Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In the message last week on God’s purpose for our lives, I referred to “the dash,” the hyphen on a tombstone that is used to separate the dates of one’s birth and death. That dash represents the whole of our lives, the things we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Ignaz Philip Semmelweis was born in 1818 in what is now Budapest, Hungary. He was a physician at a time when 25-30% of women who gave birth in hospitals died of puerperal fever/infection. Practicing medicine in Vienna and later Pest, he was able to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This week I am concluding this series on living a life worthy or our calling, based on Eph. 4:1-2, where Paul writes, “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I am continuing this short series of messages on living a life worthy of our calling from Eph. 4:1-2, where Paul writes, “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be
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 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
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