Resources

At FBC, we have four gospel distinctives that fuel our church. These four "basics" – gather, grow, give, and go – help to shape and define the way we live out our gospel identity here, near and far, for the glory of God (you can read more about these four "basics...

Last year we did a sermon series called God Is: Four Kingdom Truths for Everyday Life, where we focused on four key attributes of God: God is Great; God is Glorious; God is Good; God is Gracious. With each of these truths, we attached a "so we don't" phrase...

We've begun a short series on the importance of cultivating a Biblical worldview among our churches and why this is essential in making disciples. If you haven't already, I will encourage you to go back and read parts one and two. Today, we want to look at some of the...

Last week I briefly mentioned a new survey highlighting pastors and the strength of their biblical worldview. The results are not good. To summarize, many pastors don't have a biblical worldview. This is a problem for them and the church they help shepherd. At the...

A recent study by Arizona Christian University and George Barna was recently released, highlighting statistics among Christian pastors and their biblical worldview (click here to see the study). The results were stunning. Of 1,000 Christian pastors, slightly more than...

We've taken several weeks to lay a foundation of what it means to become a gospel fluent community (if you haven't read parts 1-6, I'd recommend that you start there!). As we continue in this series, we want to think through what it means to speak gospel truths to one...

I read a story of a meeting of some of the wealthiest businesspeople in the United States in 1923. Among them were a Wall Street tycoon, a significant stockholder in the steel industry, and a head of a manufacturing monopoly. At the time, this group of men controlled...

As we have been going through our Becoming Gospel Fluent blog series, we pray that we are learning to increasingly submit all of life to the empowering presence and lordship of Jesus. Here we see what it means to be a disciple. The Bible teaches that if we are in...

Last time we looked at the importance of taking every thought captive for Christ. Today, we want to dig in a bit more with four essential questions that serve as a helpful framework for uncovering what’s going on in our hearts: how our beliefs shape our thoughts,...

Today is "Maundy Thursday." What is Maundy Thursday? It is the Thursday before Easter, the day when Jesus celebrated his final Passover with His disciples. Most notably, that Passover meal was when Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, displaying an excellent...