We are glad you have decided to read through the Bible this year. Whether you are reading it for the first time, or you have read it for years, you will benefit greatly from cultivating a lifelong habit of spending time daily in his word. You will be growing in your familiarity with the story of Scripture, and you will be accepting God’s invitation to meet with him and hear his voice....
Last week, we began a series that we’ll periodically explore together in the 2023 email updates. We’re going to consider and reflect on the question: How Does God Change Us? As we briefly explored last week, the first and foundational piece in how God changes us is that we must grow deeper into Christ to experience real change. We must be deepening into the real Christ. Into the tenderness of Christ. Into who he truly is. Into who he said he is: gentle and lowly in heart (Matthew 11:28-30)....
Throughout 2023, I’m going to use our email update to periodically explore together the question: How Does God Change Us? This series will be helpfully informed by the book Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners by Dane Ortlund....
In this week’s update, we’re going to continue our periodic series of exploring together the question: How Does God Change Us? So far, we’ve considered that God changes us by deepening. Into the real Christ, the One who is tender. Into our lack and despair. Through repentance and faith. That takes and turns us deeper into the grace of God. This week, we’ll consider together: how do we turn deeper into the grace of God? In other words, how do we access him? ...
On April 8th, 2022, Gresham Bible Church celebrated it's 15th anniversary as a church! We gathered the remaining founding members who are still at GBC to share their memories and highlights of the last 15 years....
This Holy Week, as we look ahead to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, I want to encourage us as a church family to have our attention and affections fixed on the reality of the Cross and the Empty Tomb....
Hello GBC Family, Happy Spring! There is so much to be thankful for and our children’s ministry volunteers are right at the top of the list! ...
We trust you’ll be strengthened and challenged as we were by reading these testimonies....
What might it practically look like for you not to lose heart and give up right now in prayer? ...
Let us grieve the losses, confess the sin, forgive those who have hurt us, thank God for the little joys, and hope for heaven together. We have been changed by this year....
Lynsey Bock recommends J.T. English's book, Deep Discipleship: How the Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus....
Week 9, February 25-March 2: Mark 10-16, Num 1-2, 1 Tim 1-3, Ps 13-18 SunFeb 25: Mark 10-12 MonFeb 26: Mark 13-16, Psalm 13 TueFeb 27: Num 1-4, Psalm 14 WedFeb 28: Num 5-7, Psalm 15 ThuFeb 29: Num 8-10, Psalm 16 FriMar 1: Num 11-12, Psalm 17 SatMar 2: 1 Tim 1-3, Psalm 18 Mark's Gospel ends in basically the same place all four Gospels end, with Jesus risen from ...
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Week 7, February 18-24: Lev 18-27; Mark 1-9; Ps 7-12 SunFeb 18: Lev 1820 MonFeb 19: Lev 2122; Ps 7 TueFeb 20: Lev 2325; Ps 8 WedFeb 21: Lev 2627; Ps 9 ThuFeb 22: Mark 13; Ps 10 FriFeb 23: Mark 46; Ps 11 SatFeb 24: Mark 79; Ps 12 This weekly reading set includes parts of three different biblical books. We will finish Leviticus then move back to the NT and start ...
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Week 6, February 4-10: Matthew 7-26 SunFeb 11: Matt 27-28 MonFeb 12: Lev 1-3; Ps 1 TueFeb 13: Lev 4-5; Ps 2 WedFeb 14: Lev 6-8; Ps 3 ThuFeb 15: Lev 9-11; Ps 4 FriFeb 16: Lev 12-14; Ps 5 SatFeb 17: Lev 15-17; Ps 6 Matthew ends with Jesus' parting words to his disciples, the Great Commission: And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth...
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