My husband and I moved to the Woodlands in 2013, pregnant with our first baby and no family close-by.  We both grew up in church and we knew how important it was to get plugged in so we started our se...  Read More

He Himself is our Peace2 Thessalonians 3:16–18As we conclude our study of Paul’s letters to the church in Thessalonica, we again find that perspective is instructive. Last week, we learned from Ed Und...  Read More

2 Thes. 3:6-15As we start to wrap up the book - Paul is a concerned pastor trying to help a church that he cares deeply about.This letter was written shortly after 1 Thessalonians and was written beca...  Read More

My name is Greg Cryer, and God has recently showed me that I chose, and sometimes still choose, legalism. A simple definition of legalism is the belief that we can make ourselves acceptable to God by ...  Read More

Future Glory | Present Trial :: The Sight of PainOctober 10, 2021 :: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17As we approach this text at the end of 2 Thessalonians 2, we must recall the wider context of persecution, a...  Read More

I became believer when I was 21, that was 28 years ago. I grew up in a Christian home in northern Indiana, but the word ‘Grace’ was very foreign to me. I was raised in a single parent home. My mother ...  Read More

Future Glory - Present Trial :: The Man of SinOctober 3, 2021 :: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12In the short body of Paul’s first letter to the young church at Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 4-5), he moved quic...  Read More

I can’t believe Fred and I have been members of Faith Bible Church for 20 years! A smile emerges when I think of all the memories, friendships, and answered prayers over the years. When asked to write...  Read More

Dear Church,Waiting on God can be a crushing experience. Most would choose His heavy conviction of sin or the demanding aspects of a difficult calling over the often unbearable experience of His patie...  Read More

If you would have told me ten years ago that I’d be working as a Worship Director at a church, I would have told you with 100% certainty that there was absolutely no chance of that happening.In 2010, ...  Read More

Dear Church,Suffering makes God appear to be absent. While this modern phrasing was likely made prominent by Simone Weil, a French Christian mystic, this sad truth long predates her. It appears clearl...  Read More

Future Glory - Present Trial :: Presence and AbsenceSeptember 19, 2021 :: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10This text is a continuation of the short introduction to Paul’s second, brief letter to the young church...  Read More

Life is full of ironies. The further I have come, the more I realize how much I have yet to go. The more that I learned, the more I have recognized that I don’t know. The Bible is full of them too. Th...  Read More

Dear Church,I pray our trek through the worship songs and prayers of the Old Testament is encouraging to your heart and inspiring to your intimacy with Jesus, who, by the way, referenced these song-pr...  Read More

Future Glory - Present Trial :: How to Survive a Pressure CookerSeptember 12, 2021 :: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4Having completed our study of every verse of Paul’s first letter to the young church in Thess...  Read More

Dear Church,I find it curious that our common concept of strength is largely (perhaps unconsciously) focused on something like the ability to lift a heavy object. I know it’s more than that, but it’s ...  Read More

Faith Bible NEXT :: Vision SeriesAugust 29, 2021 :: Acts 3 and 4Today we continue our vision series by engaging the third point of emphasis God has revealed: we will saturate our city with the gospel ...  Read More

Hi, My name is Suzanne Landrum.  My family and I have been members of Faith Bible for almost three years.  My eleven year-old daughter, Natalie, and I have been blessed to participate in the Sewing wi...  Read More

Dear Church,I’m not quite sure what a “wild passionate song” looks like in Old Testament times, but that’s where we are. I invite you to Psalm 7 today. The first word, in Hebrew, is “Shiggaion.” Altho...  Read More

Faith Bible NEXT :: Vision Series Part 2August 22, 2021 :: Mark 6:33-44As we continue to explore, discuss and pray through the vision that God has given our church, we come to the first two of the fou...  Read More

Dear Church,The more I read, study and meditate on the Scriptures, especially the Old Testament, the more I have come to understand a major part of the complex idea of shame as the painful consequence...  Read More

Faith Bible NEXT :: Vision Series Part 1Mark 6:13-32 :: August 15, 2021As an introduction to a larger discussion of the new vision God has given our church family, we want to look at a surprising narr...  Read More

Future Glory - Present Trial :: August 8, 20211 Thessalonians 5:19-28 :: A Chief DangerOur text today is the final verses of Paul’s ancient letter to the young Thessalonian Church. In typical fashion,...  Read More

Type your new text here. It was the summer of 1992, and we had been asked to lead the Campus Crusade summer project to Cordoba, Argentina. Our children were four, six and eight. It would be our first ...  Read More