Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I am happy to report the following updates to our Sunday Worship. As I’m sure you know, the Swiss Government has relaxed some of the restrictions related to gatherings, including public worship. First, we are no longer limited to just 50 people in attendance.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last week I wrote about living a life worthy of our calling. We saw that our calling begins with the kind of people we are, and not the things we do. Paul emphasized this in Eph 4:1-2, where he wrote: “As a prisoner for
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our study of the life of David last Sunday, we saw that God is more concerned about the kind of people we are becoming than the particular things we do. That is part of the reason why some 20 years passed from the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we considered the topic “How Big Is Your God?” We saw how David believed in a big God, a God who is with us, who is faithful to us, and who empowers us to accomplish His will when we step out in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we studied I Sam. 16:14-23. Due to time constraints, I had to skip over vs. 14 states, which states, “Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.” We may wonder what
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I am happy to let you know that we can begin to meet again for in-person worship, beginning this Sunday, May 2. As I announced last Sunday, the Swiss government now allows congregational singing led by non-professional musicians. We are so grateful that we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday the message from Heb. 12:14-17 focused on four things we need to take with us on our journey to spiritual maturity, and eventually to our final home, the Heavenly City of God. These four are: a peaceable attitude (making every effort to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our study of the Book of Hebrews, we have been reminded that as we run our race of faith, it will require perseverance, for there will be all kinds of obstacles that would hinder us from running. But we can persevere by “fixing
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Ignatius of Loyola was a sixteenth-century Catholic priest from Spain. With several others, he formed the religious order known as The Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. The Jesuits are known for education and missionary work. He composed a prayer of surrender
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Back in the 17th century, Lewis Bayly wrote a devotional handbook entitled Practice of Piety. Included in it is the following dialogue he imagined between the soul and Christ in light of what Christ did for us on the cross. I find it to
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