Tomball Bible Church

John begins his gospel by making a profound claim: Jesus is God and He is the Creator. The reader is supposed to be taken aback by this. John is saying in effect: “The One I am about to introduce to you is no mere man, He is God. And He knows you intimately because He created you.” And with claims as grandiose as these, we must expect to see John support them throughout his gospel. And he will! |...

The gospel of John stands particularly unique amongst the four gospels of the New Testament. John had one clear motive for writing his account of Jesus: to convince the reader to believe in Jesus. His plain writing and human stories are meant to draw us close to Jesus, the Son of God, in a way that we can’t help but believe in Him. However, just because John has a prominently evangelistic goal in...

The church is Christ’s. She is His bride. But the marriage has not reached its consummated status yet. Who is to care for the bride of Christ until He returns to take her home? The New Testament outlines two offices which are to tend the flock of God while He remains physically absent. Elders and deacons are to care for the property of the Master while He is away, and return it to Him in an abunda...

Church discipline is a sensitive topic in any era of the church. Many have lived through painful experiences. Many feel blindsided by the topic itself. Many others believe it to be contrary to the love Jesus commanded the church to exhibit. However, it is from the very words of Jesus that this command comes from. What is its purpose? How is it loving? Is it good and God-honoring? These are questio...

Church membership has gone through various seasons of understanding in the life of the church. In some eras it was a “given”. In other eras it was questioned as to its importance. But the bottom line for Christians is whether or not it is biblical. Does the Bible tell us as Christians to seek and institute formal membership in local churches? This morning we will take a look at the Scriptures as w...

Before we can begin to understand our biblical identity as the Church of Jesus Christ, we must be solidly informed as to His relationship to the church. After all, it is His church — His body. What does it mean that Jesus is the owner, builder, and Lord of the Church? How does that impact how we function as Christians in the church? We will let the word of God instruct us on the answers to these c...

Before we can begin to understand our biblical identity as the Church of Jesus Christ, we must be solidly informed as to His relationship to the church. After all, it is His church — His body. What does it mean that Jesus is the owner, builder, and Lord of the Church? How does that impact how we function as Christians in the church? We will let the word of God instruct us on the answers to these c...

How do we repent of sin? What does it look like? Will God receive our contrition? These are all valid questions any believer could ask. We do still sin after being saved by the blood of Christ. And that sin brings distance in our relationship with Him. How does that get restored? David describes that to us in his sorrowful words in Psalm 51. He shows us what it looks like to repent in a way that G...

David coaches us in the art of the “self-sermon” in Psalm 103, while also simultaneously ushering us into profound praise of our sovereign God. David preaches the truth to himself, dives into the character of God, and worships joyfully in Psalm 103. We will join him, the entirety of God’s people, and all of creation - visible and invisible - in the worship of God in this psalm.

Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the entire Bible, and it has only one subject: the word of God itself. Why would the longest chapter in the Bible be exclusive on speaking about the Bible? What do we have to glean from 176 verses that only talk about the word of God? Those questions can be answered by pursuing the answer to a greater question: what if God spoke? If God spoke then that changes e...

In writing Psalm 63, David pours out his soul-level need for God for all of God’s people to read and be instructed by. We see the joy of a soul that thirsts for and is satisfied in God. And we are taken to new levels of assurance and rest by realizing that God’s upholding of us is our security, not our clinging to Him.

The call to praise God for His works is something many are familiar with. And sometimes, that with which we are most familiar can become easily disregarded. Psalm 92 serves the church in pointing our eyes toward God in joyous worship for what He has done. | Psalm 92

Psalm 105 starts with an exhortation to “tell of all God’s wondrous works”: to remember what god has done, how he has blessed you, how he has answered prayer, how he has worked for your good, and then to tell others about it. Psalm 105 then describes in summary form the history of God’s miraculous goodness to Israel, including his promises to Abraham, his protection of the nation of Israel, their...

Speaker Name: John Hattenberger  Sermon Series: Psalms  Sermon Passage: Psalm 136:1-26

In the unique Psalm 24, David extols the majesty and purity of God, the King of Glory. It is a treasure of messianic hope and a reminder that God not only purifies us by His blood but also sanctifies us to holiness. 

The sovereignty of God can be a mystifying concept. Here in Psalm 127, Solomon opens up this topic by leading us into the comfort of God’s sovereignty over our prosperity, protection, provision, and progeny. As His people, we are to be blessed, assured, and comforted by the truth of God’s sovereign watch care over our most basic needs and concerns in life. | Psalm 127

David led a difficult life, filled with hand to hand combat, running from Saul and his soldiers, family intrigue, treasonous plots against him. He was often afraid.  In Psalm 27, David expressed his confidence in God’s ability to deliver him and protect him from the things he feared most. In the middle of his statement of confidence, David launched into a desperate plea for God’s help, then ended...

The psalms represent the hymnal of the people of God and the right expression of a spectrum of human emotion before God. In Psalm 5, the author expresses his pain to God in prayer. He asks God to hear his prayer and respond according to His character. In this psalm, we learn more of who God is and how we can trust Him through painful seasons in life. | Psalm 5

How are we as Christians supposed to view motherhood? Through the book of Ruth we see the exaltation of motherhood as a crucial element of God’s plan in redemptive history. Since sin entered the world through the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, the people of God have been looking for God to fulfill His promise of eradicating evil through the One who will come as “the seed of the woman” accordin...

Speaker: Evan Godbold Sermon Series: Psalms Scripture: Psalm 90

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Biblical Marriage Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-23; Colossians 3:38-19; 1 Peter 3:1-7

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Easter Sermon Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18

This week, Pastor Stuart Sanders reminds us that God gave up his one and only son so that we (the church) could be married to Him. 

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Biblical Marriage Sermon Scripture: Various Texts

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed