Pastor Gary deBock

BUT WE KNOW THE WHO! We often don't know the details of WHAT God is doing in our lives. But we know the WHO of our God Who is working all things together for good.  The God Who gave us His Son, Who died for us even while we were still sinners.  The God Who with His Son will give us all things we need for life and godliness. We yearn to know the WHY, thinking that will make the challenges and pain...

 “They are so liberal; it is like they knowso little about God.  They act like ourgreat heritage means nothing and that ourGod-given rights have somehow beenabolished.  It seems to me that they haveno respect for the precedents that havebeen set.  I am not sure that I want to bein church that welcomes and embraceslikes of them!”                                                                      ...

A Complex Knot by Gerhard deBockTrying to unknot the issues that have hit us this past year has been far more difficult than Iimagined. It is like having 10 cords of different color all knotted together. Under the garbledknot, the colors have bled into each other, and it can seem impossible to separate one strandfrom another. It is tempting to get out the scissors and cut here and there, but each ...

Being a "new society" or "community" in Christ means that the Church should do things differently than the various clubs and organizations of the world's community.  Perhaps this brief blog could stimulate our thinking toward doing "life together," as Dietrich Bonehoffer said.  Even in the midst of disagreements about matters that are not sin in themselves. BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR CHURCH Gerhard deB...

“CONNECT-THE-DOTS?”As we try to decide what is the right course of action, that is, what God want us to do, wesometimes need to “connect the dots.” That is because God’s Word does not always address every particular situation we face.We have all done this when we take a general Biblical principle such as, “do notpractice idolatry,” and then apply it to some practice that is not necessarily idolatr...