This Sunday evening

This Sunday our brother and Elder from GBC Taylors, Seth Spearman, will be preaching in his series on the Minor Prophets from the book of Amos.

I, sadly, will miss his preaching and our time of fellowship and food as I will be up in Canada, candidating. I would appreciate your prayers.

In His grace,
Chris.

Preaching Schedule for March and April

Hi Folks,

For details about this week see the post below this one. This is the list of preachers for the next two months.

In His service,
Chris.

March 2nd – Pastor Bob Selph
March 9th – Chris Powell
March 16th – Seth Spearman
March 23rd – Chris Powell
March 30th – Mark Hatfield

April 6th – Pastor Bob Selph
April 13th – Chris Powell
April 20th – Seth Spearman
April 27th – Chris Powell

This Sunday

Dear Friends,

It was great to open the Word last week to examine the truth Of God who is the Light of the World. This coming Sunday we will consider one of the clearest statements of the Christian Gospel in the Bible: 1 Jn 1:9 (in the context of verses 8-10).

"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in
us."

February 10, 2007

Hi All,


The preacher this week will be me, Chris Powell, continuing my expository series in 1 John looking at 1 Jn 1:5-7 (ESV)

"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. "





One of the things I mentioned in my introductory sermon was that the thematic structure of 1 John is like a spiral, much like the way that the Guggenheim museum is laid out in New York. Here is a picture of the museum's internal structure. The displays are laid out so that you can see them again and again from different angles as you spiral down the ramp to the bottom of the museum. There are three main themes that the Apostle John brings forward in three tests. In v.1-4 it is the doctrinal test "Do you believe that Jesus is the Christ?". Verses 5-7 introduce a second test. What do you think it is?