Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we began our fall preaching series, focusing both on our Church Covenant, as well as discovering more about just what the church is and what God calls us to do as His church. Here is a summary of the main points to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This coming Sunday I will begin a new series of sermons on the church – its nature, its purpose, how it should function, and what it means for us to be a part of it. I believe this will be very helpful, instructive, and
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Daniela and I are happy to be back with you after our vacation in the United States. Thank you for your prayers while we were away, and thanks also to Adrian Groza, Oliver Herrmann, and Andreas Wiget for preaching in my absence. As I’m
Continue readingWe heard stories about Davids characteristics these last sermons. It is worth to have a look again at the time when David was at his best. One of the reports describes his kind treatment of Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson. Remember, David had subdued all his enemies and there
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The life of David offers many opportunities for us to learn how God works in people and through people. David was a young boy, taking care of his father’s sheep, when he was called by God to become a skillful fighter, later a king,
Continue readingDear 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
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