This year is the thirty-fourth year for hosting the Northwest Bible Conference here at Summerville Baptist Church. The Lord has done amazing things through the ministry of this conference over the years, and we are very thankful for how He has chosen to bless it. This event is a huge undertaking for our church, and…
I have often heard people say that they wished God gave us an owner’s manual for life or marriage or parenting or something else. Often, my response is that He has and it is found in His Word. God clearly states His plan and purpose for how He wants His children to live life, do…
This truth is reiterated over and over in Scriptures; yet many today, even in God’s family, choose to be deceived thinking that it is really not that clear. However, it is proven over and over again, not only in the Scripture, but also in the reality of living life. We decide what we are going…
Unfortunately, we as humans struggle with this in many ways. Thankfully, our Saviour, who was God in the flesh, never has and never will struggle with keeping all of His promises recorded for us in His Word. I am so thankful for the prophecies of the Old Testament because as we read the fulfillment of…
I am thankful for the Lord’s clear direction in the hearts of His people. I am also thankful for the faith of God’s people to trust Him to be able to do for us what only He can make possible. As Jesus said when He was here on this earth and recorded for us in…
Every one of us are following and leading at the same time. Each of us are following someone that we respect and admire, while at the same time we are leading those who are following us because they respect and admire us. Your life, the habits you develop, and the ideas you are forming are…
I would dare say that we would all desire to answer this question about ourselves as being wise and not foolish. Most of us would like to consider ourselves to be more wise than foolish, even though we realize that we still have some progress to make. However, the reality is not what we think…
If any born again Christian or any biblical church is going to move forward in a way that brings glory to God, then we must follow God. To follow God, it requires that God is in front of us and is guiding us in the way He wants us to go. The Bible gives us…
When God says something in Scripture once, it is enough for us to obey it in honor of Him. But there are many statements that God makes in multiple places to emphasize it and remind us of it repeatedly. Such is the case with this commandment for us to love our neighbor. God restates this…
I am thankful to be part of God’s family. I am thankful for the day God’s Word helped me understand my lost condition and God’s Spirit convicted me of my sinful condition before the holiness of God. I am thankful for God’s Spirit also working faith in my heart from the truth of God’s Word…