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 46, November 1016: Ezekiel 4048; Hebrews 19; Psalm 113118 Sun 11/10 Ezek 4042 Mon 11/11 Ezek 4345 Psalm 113 Tue 11/12 Ezek 4648 Psalm 114 Wed 11/13 Heb 12 Psalm 115 Thu 11/14 Heb 34 Psalm 116 Fri 11/15 Heb 56 Psalm 117 Sat 11/16 Heb 79 Psalm 118 Ezekiel concludes with a vision of a future temple in Jerusalem. We are given detailed descriptions of the bui...
Keep Reading Week 45, November 39: Ezekiel 2039; Psalm 107112 Sun 11/3 Ezek 2022 Mon 11/4 Ezek 2325 Psalm 107 Tue 11/5 Ezek 2627 Psalm 108 Wed 11/6 Ezek 2830 Psalm 109 Thu 11/7 Ezek 3133 Psalm 110 Fri 11/8 Ezek 3436 Psalm 111 Sat 11/9 Ezek 3739 Psalm 112 This week we continue reading in Ezekiel. This reading covers a set of chapters that includes some of the most graphic de...
Keep Reading Week 44, October 27November 2: Ezekiel 119 Sun 10/27 Ezek 12 Mon 10/28 Ezek 35 Tue 10/29 Ezek 68 Wed 10/30 Ezek 910 Thu 10/31 Ezek 1113 Fri 11/1 Ezek 1416 Sat 11/2 Ezek 1719 Lamentations, which we read at the end of last week's reading, is a pessimistic little book nestled between Jeremiah and Ezekiel in our Bibles. In the Hebrew Bible order of books, Lamentati...
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