Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the lessons from Exodus 1, which we studied last Sunday, is that sometimes God disrupts our lives. There will be occasions when God allows certain circumstances into our lives that are difficult and painful, not what we expected or desired. However, we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The Christian evangelist and author Leighton Ford wrote, “From the time we were children we were told to ‘pay attention,’ as if this were the simplest thing in the world. But in fact attentiveness is one of the most difficult concepts to grasp and
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the great gifts God has given us is our memory – the ability to remember things. As we know, when people reach their senior years, unfortunately often their memory fades and they become forgetful. But long before that process sets in, we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, We are now several weeks into 2020. I hope the year has gotten off to a good start for you. At this time of year, one passage of Scripture is especially relevant – Psalm 1. Verses 1-3 read: 1 Blessed is the one who does
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, When the angel appeared to Joseph to inform him that the Holy Spirit had miraculously enabled Mary to become pregnant and she would bear a son, the angel went on to quote the prophecy in Is. 7:14, “The virgin will conceive and give birth
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This past Sunday we considered one of the often-overlooked characters in the Christmas story – Joseph. Joseph had to respond to the most unexpected news imaginable – the woman he was engaged to was pregnant. We saw how Joseph was willing to die to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we considered the importance of keeping all the ingredients of the Christmas season in proper perspective. The parties, the decorations, the gifts, the get-togethers, and all the other festivities of Christmas are great; they bring us some “holiday cheer,” and we can
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to share several timely announcements with you. First, this Sunday the children will be presenting their Christmas program, and we will also have some special music by our worship team and others. I hope you can come for this special service. In
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, For the past two weeks we have been focusing on the meaning, nature, and practice of worship. I’ve emphasized during these sermons the importance of the mind in worship. The more we understand about God and His ways, the more we will be led
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday our theme was “Why We Worship.” We saw that worship is essentially declaring the worth of something or someone. When we worship God, we are proclaiming God’s worth – His greatness, excellence, majesty, and splendor. A question we might ask is: How
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