I am sure plenty of us grew up in the church. As wonderful as this is, I am also sure that a lot of us would look back at our church experience and either scratch our heads with what was taught or straight up disagree with - fill in the blank - today. That is pretty common in the evangelical world. But, unfortunately, there seems to be a surge in "evangelicals" leaving th...

How many of us have heard, "Ya gotta have faith!" or, "You just need to believe." Or maybe even better, "Don't stop believin'!" We've heard it countless times! Faith and belief are good, but only in so far as it is connected to the object of that faith or belief. The notion of "faith in faith" or "hope in hope" is a semantically meaningless phrase. Just like how "love is l...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Wednesday morning, January 31st. Pat opened the meeting with a word of prayer. We then took a few minutes going over chapter 19 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689, which covered the Law of God. Dave Guthrie proceeded to go over the financials. For the month of December our total income was $73,340 with a budget of $67,301. Ou...

For the past year the high school ministry has gone through what are known as the ecumenical creeds of the Christian faith, and the past few articles I've written for the POST have dealt with a few of those creeds. We have looked over the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed (also known as the Nicea-Consantinople creed). One of the last ones we looked at in youth group wa...

I asked a well-known theologian of our day a while back what books he would recommend to read. He stated that we need to read the church fathers more (e.g., Athanasius, Irenaeus, Gregory of Nazianzus, etc.). You might be thinking, "I don't think I can read the church fathers, they are probably too difficult to understand." Thankfully, that is not the case. Many of the c...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday evening, August 15. Pastor Pat opened the night with a word of prayer, thanking the Lord for the work He has done and continues to do in the lives and ministries of OBC. We also prayed for church members who are faced with sickness and trials. We then went on to read article 14 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689, deali...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday, May 17. Pastor Pat opened the evening with prayer, thanking the Lord for the work he has done and continues to do in lives through the ministries of OBC. Pat then went on to read chapter 31 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689, which addresses man's state after death and resurrection. Afterwards, Dave Guthrie and Mike ...

What must a Christian believe? We could answer that with one word gospel. But a question still stands; is that all that Christians need to believe? Yes, the gospel is necessary for salvation, but what about all the other doctrines we find in scripture? If we get the gospel right, are we free to sweep those other doctrines under our theological rug and still be called Chr...

Christians are those who are trusting in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ and as a result have been declared righteous before the holy triune God. This is certainly good news! A result of this is a transformed life that then grows more and more into the likeness of our Savior, Jesus Christ. So why is it then that Christians still struggle with sin? Why are ...

That is, to make a defense for the hope that is in you? (1 Peter 3:15) Many of us are familiar with this passage and its emphasis on apologetics (or defending the faith), yet so many Christians, including myself, can see this task as daunting or intimidating. You may think to yourself any of the following questions: What if I'm unclear? What if I don't know enough? W...

"What is your only comfort in life and in death?" This is the first question that is found in the Heidelberg Catechism. The Heidelberg Catechism was first published in Heidelberg, Germany in 1563. The catechism contains 129 questions and answers divided into 52 Lord's days. Its original purpose was to be read in one year, either on Sundays or during the week for persona...