Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Ecclesiastes 1:9 reminds us that “there is nothing new under the sun.” Certainly, that is true when we take in the entirety of human history. But while nothing may be new historically, things are new to us. We find ourselves facing circumstances for the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The Apostle often began his New Testament letters with the greeting, “Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” As I write this, those words are my prayer for you, for certainly we all need God’s grace in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Let me share with you a few important reminders. This Saturday (Feb. 29) we will have our Prayer Breakfast at 9:00. Paul wrote to the Colossian believers (Col. 4:2-4), “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to share with you about several important opportunities we have as a church in the coming weeks. First, Feb. 23-29 will be our annual Prayer Week. During this week, our hope is that all will join in praying for IBCZ. Each day
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ Now that the hectic festivities of Christmas are over we might find some quiet moments when we can think about what the event means for us. The references to a coming savior for humanity go through the whole bible, right from the beginning. Many
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, Last week I encouraged you to pray for our church camp, and I am pleased to report that we had a wonderful time. God blessed us with warm fellowship, deepening relationships, both challenge and inspiration in serving faithfully, and lots of fun as well.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Have you ever looked through the wrong end of a telescope? The purpose of a telescope, as you know, is to bring distant objects closer, to give us a bigger and clearer picture of objects we otherwise could see only faintly. But if we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday I began a new sermon series: Getting to Know God. We will be looking at some of the attributes of God, the characteristics of God that “make God God.” We began by considering the love of God, a good place to start
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to begin by thanking everyone who helped with our Church Family BBQ last Sunday. It was such a wonderful time of simply being together and enjoying our relationships with each other. I am so grateful that almost everyone stayed after church for
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