by OakAdmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Comfort and Grief, Counseling, Disciplemaking, Discipline, Integrity, Ministries, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
From Jay Adams to Larry Crabb, then Paul Tripp and David Powlison, Biblical counseling has grown from a small niche into a mainstream Christian ministry. Jay Adams initially called it “Nouthetic” counseling based on the Greek word for exhortation. “He is the one we...
by OakAdmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Comfort and Grief, End Times, Famous Writers, Heaven, Pain and Suffering, The Gospel
National Park in Michoacan, Mexico “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” Revelation 21:1 Richard Baxter was the famous British preacher who wrote The Reformed Pastor....
by OakAdmin | Oct 15, 2021 | Assurance of Salvation, Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Upcoming Events
“The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.”Exodus 12:6-7 Imagine bringing a one year old...
by OakAdmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Famous Writers, Global Missions, Heaven, Hell, Outreach, Pain and Suffering, The Gospel
“And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15 Hell is not a popular doctrine. Even among BIble-believing Christians hell is a doctrine that some choose to reject –...
by OakAdmin | Sep 24, 2021 | Comfort and Grief, Integrity, Outreach, Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
Why is there evil and suffering in the world? Why do I struggle to do the right thing even when I know what I should do? Since God is good, why is the world so broken? Everyone has questions like these. The secular answer is entropy. Everything breaks down. Evolution...
by OakAdmin | Sep 10, 2021 | Disciplemaking, Pain and Suffering, Worldview
“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 Genesis 1 is beautiful poetry. The final summation of God’s recurring “it was good,” comes in verse 31, “it was very good.” We heard last week (9/5/21 service) how the goodness of...
