March 25, 2016 by LBC Leadership | Category: LBC Blog
"But whatever anyone else dares to boast ofI am speaking as a foolI also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better oneI am talking like a madmanwith far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I r...
Keep ReadingMarch 11, 2016 by LBC Leadership | Category: LBC Blog | Tags: gospel, nearness of God, gracious, independent, infinitely big & glorious, Creator of all things
"What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." (Ecclesiastes 3:9-11 ESV) It's never enough. Whether we are talking about a pe...
Keep ReadingMarch 5, 2016 by LBC Leadership | Category: LBC Blog | Tags: gospel, provoked, persecution
"Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, 'What does this babbler wish to say?' Others said, 'He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities'because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection." (Acts 17:18 ESV) I've never had a rock thrown at me for preaching the Gospel, never been shot at, never been threatened with a knife o...
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