The Puritans believed that God designed us for a specific end. Namely, to find pleasure in Him. This was apparent in the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, "Q: what is the chief end of man? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." George Swinnock was a puritan pastor born in 1627. He was a graduate of Cambridge and Oxford. He died...

Are we the first generation to not die? This is the question, and the ethos of a man that believes he can avoid death. Streaming now on a major platform is the documentary of one man's efforts to rejuvenate and extend his life. He believes he can escape death by taking control of it, spending millions of dollars annually on himself to achieve his goal of avoiding death. Is...

I recently went to lunch with a young man who asked me, "How do I live the Christian life?"That is a great question. It's a question I've been spending a lot of time on recently as I just finished teaching a class on that very topic. The topic of the class was sanctification. Sanctification is a theological word for the time in a believer's life between coming to faith in...

The Deacons of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. Martin Bast opened us in prayer, asking for wisdom and discernment along with praising God for the blessing we have in Christ. Mike Holloway then led us through news, updates, and giving for the first few months of the new fiscal year. We were praising God for the many people trusting in Christ for s...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on the morning of Wednesday, December 4 for their monthly meeting. The meeting was opened in prayer by Pastor Pat. We then turned our attention to the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. The elders review a chapter of the confession at each of our monthly meetings. The chapter that we covered this month was on baptism. It was an...

As people living in this world created by God we are called to believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior, and we are also called to obey the law of God, that is to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself.(Mark 12:30-31) Both the law and the gospel are good, yet the key to understanding how we grow in Christ is to see the law and the gospel in proper relationship to one ...