December 13, 2017 Dear church family @ IBCZ, We celebrated Christmas 2016 in Minnesota, USA with all our family (3 children and 10 grandchildren). It was so good to be all together again and enjoy each other. While in MN Jim and I negotiated to purchase a town house in Mount
Continue readingPersonal thoughts, (based on the Bible) for your blessing over the Christmas Season. You are loved! Advent! It had been two days since they had left Nazareth on this journey – a journey that they had to take and was not convenient. Mary, seated on the donkey, was in much
Continue reading1 John 5:21 (NIV) “Keep yourselves from idols” 1 Cor. 10:14 (NIV) “my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” In reading and meditating on God`s Word (Bible) I am reminded how Israel repeatedly worshipped idols rather than God. This is a danger we as God`s people have to be aware of
Continue readingGenesis 1:27, ‘God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female created them.” Psalm 139:14, “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” Genesis 2:21-22, “The Lord the caused man to fall into a deep sleep…The Lord God made a woman from the rib he
Continue readingListening to the radio early one morning I was surprised to learn that many people regard the most influential invention of the last century to be the credit card. Surprised, I listened more attentively as a social scientist asserted to my bemusement that this was indeed a worthy choice because
Continue readingGenesis 1:27, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them.” PS.139:14, “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” Marilyn Adamson: “Human brain…simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the
Continue readingCreation – What will happen next? Genesis 1:26-31 As we arrive at the sixth day there is a real sense of expectation as God creates man. It was during the sixth day that animal life appeared on land. These “wild animals” (v. 24-25) included what Darwin and others believe are
Continue readingGenesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Message (Introduction to Genesis): “First, God. God is the subject of life. God is foundational for living. If we don’t have a sense of the primacy of God, we will never get it right, get life right,
Continue readingThe Jews at the time of Jesus were under the control of Rome. For most, it was harsh repressive treatment, taxes sent to a hated foreign power. That meant they were ready to rebel. But not all. The Jewish elite were doing very nicely under Rome, thank you. Rome made
Continue readingThe church in Capljina has been in the town for 11 years now. It has been a difficult journey in which the Protestant Church has often been called a sect. Many of the believers who have decided to follow Christ lose the support of their families. Bernard and Nada Mikulic
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