Life Bible Church

Pretenders in the Faith have been sown in the world by our enemy, and they look a lot like the real children of God. We have to let them grow up alongside us until God sorts us all out on the harvest of the last day.

Jesus did not want all things pertaining to God to be just a matter of common sense. Parables were a kind of code that would be deciphered by the Spirit in the hearts and minds of the believing. 

The Word of God is sown widely and generously, but there are many obstacles to it bearing fruit. When it does take hold, it bears much fruit for the glory of God.

All children of God share a simple identity: we are those who listen to the Word of God and obey it.

As Jesus passes through, evil departs from Him and people experience a new kind of freedom. But what happens when Jesus leaves? Something (or Someone) has to hold His place. Being filled is not negotiable!

Words reveal character; Speaking righteous words and listening to righteous words from a righteous heart is proof of The Life of Jesus in us.

The willful slander of Jesus is no laughing matter, nor is quenching or discrediting the Holy Spirit. If we do it, we run into a very dangerous territory. If we follow Jesus, however, he will lead us to bind and plunder!

Jesus was called and empowered by God to gently lead God’s children home. Do I have a gentle spirit?

God made the Sabbath for man, not man for the Sabbath. Showing mercy is a more reliable sign of a righteous life than giving up things.

Carrying weight, we aren’t asked to carry and fighting a fight that has already been won, we become exhausted. Jesus invites us to lay down that burden and come to Him for rest.

God seems to delight in defying our expectations, and Jesus and John certainly did that in their generation. Their vindication- and ours- is not meeting people's expectations, but in bearing good fruit for God and satisfying Him!

"The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." When we serve others, we are living out the heart of Jesus. How can we serve each other in this local body?

Since his conception, Jesus has defied expectations. When he doesn't work in our lives the way we expect him to, it can lead us to doubt who we know Him to be. When we hold on to the confident trust we have in the Lord, blessings abound.

What do we do when the gospel comes home in a real way, and like a sword, divides families? Can this be the will of God? How will God replace what has been lost?

Jesus does not mince words when He describes the situation into which He is sending His disciples. What motivates us to answer the call? Is it the clear call of Jesus or our own sense of heroism?

We all begin our faith following Jesus, but Jesus is going to push us even further. Just as He empowered and sent out his first Apostles, He also empowers us and sends us out. What should we expect as we go for Him?

Resurrection is the basis of our entire faith, our hope, and our salvation, yet many Christians do not believe that God raises the dead. Jesus has a cure for our unbelief, and a resurrection for every broken spirit that puts their trust in Him.

Jesus has called us to take up our crosses and follow Him. Instead, we often seek out comforts to keep us from trials rather than the Comforter to be with us in our trials. Will we lay down the idol of comfort and lift Jesus up as worthy of ultimate sacrifice?

Because earthly approval delivers instant gratification we can find ourselves walking outside of our God-given identity in Christ, as we seek man’s approval above God’s. Jesus teaches us, in word and deed, to overcome the desire to be approved of man and walk in our identity as approved sons and daughters of God.

It is counterintuitive to put Jesus, whom we cannot see, before the things that are visible and loudly demand our attention. It is tough, but it is the only way a Christian can live and thrive in this world. What does it look like to reason by faith?

Jesus does not minimize our earthly needs, but rather He call us to surrender worry and anxiety over provision by fixing our gaze - and our trust - on the Provider. What will I worship, my Daily Bready, or the one who gave it?

We all want to be "reasonable" people, but the scripture warns against the untrustworthiness of reason. Ultimately, reason is unreliable and will try to supplant sincere faith, which is the only way our lives can please God. Can I accept Jesus just as He is even when I cannot understand His ways?

Jesus is the Blessed and Only Sovereign, and you and I are, at best, only amateur providences when we try to dictate the course of our own lives. Holding on to control is an illusion, but a powerful one that ensnares many believers. How can we surrender our wills to Jesus and put Him first?

Jesus warned very seriously about he dangers of exalting Tradition above the Word of God. When we do it, we end up straining out gnats and swallowing camels in our walk with God. How can we keep Jesus first and still enjoy certain meaningful routines and traditions?

Jesus is the Living Word, and the Bible is that most precious book that leads us to Him. in many Christian's lives, the Bible has come to be a replacement for all that Jesus Himself is meant to be, even replacing an entire member of the Trinity- God the Holy Spirit. How can we revere the Scriptures and still keep Jesus first?