At last week’s Church Conference, the Missions Committee spoke with and approved financially supporting a foreign missionary to East Asia. Below is a brief biography and information about Chris and his wife, Lisa (the absence of last name and photos are intentional for the protection of this family) . You can view it more permanently at the Missionaries...
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JPBC is being taught about the attributes of God from men in the church on Wednesday evenings. Our own Alexander Jech has been leading us through a two part teaching series on the God’s glory. Below are his combined notes from the series. —————- Part 1: What is the Glory of God? He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact...
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Having recently spent a weekend at the annual 9 Marks at SEBTS conference (as well as visit with the Glaspys!), I want to share the lessons I learned in an effort to be a faithful “sermon reproducer,” as Pastor David Platt likes to say. The theme of this year’s event was the Gospel and six messages were preached over two days by five pastors and the President...
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A couple of weeks ago, the Missions Committee spoke with and approved financially supporting an indigenous missionary to Zambia, Manasseh Kaonga. JPBC leaders came across Manasseh’s gifts and efforts to bring the Gospel to people in Zambia through a continual friend of the church, Conrad Mbewe, this past April. Below is a brief biography and information about...
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For the past 12 weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to teach and lead the Evangelism track class during the Sunday school hour on Sunday mornings. It’s been a thrill to be reminded of God’s grace in my own life and also to hear the testimonies of his saving grace in other lives in this church and outside. Throughout the course, I’ve used a variety of...
Learn MoreLast week’s sermon was on the weighty subject of God’s goodness and holiness. The theological point was to emphasize that God’s wrath is not an attribute. It is an action of God that flows out of his holiness, justice, and goodness. We praise a God who is good and righteous because he will judge and punish sin. We confess God is good all the time,...
Learn MoreLast week’s sermon was on the weighty subject of God’s goodness and holiness. The theological point was to emphasize that God’s wrath is not an attribute. It is an action of God that flows out of his holiness, justice, and goodness. We praise a God who is good and righteous because he will judge and punish sin. We confess God is good all the time,...
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This Sunday, our order of congregational worship will focus around the kingship of Jesus as the preaching of his word will come from Matthew 21:1-17. We will be called to worship by God’s word from Psalm 85 (verses 1-9). As God’s beloved, we cry aloud as fallen people with hope that he will restore us through his grace and mercy. During this Easter season, we...
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One of the greatest things about working inside the building of JPBC is seeing the people come in and out during the week while they are doing various acts of service. There are people setting up the nursery, fixing parts of the building, cleaning the sanctuary, handing out Food Closet items, stocking Food Closet items, preparing for Our Life Together – the list...
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This past Sunday I challenged the church to have the right disposition and mindset when reading Scripture. We are not to stand over it to judge God’s Word, but to humbly sit under it and obey it. There are difficult doctrines in Scripture. I mentioned that when Augustine came across something difficult he doubted his own ability to reason or believed himself too...
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