Recommendation - October 22, 2020
Lynsey Bock recommends J.T. English's book, Deep Discipleship: How the Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus....
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GBC Email Update - January 26, 2023
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....
GBC Email Update - February 2, 2023
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)....
GBC Email Update March 16, 2023
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? ...
GBC 15th Anniversary Video
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....
GBC Email Update - April 14, 2022
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....
GBC Email Update - March 24, 2022
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! ...
Prayer & Fasting Week Testimonials
We trust you’ll be strengthened and challenged as we were by reading these testimonies....
Praying and Not Losing Heart
What might it practically look like for you not to lose heart and give up right now in prayer? ...
Reflecting and Remembering
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....
Recommendations - November 6, 2020
Here we’ve compiled a list of a few articles and posts that offer some perspective related to the election and what lies ahead. With all the information there is to consume out there, hopefully this can be a helpful selection of resources to guide your thinking. Most of these are current, published in the past few days, but a couple are from previous election seasons...
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What Child Is This?
This post is the first of a series of Advent blog posts by Mike Garland based on classic Christmas carols....
Keep ReadingOur Suffering is Not Pointless
God is sovereign over our suffering. We can rejoice in our eternal hope, knowing he suffered too in our place....
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Voices of GBC - Butch Hudson
Today's GBC blog post is by Nick Butch Hudson. He shares some honest, personal reflections on current issues related to race and justice in our country. "I don’t have many of these answers, but one thing I do know is that we, as Christians, need to be a bridge for this deepening divide. Additionally, as Jesus said, we are called to weep with those who weep."...
Keep ReadingHow to Make a Kingdom Impact with a Family of Any Size: Three Reminders
The GBC blog has a new "How to..." post by Lynsey Bock. She offers some wise insight on family size and God's calling for all of us....
Keep ReadingFear, Shame, and True Wisdom
Pastor Josh Howeth writes to encourage the church to fear God and seek his wisdom as an antidote to unwise, worldly fear and shame....
Keep ReadingClarifying Some Ecclesiology
This post addresses three areas of ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church) and seeks to clear up misconceptions, drawing on a few recent books....
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