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December 27, 2015 - Christmas is all about...peace.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Now that all the fervor and activity of Christmas is over we consider what remains after that silent night. Jesus comes as a Counseling Wonder, our Mighty God, the Everlasting and our Prince of Peace.
December 20, 2015 - Christmas is all about...being real.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What is Christmas all about? Christmas is all about incarnation; all about intimacy; all about presence. Yeah, Jesus taught us this very clearly: Christmas is all about...being real.
December 13, 2015 - Christmas is all about...worship!
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What is Christmas all about? Is it about gifts? A mystery? Our inclusion? You bet, and one other thing we learn from those who first to encounter Jesus...Christmas is all about worship!
December 6, 2015 - Jesus Is Coming: Repent!
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know Jesus in the past--His life, death, and resurrection--and we may even know Him in our everyday lives, but what about our future? Jesus is coming so we need to Repent.
November 29, 2015 - Jesus is Coming: Salvation
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know Jesus in the past--His life, death, and resurrection--and we may even know Him in our everyday lives, but what about our future? Jesus is coming as our Salvation.
November 22, 2015 - Jesus is Coming: Righteous King
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know Jesus in the past--His life, death, and resurrection--and we may even know Him in our everyday lives, but what about our future? Jesus is coming again as a Righteous King.
November 15, 2015 - Jesus is Coming: Birth Pains
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know Jesus in the past--His life, death, and resurrection--and we may even know Him in our everyday lives, but what about our future? Jesus is coming again, and will deliver us with Birth Pains.
November 8, 2015 - Thank U
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Just like the credits at the end of a movie, it takes a multitude of Gods people to run our church. We are thankful for the offering of service you have offered the Lord.
November 1, 2015 - Marriage360: Bless the Next
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We all want a blessing. Imagine blessing others with the power of the Lord. Gods blessings are irrevocable. Pray for the showering of heavenly blessing on the next generation.
October 25, 2015 - Marriage 360: Respect Your Spouse
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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God has blessed us with the relationship of an earthly spouse. We are to honor our spouse, but remember this is just a season to prepare us for our Heavenly spouse, Christ.
October 18, 2015 - Marriage 360: Honor Your Parents
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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How could a child possibly dishonor marriage? Don't ask Dad, he'll say no. Did you just put a wedge in your parents marriage? All of us should honor marriage, right down to the youngest of us.
October 11, 2015 - Known by Love
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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When you show love do you color in the lines showing love only to those following God. Or, do you take God's love to create a beautiful piece of art. Love one another to complete the masterpiece.
October 4, 2015 - Strengthened by Grace
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Why are we often so afraid to proclaim the Grace of the Gospel to ourselves or others? Are we afraid that the Grace of God is weak? Today we remember we are called to be Strengthened by Grace!
September 27, 2015 - #becauseJesus: The calll forward.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Are you ready to go forward where God tells you to go? Will you surrender your life to the LORD who made you? Obey His call. Give yourself.
September 20, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Discipline shows love.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What trials are you going through? Proudly say, I will learn from this! Do not be ashamed of the suffering you are going through. It may be just the thing God is guiding you through.
September 13, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Faith is action.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Are you standing under God expectantly? Jesus is moving...are you ready?!? Have FAITH. So when you get to the finish line you will hear - Well done good and faithful servant.
September 6, 2015 - #becauseJesus: We enter in.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Does Jesus want us to be annoying? Yep. Spur each other to love one another by making sure we are meeting together, so we can encourage each other. We are to tell them, You Can Do It! We can enter in.
August 30, 2015 - #becauseJesus: The temple is cleansed.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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How often do you need to cleanse your temple? Pre-Jesus priests cleansed the tabernacle once a year. Jesus has sprinkled His blood on us, so we can worship the Father in spirit an truth everyday.
August 23, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Jesus offered Himself.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What do we need from a high priest? Holiness, blameless, pure...there is only One that can meet our needs: Jesus. He was the one that walked to the alter with no sacrifice, but Himself.
August 16, 2015 - #becauseJesus: An indestructible Life.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What would change if you could not lose your life? Today we learn that this is what sets Jesus apart--An Indestructible Life--and how through Him we can experience the same thing.
August 9, 2015 - Next Steps: We are OnMission
Cory Adolph |
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Did you know that Jesus desires unity in our church? His prayer for us had a purpose. Learn one way God chooses to proclaim the Gospel to a broken world through our church.
August 2, 2015 - Next Steps: OnMission Structure
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we continue to consider the call for us to be OnMission together we discuss the structure of our document, and how it became: BELIEVE, BELOVED, BELONG, BECAUSE.
July 26, 2015 - Next Steps: OnMission
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we consider how to be better at making disciples of Jesus at FamilyBC, we realize that some of us want a deeper biblical relationship to one another. Today we introduce one way to do that together.
July 19, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Man of His Word.
Isaac Barber |
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What does it mean to make a promise? How does God make promises to us, and more importantly, do you think He is a Man of His Word?
July 12, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Taking baby steps.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Do you like baby food or would you rather eat steak? How can we sit at the adult table? Today we learn that while it might feel small, God expects us to begin by Taking Baby Steps.
July 5, 2015 - #becauseJesus: We need a priest.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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If God is everywhere and he knows everything, then why would we need someone else to talk to Him for us? Today we learn how Jesus intercedes for us as our High Priest.
