by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | And I Quote..., Blog
The satanic powers are watching you. They’re peering into your life to see what catches your attention, what puffs up your ego. They’re evaluating what kind of Babylon you want to build for yourself, and they’ll make sure you get it. Satan is as ambitious for your...
by admin | Feb 11, 2017 | Blog
Chapter Eight: Conviction of Things Not Seen Just as faith enables us to look forward to our glorious future with eager anticipation, it also leads us to fear the consequences of sin, even when we cannot see those consequences in the present. Faith preserves us from...
by admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Yet Speaking
A man may serve many masters, if they all command the same things, or things subordinate to each other; but he cannot serve two masters, if their commands clash and interfere with each other: And such are the commands of Christ and the flesh in a suffering hour....
by admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
In the Scriptures, to believe is not limited to an intellectual understanding of certain facts or even to the acceptance of them. Instead, it is to trust in and rely upon the object of our faith to the degree that we base our actions upon it. Our faith or belief in...
by admin | Feb 4, 2017 | Blog, Book of the Month
Chapter Five: Experiential Knowledge As Davis argued in Chapter Four, factual knowledge of what Scripture says is absolutely foundational to progress in the Christian life. Yet without experiential knowledge, the knowledge that comes from living in God’s world,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog, Yet Speaking
I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done....
by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, Book of the Month
Chapter Three: Graphing Christian Progress Even though no graph can fully represent our progress in the Christian life, charting the course of our Christian life can still be very helpful. Which of the graphs in this chapter would best fit your life? Chapter Four:...
by admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
The heart is a desire factory. The human heart produces desires as fire produces heat. As surely as sparks fly upward, the heart pumps out desire after desire for a happier future. The condition of the heart is appraised by the kinds of desires that hold sway. Or, to...
by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Yet Speaking
If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and went to the cross of Calvary and died for our sins and rose again in order to justify us and to give us life anew and prepare us for heaven-if you really believe...
by admin | Jan 25, 2017 | Church News
The funeral service for Lemuel Craig Houston, son of Pastor Craig and Mrs. Emily Houston, is scheduled for this Friday, January 27, at 1:00 p.m. at GracePoint Church in Bremerton. The Houstons are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from the...
