We forgive because God has first forgiven us. Similarly, we show kindness because God has first shown kindness to us. Being nice, being pleasant and agreeable with others is nice, but kindness, especially that which conforms to God's kindness, is much deeper. "Kindness" is a word that means to furnish what is suitable to a need. As James would instruct, don't just say be ...

The OBC Elders met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Pastor Pat opened in prayer thanking the Lord for another year of gospel ministry and asking for wisdom and guidance for the leaders and helpers of those ministries. May we all be encouraged knowing that in the Lord our labor is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58). After the opening prayer ...

In C.S. Lewis' novel, The Screwtape Letters, the devil Screwtape writes to his protg, Wormwood, explaining that though, "The horror of the Same Old Thing is one of the most valuable passions we have produced in the human heart" yet, God in his benevolence has, "balanced the love of change in them by a love of permanence. He has contrived to gratify both tastes together on ...