do the angels announce the arrival of the Messiah with this most mundane detail? What do swaddling cloths teach us about our Savior? With JB Van Hoogen.

The beginning of the Advent season and a Youth Sunday. Luke tells us that Jesus was born "in those days"... What were they like and what was God doing? JB Van Hoogen.

What was this gift of speaking in tongues? What was it for and not for? What was said and not said? With JB Van Hoogen.

Where does our confidence rest? With Leif Karlberg.

"When the day of Pentecost was fulfilled..." If we don't understand the day, we won't understand what God was doing on it. JB Van Hoogen.

Before the Spirit fell at Pentecost, the disciples waited—trusting God’s Word, restoring what was broken. We learn that God’s Word still governs, His authority still stands, and His people are still called to live with anticipation and faithfulness. JB Van Hoogen

How do we live in the tension between all that Jesus has done (crucified, risen, and ascended!) and the promise he's made us to return? With JB Van Hoogen.

What did the ascension do? Is it necessary to us and our redemption? With Pastor JB.

The disciples ask about restoration and Jesus answers by tracing for them where and how restoration of His kingdom will move. JB Van Hoogen.

Guest teacher, Ignacio Mireles, invites us to respond to the storms in our life by knowing that Jesus is watching and praying for us.

Part 3 of Christ's three-fold invitation to "Come and see, stay and grow, and go and tell" as experienced by the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Leif Karlberg.

Christ doesn't invite us into quick, cheap experiences. He desires slow, lasting, heart-changing, presence. What does that take? JB Van Hoogen.

It is easy to miss Jesus if we look in the wrong place, or if we look for the wrong Jesus. The fundamental invitation of Christ is to come and see Him for who He truly is. JB Van Hoogen.

When the first Christians faced the first resistance to their message with arrests and threats, they responded with prayer for boldness. And because they did, the world changed. JB Van Hoogen.

What does it take to gather for prayer? What does it take for the people of God to approach their Father together? With JB Van Hoogen.

*Audio issues around the 2-3 min mark, resolve quickly.* We may have never been in the belly of a fish, but what can we learn from Jonah about prayer that begins (literally) in the deep dark places where sin brings us? With Ricky Hutton.

Instead of taking the time to stand in actual awe, our hearts are quick to press on. What does it take to marvel as David does at the only One who is marvel-worthy? With JB Van Hoogen.

Worship must be true worship, so what makes it so? With Grant Peterson.

Understanding the gospel by understanding the law and who it reveals us to be. With Tyler Beisel.

Learning repentance from David isn't about saying the same words as David, but about turning to the same God that David turned to. With JB Van Hoogen.

Guest David Beeghly shares about a work that God is raising up and calling him to lead; Evergreen Gospel Church plant in Monmouth and Independence Oregon.

With the help of local pastors, BGC officially commissions it's first 3 elders. An important day for our church.