The cat is out of the bag. The tomb and remains of Jesus and his wife and son have been found in a burial cave in Jerusalem. That’s the end of historical Christianity, or so film director James Cameron (of Titanic fame) would have us believe. You can read about it here.
Of course, just because a man who loves to tell a good story and who is in control of cameras and editing teams and a marketing budget says so doesn’t make it so. But it does raise an interesting and very helpful question: What would it take in the way of negative evidence for you to abandon the Christian faith as historically unreliable?(more…)
Bible students from Boonville, Potter Valley and Ukiah enjoyed serve after great serve of sound doctrine in St. John’s 1st Epistle. Dr. George Fox delivered power serves in back to back sets over three days at Ukiah Bible Church and Potter Valley Bible Church. With his backhanded humor and strong forehand, Fox showed how the Apostle John brooked no resistance from those ancient pretend players, the gnostics. The audio in mp3 format from the excellent Dr. George Fox 1st John conference is available for streaming or download online in the Messages/Audio page.
What is the truly Biblical (not pop-”Christian” cultural) basis for unity among believers and what is the basis for separation from false teaching and apostasy.
Many have asked and wondered why the pastors of Valley Bible Fellowship do not regularly issue an “altar call” or ask people to “come forward.” This article helps not only to explain some of our reasons for not doing so, but it is very helpful in explaining our motivation for doing some things and not doing others.
I admit that as a shepherd I’ve always struggled with the “vision thingy”. The impulse from the culture is to market one’s church toward a particular identity. At times I’ve felt a measure of failure or guilt that the leaders of VBF have not had a well defined “vision statement”.
While a clear definition of vision is obviously necessary with regards to secular endeavors, I’ve come to a place of skeptical rest about this apparent blank spot at VBF. I came across a couple of thought provoking statements by Dr. John MacArthur in Light along the Journey:
Planning for church growth? I have no long-range planning, no short-range planning. No planning. When I started at the church, I wanted them to see Christ in all His glory, that’s what I started out with, the Gospel of John, in one hundred sermons.
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I don’t spend a lot of time studying the culture, I think I know enough from living in it. I don’t want to be a student of the culture, I want to be a student of the Bible. Just be an expert on the Word of God, and you will know what to say to the culture. You can be the cultural expert of all experts if you just read Al Mohler’s blogs.
10am - Join us for worship and fellowship in song, prayer and sermon in the Scriptures. We're currently in the Book of Romans. Children's Sunday school during sermon time.
Wednesday Evening
6:30pm - Pastor Dave Kooyers is leading us through the book of the Acts of the Apostles. Join us!
