It is always interesting to overhear children when they are deep in conversation with each other. Many times, they love to brag about their fathers, especially with regards to occupation and rank in society. Somehow the world is teaching them that true greatness is achieved by how high up one can go in this corporate or financial world. Perhaps we too have been affected b...

The elders met on the morning of Wednesday, March 20 at Omaha Bible Church and Senior Pastor Pat Abendroth opened the meeting with prayer for thoughtful wisdom for us as we seek to provide godly leadership to our local church. Dan Perina led us through the considerationof chapter 21 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689 on the subject of Christian Liberty and Liberty o...

The Deacons of Omaha Bible Church met on Tuesday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m. Michael Herrington opened us in prayer, giving thanks for the blessings we have in Christ and the honor we have to serve the body at OBC. Dave Guthrie reviewed giving updates for the previous month, as Pastor Mike Holloway wasn't able to join us. Income was up for the month of January and expenses ...

Richard D. Phillips is a wonderful story of God's grace. Prior to entering the ministry, he commanded tank units as an officer in the U.S. Army and later served as an assistant professor of leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 30, and was soon leading evangelistic Bible studies at the college where he was ...

Greeting from the Sasanes! Another year has gone by and we have tasted God's faithful fatherly care in our lives. We continue to enjoy the sweet gift of our baby girl, Sophia Riva. She is such a blessing. Jonny is a great big brother. This school year has been busy and we try to enjoy every bit of time that we get together as a family. We are blessed to be able to live on...

The elders met on February 21 for our monthly meeting. We opened in prayer and read article 20 of the London Baptist Confession of 1689 on The Gospel and its Influence. We find great encouragement in being reminded of what has been confessed and affirmed by believers over the ages. God has been and continues to build His church and we are thankful to be part of His work at...

On Tuesday, January 23 the Deacons of OBC met at 7:00 p.m. for a devotional, ministry opportunities, learning about current finances, and fellowship. Martin Bast facilitated the meeting, with Vimal George taking minutes and Greg Gensler opening in prayer. Mike Holloway provided us with updates about what is going on at OBC. On the finances, as you can see in the weekly b...

In his new book Natural Law: A Short Companion, which is part of the Essentials in Christian Ethics series, David VanDrunen gives a very accessible and robust presentation of Natural Law. Most people think that any discussion of Natural Law belongs only in intellectually sophisticated contexts and must stay there. But, as VanDrunen notes, this kind of Natural Law theory...

All our heroes have clay feet. The older I get the more I realize that is true. We tend to look up to those people who have great influence in our lives. When we are very young, it's our parents. A bit older, and our primary grade school teachers were important people that we respected and looked up to. Eventually it might be a politician or business leader, or maybe the ...

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...