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...

The Deacons of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Keith Walter's home. John Schmoll opened our monthly meeting in prayer with thanksgiving and petitioning the Lord for His grace in directing us, our meeting and our church. Vimal George is now beginning his term as Chairman of the Deacons. May God's favor be on his leading! Pastor Mike Holloway ...

The elders met on Tuesday evening October 21for our monthly elder's meeting. We began our evening with prayer for gospel faithfulness and endurance in the various ministries of OBC. We are continuing to pray for OBC's ministry leaders as well as that God would see fit to raise up future leaders to partner together for the furtherance of the gospel. Two of our elders, Dave ...

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...

Recently, I was at a funeral for my aunt in a small country church in Minnesota.As the pastor was sharing the gospel to the room of family and friends, there was a statement that gave me pause.He said, "For someone to have a relationship with God, they must first have a relationship with Jesus." The passage shared at the funeral was John 14:1-6.He was correct that the onl...

The Deacons of Omaha Bible Church met at the home of John Schmoll on Tuesday, August 26, at 7:00 p.m. Greg Gensler opened us in prayer, giving thanks to God for the graciousness shown to us as believers. John Schmoll shared news and financial updates and we praised God for His abundant blessings to us as a body. He shared with us that Pastor Holloway is planning to retire ...

The elders met for the monthly meeting on the evening of Tuesday, September 16. Pastor Pat opened the meeting with prayer, thanking God for this ministry and also prayed for those hurting within the church. Dave Guthrie read Article 5 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689 titled, Of Providence.It is a blessing to read through the Confession and be comforted by it, knowi...

The sovereignty of God can be tough to grasp and even more, can be hard to trust in. What does it mean for God to be sovereign? Sovereign simply means that someone or something has supreme power or authority.When we think about sovereign nations, such as the United States, it is sovereign.The nation has supreme power over the land, people, etc. The United States has had so...

Today, if someone wanted to take a class on the history of Christianity from a public university or a private college, one might think that the class curriculum would endeavor to accurately represent early Christianity by giving early Christian writers a voice through New Testament readings. Unfortunately, a late 19thand early 20thcentury interpretive framework is all too ...

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...