June 28, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Rest requires faith.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Sometimes we feel like if we just do more we would be OK. But the Gospel says Jesus did it all and entering His rest requires faith.
June 21, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Honor your Father.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Why should we fix our minds on Jesus? He helps us in temptation. Why did Jesus come to earth? To give us peace. Is the house more amazing than the builder? Look at the house, Jesus, God made.
June 14, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Suffering is required.
Lance Carpenter |
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Why is salvation in Jesus such a big deal? How we called to respond. Today we learn that suffering is required for salvation.
June 7, 2015 - Can We See God?
Rick Scoggins |
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Many claim that the main problem with God is that He can not be proven or--more importantly--known, but is that really true? Can we see God?
May 31, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Salvation is expensive.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What is the price of salvation? What is the big deal when we--or others--ignore the Good News of Jesus Christ? Today we hear from Hebrews a great and necessary truth: Salvation is expensive.
May 24, 2015 - Youth Sunday 2015: Patience and Planning
Pastor Chris Robards and CRABBY |
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What does it mean to be patient in our lives or how to we plan out our days? On Youth Sunday we learn more about both in the light of Christ.
May 17, 2015 - #becauseJesus: Jesus is better.
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Many things compete for our attention and loyalty in this life, and today we hear from the author of Hebrews one bold assertion that we all must come to realize: Jesus is better.
May 10, 2015 - OnMission@FamilyBC: Live The Mission
Pastor Bill Dempsey and Rev. Elaine Yi |
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The Leadership Team believes God has called Family Bible Church to Live The Mission--and today we are blessed to hear from Childrens Pastor Elaine Yi about what that has looked like in her life.
May 3, 2015 - OnMission@FamilyBC: Reach Families
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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The Leadership Team believes God has called Family Bible Church to Reach Families--but the harder questions are: what does that mean, and are we doing a good job of it?
April 26, 2015 - OnMission@FamilyBC: Make Disciples
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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The Leadership Team believes God has called Family Bible Church to Make Disciples--learners who teach others of Jesus and teachers who learn of Jesus from one another. How do you make disciples?
April 19, 2015 - 10 Year Annivesary Celebration
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Family Bible Church gathered for the first time on April 17th, 2005. Today we celebrate all God has done in and through His Church as we learn to love Him more each day.
April 12, 2015 - Move On
Cory Adolph |
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Listen as Leadership Team member Cory Adolph challenges us with the story of Israel that reveals our own tendency to be fearful, paralyzed and desperate instead of just following God as we Move On!
April 5, 2015 - A Life Worth Dying For
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Many of us spend our whole lives running away from death, just like the first disciples. Jesus teaches us that there is A Life Worth Dying For, from both sides of the Gospel.
March 29, 2015 - Invitational: Wedding Invite
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we conclude our sermon series on being Invitational, we consider what is the best invitation we could ever receive, and then consider how each of us will respond.
March 22, 2015 - Invitational: Being Invited
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we continue to consider what it means to be Invitational we look at how Jesus Himself was regularly Being Invited to join others far from God...and how He chose to respond.
March 15, 2015 - Invitational: Bring Someone
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we start our new series we consider how Jesus lived His life being Invitational rather than only welcoming or simply tolerant. Then we ask: Does Jesus expect us to Bring Someone with us?
March 8, 2015 - The Gospel at Work: The Slave, the Farmer and the Boss
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Do you find your job rewarding, exciting, and filled with purpose every day? Today we learn how taking Jesus to work can change all that no matter our roles as the Slave, the Farmer and The Boss.
February 22, 2015 - The Gospel at Work: Jesus, Others and Yourself
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As Christians we know work is not a bad thing and in fact is a good gift from God, but how do we choose our next job? Today we consider these questions in light of Jesus, Others and Yourself.
February 15, 2015 - The Gospel at Work: Idol, Idle or Something More
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know as Christians we should ultimately serve Jesus, yet there are still two major traps we need to avoid as we work each day. Does the Gospel call work an Idol, Idle, or Something More?
February 8, 2015 - The Gospel at Work: Working for Jesus
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As followers of Jesus we want our lives, including the 90,000 hours we will spend at work, to be fully transformed by His Gospel. Today we hear the biblical model for work and who we are working for.
February 1, 2015 - Gametime
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Paul writes that it is for freedom that Christ set us free. Today we consider two areas we need to defend against and the one claim we must make to be authentic and effective as followers of Jesus.
January 25, 2015 - ELEV8 Our Life
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Sometimes we want to make HUGE changes in our lives, but what if we could be transformed by making small consistent changes instead? Today we ask: how can we ELEV8 Our Life in Christ?
January 18, 2015 - ELEV8 Our Response
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Sometimes we want to make HUGE changes in our lives, but what if we could be transformed by making small consistent changes instead? Today we ask: how can we ELEV8 Our Response to the Gospel?
January 11, 2015 - ELEV8 Expectations
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Sometimes we want to make HUGE changes in our lives, but what if we could be transformed by making small consistent changes instead? Today we ask: how can we ELEV8 our Expectations?
January 4, 2015 - ELEV8 Conversation
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Sometimes we want to make HUGE changes in our lives, but what if we could be transformed by making small consistent changes instead? Today we ask: how could we ELEV8 our Conversation?