Boise Gospel Teaching

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

What image does scripture paint for us of the position of an intercessor? Hint: it's not pretty. It's actually quite difficult and even dangerous. It certainly was for Jesus, and it will be for us too... Better to know ahead of time! With JB Van Hoogen

What is God's solution to the problem of sin and man's need for reconciliation? Isaiah says that He's looking for someone to intercede. What does that mean for us and for our witness to world? With JB Van Hoogen.

Jesus displayed quite a lot of zeal for the temple. How can we learn from Him and be more like Christ in our zeal for God's dwelling place? With JB Van Hoogen.

How should we approach the uncertainty of tomorrow in light of who God is and His eternity and sovereignty over our tomorrows? with Jb Van Hoogen

Given what God has done for us (yesterday), and the hope of Christ's return (tomorrow), how are we to live today ? with JB Van Hoogen

What should we do with yesterday? And how do memorials help us to know God? with JB Van Hoogen

How can we live a life of quiet, resilient, faithfulness in the world, and what should we expect as a consequence? with JB Van Hoogen

This story of Belshazzar, his party, and some mysterious writing on the wall, is dark and difficult. What is God doing and what God like? And what does man do in response? with JB Van Hoogen

An honest relationship with the God we trust will express itself ultimately in the way we communicate with Him and seek Him in prayer. with Daron Wilson