Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we concluded our study of Psalm 23. Throughout our study of Psalm 23, we’ve been comforted with the fact that God is not a remote, distant, inaccessible God who leaves us to manage our lives on our own while He manages the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our study of Ps. 23, last Sunday we reflected on vs. 4 – “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” The valleys David was
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday in our study of The Good Shepherd, we focused on Ps. 23:3 – “He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake.” Being guided along the right path implies movement and progress as His disciples. As we follow the Good
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The sermon from last Sunday, based on Ps. 23, highlighted how God refreshes and restores our soul (vs. 3). Sometimes we may have a weariness in our soul, perhaps because of heartache, disappointment, or having to bear a number of heavy burdens simultaneously. During
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, What do Google, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream, Cisco, Facebook, Nike, Proctor & Gamble, and Samsung all have in common? Of course, they are all large, very successful companies. But they have something else in common that may surprise you. They all allow
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday I began a new series on a very familiar psalm – Ps. 23. In this psalm, David highlights the compassion, care, protection, and provision the Lord had granted him throughout all his days. David, who was a shepherd of his father’s sheep
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In Matthew 26 we read the account of the arrest of Jesus. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs came for Him. The disciples, filled with fear for their own lives, fled and abandoned Jesus. That included Peter, although it appears he was
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we concluded our series on the Apostles’ Creed with the affirmation we believe “in the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.” Through Christ’s atoning death on the cross, our sins have been forgiven (I Jn. 2:2).
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we focused on the church, and what it means to believe in the church, as the Apostles’ Creed states. We saw that the church is the people of God called out of the world to live for God, set apart to be
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the most important, awe-inspiring, yet difficult truths to grasp of the Christian faith is that, as Scripture teaches, God Himself came to us even as one of us. The one true God, who exists as God the Father, God the Son, and
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