Luke 2:40-52This passage in Luke 2 is the only account of any of the so-called “hidden years” of Jesus’ childhood. John and Mark’s gospel begin with Jesus’ public ministry as an adult. Matthew records...  Read More

Choosing to Thrive By Sarah StockThe church bells toll clearly, 7 o’clock. I’ve faintly heard their melody before but never as crisply as today. The mile between my porch and the bell tower is normall...  Read More

By Rick WilcoxThere is a certain line of thinking that goes “If I am in God’s will, He will bless me.” Sounds logical, right? It is so fundamental, we raise our children on this principle – do good, g...  Read More

Hey Faith Bible Church!As we continue to move deeper into the quarantine time, we are all growing fatigued, tired of virtual meetings, and ready to get back to hugging our families and having dinner w...  Read More

Dear Church Family - As the Executive Director of Operations, one of my responsibilities is to create the yearly budget in conjunction with the finance committee and the elders. I am also charged with...  Read More

The Life of Jesus ChristPart 2 :: Jesus’ Birth and Emergency Holiday to Egypt Last week we looked at the Life of Jesus before His birth. That is, we discussed the eternality of the Son of God before H...  Read More

Meet John Allison.At birth, our three children had debilitating (unknown) diseases whereby their lungs were gradually atrophying. As a last-ditch effort, in 1979 we moved from the winters of Chicago t...  Read More

Dear Church, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with several of you who are living your lives very differently right now. I am too. Some of you are working on the front lines in medical professions, in...  Read More

All of the analogies break down. Consider the author of an epic novel. He exists outside of the book and the characters he creates. But what if he wrote himself, as he truly is, into the story? This p...  Read More

Dear Church,This week we passed what is typically tax day. But we are not in typical times. When the IRS gives the whole country a few extra months to file, things are obviously very different. With e...  Read More

Meet Becky MillerI grew up, went to college and lived the first years of married life in small towns in Ohio.  Even though I had a roommate that became a missionary and went to churches heavily invol...  Read More

By Ingrid Myers, Faith Bible CounselorIt’s been four weeks since “normal,” four weeks of surreal. And I’m feeling sad.At first, I welcomed the disruption to normal life, because of my ignorance. It fe...  Read More

Dear Church,How is everything going in your home?  This quarantine lifestyle has meant spending more time at home and you may be feeling a number of different ways about it.  Some of you may be glad f...  Read More

By Dr. Dustin Ellis, Faith Bible Church CounselorI feel like I am at church camp again. I used to love church camp.  I grew up as an only child so getting away to camp was my chance for adventure with...  Read More

Dear Church,Welcome to a whole new world. Yep, I said it. Everything has changed. But wait, I’m not talking about the multiple and parallel crises we are involved in right now - emergent medical, econ...  Read More

Resurrection SundayRevelation 1:9-18We’ve been a quite a journey over the last week. And I’m not talking about the COVID-19 crisis that seems to change daily, with ebb and flow and news and heartbreak...  Read More

Dear Church,Today is the day. To be frank, I don't often wrestle with the inherent tension of calling this Friday “good." This is the day (likely very close to the historical day as far as the calenda...  Read More

Meet Pippa Gerhard.I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa into a non-believing family. From the time I was a young child I had a heart to know God and remember begging my parents to let me go to the...  Read More

Meet Larry and Carey Stanteen.In 2006, after going through many infertility treatments with no success, we began to pursue adoption.  At that time, it was purely a way to grow our family – there was n...  Read More

Meet Carly Meservey.My faith walk is embedded into my very earliest memories; I’ve enjoyed a closeness with Jesus as far back as I can remember. As I age, I recognize more and more the uniqueness of t...  Read More

Meet Kirk Murray.It’s a good thing I write things down! I was asked to share a story that demonstrates how amazing God is, so I pulled out my prayer journal and began reading. I sometimes forget all t...  Read More

Meet Jimmy Magouirk.I was raised in a loving Christian family, going to churches that taught God’s Word.  As a boy, I gave my life to Christ, and remember having frequent conversations with God, thank...  Read More

By Amanda HolstromIn April 2013, we thought we were expecting our second child, with an already 16-month old at home. Instead we found out that our expectation had tripled into spontaneous identical t...  Read More

Meet Cheri ColburnIn our first few years of marriage, Greg and I were starving for friendships. Jobs had us hopping all over Texas, moving six times in the two years after our wedding. We’d both grown...  Read More