Good News for Everyday Life! Thanksgiving: Grace and Gratitude
Would you be thankful if you won the 1.6 billion lottery?...
SERVANTHOOD and the Good News In Everyday Life
What super power do you want? How would you put it to use? Would you use it for yourself or for others?...
The High Calling and Supreme Joy of Family
How do we get rid of fear-based parenting or put a stop to performance based living in our homes? How do we turn the good gift of family into a glory mill where what we are putting out for the world to see is grace in action?...
The Power to Love Without Limit!
Don’t you want to let go of rage? To see your life overflow with joy, and hope? Learning how to forgive and love well puts us on a path of being rescued and healed. It can only happen through the GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE!...
The Power of His Good News for Everyday Life
Do you want to learn how to fly? Do you long for joy, for purpose? Are you looking for good news in everyday life? Well that’s exactly what God offers!...
Radical Forgiveness
The power of the gospel heals relationships and empowers forgiveness in the living room, board room, even the bedroom. Where does this power come from?...
Words That Usher Us Into God's Grace!
If we could capture the essence of the purpose of GOD’s (grace) favor toward scoundrels like you and me, what would it be? How do we grow? How do we change?...
The Person God Chooses!
When the world would choose the self reliant, beautiful, smart, witty, accomplished, God chooses the down and out, the weary, the burdened, the hurting, and the morally corrupt....
Joy! Unrelenting Joy!
JOY! Unrelenting, superlative joy… a joy that is unstoppable and that beckons me…compels me to INVITE others to know His great love. I AM ADOPTED BY GOD…HIS SON! WOW…...
God is the Prize of the Gospel
For 500 years, the reformers have taught the five Solas. John Piper believes there should be a sixth sola. What is that sola?...and what is a sola?...
Children of God, Called Out of Bondage
From sinner to child of God, from languishing to flourishing, from hopeless to inexpressible joy…that’s what God has done. Don’t miss Sunday as we consider the greatest story every told as we continue our study in Hosea. We are a child of God…he has called us all out of bondage and into the Kingdom of His beloved Son....
Sweeter Than Honey
We have been talking about reaping and sowing. Paul tells Timothy that physical training is beneficial. But, what about food?...
Let It Rain
What do you thirst for? What do you think about most of the time? If you sow righteousness, you will reap steadfast love....but how?...
The High Calling and Supreme Joy of Family
How do we get rid of fear-based parenting or put a stop to performance based living in our homes? How do we turn the good gift of family into a glory mill where what we are putting out for the world to see is grace in action?...
Keep Reading"Are Works Necessary?" 04.14.16
"Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and ex...
Keep Reading“The Life with Breath” 02.18.16
I have terrible allergies - most of all to cats. When I find myself in the room with a cat, (I try to avoid this like the plague, but sometimes I'm caught off guard) within minutes, my lungs begin to tighten and I have the feeling that 10,000 lbs. of rocks have just been set on my chest. Though for many a cat is a harmless and maybe even cute household pet, for me it's dif...
Keep Reading02/05/16 ~ Midweek Meditation
"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all ...
Keep Reading12/17/15 ~ Midweek Meditation - Freedom in Grace
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV) Something about the human condition pushes against grace. We see grace as an enemy, our hearts are poised against it we hate it. The fact is that grace says something incredibly powerful about us a...
Keep ReadingOctober 7th Church Update
What it means to be on mission and what it means for us at LBC...
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