Every year on September 5, India celebrates "Teacher's Day." It is a day when students all over our country express their gratitude and respect for their teachers. This year there was a message circulating all over social media in India. It said that "the teacher of the year" has actually been the Coronavirus pandemic. Even the people of the world are able to recognize th...

The role of the Church in the life of a believer is vitally important. The Lord of the Church knew that we will not be able to survive alone and decided that we should be a community and a spiritual family. It is in the context of a faithful local church that we are nourished and equipped for the work of serving and building others up. Therefore, it is always necessary ...

Vineet Sasane, pastor of Jeevant Asha Church (Living Hope Church) in Pune, India, provided a ministry update. Omaha Bible Church has had the privilege to support Pastor Sasane for many years now as his gospel ministry is impacting both the Marathi and English-speaking communities in Pune and beyond in India. Vineet and his wife Sayia and family have visited OBC, and Vinee...

Many of us may still have good memories of the New Year service and celebrations on January 1, 2020. But none of us imagined that 2020 would be so challenging in so many ways. We love our schedules and especially our control over them. But in God's providence, COVID-19 has had some other lessons for us. Suddenly, the most important questions became, "How long is this goin...

Dr. Ed T. Welch is no stranger to the world of biblical counseling. He has written many helpful articles and books for the benefit of the church at large. Caring For One Another is a short and yet powerful book about how we can be equipped to reach out in love towards others in the local church. This book is based upon that wonderful passage in Ephesians 4 where Paul sa...

There was a man in church history called Theotimus who was a drunkard known for his immoral living. This kind of lifestyle affected his health until one day his physicians warned him saying, "If you continue to live like this, you will lose your eyesight." Theotimus shockingly replied, "Then, farewell, sweet light." He would rather lose his eyesight than change his ways. ...

All true believers ought to love the church of Jesus Christ. God has called us to a pilgrimage on this earth, not to walk alone, but with other family members. As soon as I saw the title of this book, Welcome to a Reformed Church!,I became interested to know more. I wanted to compare what we have in common with Reformed churches. I knew there would be differences, but a...

Last year it was exciting to see Bible believing churches celebrate with great enthusiasm 500 years of rediscovering the gospel. But the reformation itself has not ceased because Satan and men's hearts love to twist either the law or the gospel. Legalism, which seeks to add good works and faith for a right standing before God is deadly. In many churches, the gospel is bei...

This is a small 72-page book. However sometimes, big and profound things come in small packages. There are very few books addressing this topic in the way that The Fruit of the Spirit is does. Many people think that there is no connection between the gospel and the Spirit-filled life. For some people this topic is only for the super spiritual, extraordinary Christians. ...

"The Cross of Christ is sin's terror, the soul's armor." These words were written by William Jenkyn (1613-1685) in his exposition on the book of Jude. Jenkyn's words prove to be a helpful reminder that the true remedy for our "prone to wander hearts" is to consistently meditate on the Cross. The meditation on Christ is a place of refuge and we all need the ever powerful an...

October 31, 2017 will mark 500 years since God gave His church "the Reformation." The study of the Reformation is very dear to my heart, and therefore, I chose to read Stephen J. Nichols' book titled The Reformation, which is about a monk with a mallet who changed the world. If you are a new believer and only have heard about the Reformation in passing, this book is...

...one cannot begin to dream of being a disciple of Jesus Christ unless his or her blindness is removed. The wonderful news is that God has sent His Son into the world, who is the Light of the world (John 8:12)....

The question of all questions is "How can I be acceptable before an infinitely Holy and Awesome God?" When you become a new Christian, you know Christ died for our sins and gave us pardon and somehow many just settle down with this wonderful truth. However there is more. The reality is not just full and free pardon, not "just as if not sinned" but amazingly, God provides ...