We who have place our faith in Christ have our names written in the Lamb’s book of life. We will join the great multitude in heaven saying Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; Revelation 19: 1, and Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory … Read More
The Prelude – July 21st
Adjectives Abound When describing things of greatness or magnitude, we need more words than just simply nouns – persons, places, things or ideas. As so often is the need apparent, when we when start talking about God. Whether with a simple adjective, great, or a adjectival phrase, of highest heaven, our God deserves and evokes a description that goes beyond … Read More
The Prelude – July 7th
The Universal Church Most of us reading this blog will be gathering together for church at BBC. And we thank God for any other readers who are gathering with other churches. The Church isn’t something that man has created and the purpose isn’t simply so that we can connect with others who are like-minded (although that is an outcome of … Read More
The Prelude – June 16th
Come Adore our Powerful God When things don’t go as we expect them to in our lives, we tend to ask God “why”? In the book of Job, we read about a man who had unimaginable sorrows and difficulties come his way. All of his children and his servants died, all of his fortune was destroyed, his three closest friends … Read More
The Prelude – June 9th
Songs of the Redeemed Praise to the LORD, the Almighty All you who hear, now to His temple draw near: join me in glad adoration! The words of this great hymn align beautifully with Psalm 150, which answer the questions of where we are to praise Him vs 1-2, what we are to praise Him for vs 2, what we … Read More
The Prelude – June 2nd
1 John 4:19 tells us that “We love, because [God] first loved us.” There would be no hope for us had He not shown us how to love. But do we really understand God’s love for us? The God who created the Earth, who was there when the stars were formed, and who speaks and the waves obey, chose to … Read More
The Prelude – May 12th
As we gather together today, our worship should be driven by our thankfulness to our great God. In My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness, the song writer points out several reasons that drive their thankfulness to God. The first reason is that Christ “bore my pain” of my sins when he died on the cross for me. He knew the … Read More
The Prelude – April 28th
The Ocean Deep and Wide How you ever marveled at the wonder of the ocean? Such power and beauty resides in deep blue sea. The oceans cover 70% of the Earth. At its deepest point, the ocean extends 6.8 miles below the surface, which is taller than Mt. Everest. Yet sunlight can only reach 300 feet through the water. Many … Read More
The Prelude – April 14th
The Shout Worthy Greatness of God Psalm 100 is a call for Israel to offer up praise and thanksgiving to God. In it they were exhorted to “Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth”. In verse 3 we see why “Come before Him with joyful singing”. The LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us and … Read More
The Prelude – March 31st
We believe in God the Father We believe in Christ the Son We believe in the Holy Spirit We are the Church and we stand as one We believe in the Holy Bible We believe in the virgin birth We believe in the resurrection That Christ one day will return to earth… To Jesus we sing Because we believe … Read More