Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our continuing preaching series on the Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation, last week we looked at the church at Pergamum. Pergamum was a city filled with many pagan cults, temples dedication to idols, and worship of the Roman Emperor. It was
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday I began a new preaching series from Rev. 2-3, which records the messages the risen Christ gave to seven first-century churches in a vision to the Apostle John. We will consider these seven messages week-by-week. Last week we focused Jesus’s message to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I Timothy 5:18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The labourer deserves his wages.” One of the saddest sermons I think I ever heard was preached on the above by the minster of
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, A couple months ago we finished our study of the life of Abraham. He has so much to teach us! There are, of course, other characters from the Old Testament from whom we can learn much. But there is also something about them that
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday in worship we considered God’s wonderful gift of joy. As we saw, joy is much deeper than happiness, which is dependent on outer circumstances. Joy is rooted in the character, faithfulness, and love of God. Knowing this is how God always is,
Continue readingLast Sunday we considered the fascinating account in Gen. 18 of Abraham inquiring of God if God would spare the evil town of Sodom if a certain number of righteous people could be found there. Abraham asked God, “What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The Apostle Paul wrote in Phil. 3:14, “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” When I was in seminary, I audited a couple courses. That means I did not have to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the points I emphasized in last Sunday’s sermon was that as Abram (later to be called Abraham) journeyed through the land of Canaan, he built altars in several locations to the true God. In addition to giving Abram a place to worship
Continue readingDear brothers and sisters at IBCZ The Elders wish you all a Happy New Year, but no, a Hopeful New Year in the Biblical sense. It strikes me the reason some may dread the passing of yet another Callander year is the fact that in the west, at least, for
Continue readingGrowing up as a fervent Jewish nationalist and Pharisee, Paul’s early life was marked by an extraordinary religious zeal. Already as a child, Paul was sent to Palestine to learn from the famous rabbi Gamaliel. He learned to master Jewish history and how to dissect Scripture. Later in his life,
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