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Third Site
Third Site: 3/20/14 update
Dear Grace Bible Church family, We recently sent a letter that included important information about our upcoming third campus (you can read it here). We actually feel called to plant multiple new campusesin Bryan/College Station in the coming years that will allow us to pre...
Third Site
Third Site: 2/11/14 update
Dear Grace Bible Church family, Over the past several years, we have seen our community and our church grow significantly. God has given us the opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus with an increasing number of people in the Bryan/College Station area, on the TAMU campu...
Praying the Fruit of the Spirit for Our Kids
One of the toughest things about being a parent is knowing precisely what you're trying to accomplish. Are you training your children for a particular career? Do you want them to be athletic, intelligent, kind, emotionally strong, Christ-like? During a recent conversation,...
Heaven is (at Least) as Important as Noah
After the firestorm surrounding the Noah film, I've been surprised to see no online discussion about the upcoming film version of Heaven is for Real. Is it possible that people care more about the Noah story than they do about heaven? It seems to me that our eternal destiny...
What’s Really Worth Discussing About Noah
Director Darren Aronofsky's cinematic vision of Noah has been praised and criticized from nearly every possible direction. I wavered over whether to write about this movie, because so much has already been said. I finally saw the movie, and I've come to the conclusion that...
On Parenting Goals and Bubble Wrap
Last weekend I went to an electronics store with my kids. While we were browsing, some employees handed my two younger children (who are 6 and 4) a small piece of bubble wrap. You know the stuff, because when you were a kid you probably loved popping those little bubbles and...
10 Common Confusions About the Bible
In my years as a pastor and Bible study leader, I've noticed that certain confusions about the Bible turn up over and over again. There isn't always time for a leader to correct every minor mistake when it happens, nor is it always appropriate to do so. So I thought I'd offe...
Nowhere to Hide
After Adam and Eve sinned, they tried to cover themselves, and they tried to hide. They realized they were naked and vulnerable before God. They had always been naked, of course, but they had never before felt naked. Being naked was a simple fact of life. God saw everything...
