by FBCMadmin | Apr 21, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
Any church or religious organization must answer the question, how do people change? I believe the answer is found in the power of the gospel (Rom 1:-16-17; Col 1:6; 2 Pet 1:5-9). I also am convinced that gospel change is going to be more than just moral formation and...
by FBCMadmin | Apr 21, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
I went to see the CS Lewis play, The Great Divorce, a while back. The play was off Broadway and in a very small theatre. What a production! It was amazing. If you’ve never read the book, consider it. It’s the story of a bus ride from hell to heaven. At the gates of...
by FBCMadmin | Apr 21, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
Our two oldest daughters paid Jan and I a tremendous compliment the other day. They said that we’d given them the gift of self-awareness. By that they meant that we’ve taken the time to do adequate self-reflection and, as a result, to make personal and marital changes...
by FBCMadmin | Nov 25, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
Jan and I are on a Hunger Games marathon. I am not much of a movie guy, but the last several days we’ve been watching the series. It culminates this fall with the final of four films. I’ve been struck once again by something philosopher Charles Taylor is reported to...
by FBCMadmin | Nov 24, 2015 | Pastor's Blog
A few weeks ago I spent a Friday evening with a friend watching the horrific events of the terrorist attacks unfold in Paris. It wasn’t what we’d planned to do! And like many, I read the papers and watched television in the days that followed as people in the west...
by FBCMadmin | Nov 4, 2015 | Pastor David, Pastor's Blog
I recently finished a biography on Roger Williams entitled, Roger Williams: Creation of the American Soul. Williams was a Puritan who lived during the tumultuous times of the early to mid-17th century in both England and the American colonies. I also recently listened...
