The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Wednesday morning, March 18. Pat opened the meeting in prayer, thanking the Lord for His continued work in the lives and ministries of OBC. During our time together, we read Article 10 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689, focusing on effectual calling. Dan Perina provided the February financial update, reporting an income of $73...

I recently finished reading Jerram Barrs' book on evangelism for one of my classes in seminary, and I found it to be a profound and comprehensive resource, despite its accessible writing style. The depth of information highlights the vital role evangelism plays in the lives of believers and the church. Barrs effectively builds on the call in 1 Peter 3 for every believer t...

As a Christian pastor, I deeply value the entire canon of Scripture. However, I admit that the Book of Revelation has always been one book I've kept at a theological arm's length. Though it is part of the Bible and therefore good, right, and beautiful, I've found it to be perplexing, confusing, and often controversial. Pastors are called to proclaim the whole counsel of Go...

The Elders of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday evening, August 19. The meeting began with Pat opening in prayer, thanking the Lord for His continued work in the lives and ministries of OBC. We then read Article 3 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689, which focuses on the decrees of God. Dave Guthrie provided the July financial update, reporting an income of $92,767 fo...

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...