Overview of the New Testament

The Bible is God preaching to us. And it’s a two-part sermon. Part 1=God’s Promises Made (the Old Testament). Part 2=God’s Promises Kept (The New Testament). Starting March 29 we will be spending 12 weeks searching out God’s magnificent promises in the New Testament. We’ll discover how Jesus is the link between every part of [...]

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New Classes Starting Up

Our new Sunday School Classes begin this week! Here’s a sneak peek.
“New Testament Overview”  WBC Class
Learn how the Gospels and Letters of the New Testament complete God’s Redemption Story begun in the Old Testament. Get a handle on the message of the whole NT. [...]

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Gospel-Change Resources

Here are some incredibly helpful resources to help each other experience gospel-change as a family of God’s rescued-ones.
Articles
“What Truths Do You Need to Turn To?” by Tim Chester
“The Cross and Criticism” by Alfred Poirier
“Fight Club” by Jonathan Dodson
“Anger: the Image of Satan” by Jonathan Dodson
“All of Life is Repentance” by Tim Keller
Books
Don’t forget to check [...]

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ABC Nightline Debate: Does Satan Exist?

Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church and Annie Lobert will be debating Deepak Chopra and Carlton Pears tonight on ABC’s Nightline. The topic: Does Satan Exist? You can watch it online now, but you can also watch it tonight (Thurs) at 11:35pm on ABC.
The Face-Off debate is definitely worth your time. Not so much [...]

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The Gospel In Context

What parts of the Bible talk about the gospel?
The Gospels–Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Portions of the letters of the apostles? Some of the sermons of the Prophets? A few of the “Messianic Psalms”? Unfortunately that’s the popular view. But it’s not the biblical view.The gospel of Jesus is not just part of the Bible, [...]

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Pizza, Small Groups, and the Mission of God

Recap
Sunday night was a blast! WBC showed up and said “Hey, I want to know more about how our small groups could be missional communities.” At first we devoured about 12 pizzas and enjoyed some of the yummiest salads and deserts all the while enjoying some good ole fashioned Baptist fellowship. Thanks for chipping in [...]

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Maine Maple Sugar Sunday at the Symond’s

Sunday, March 22

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How Rich Are You?

Find out here.
(Hint: if you have access to a computer and the internet…that pretty much qualifies you as wicked rich!)

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Seattle… Precise Providence of God Again

Greetings my family at WBC. This is Dwight, updating you all on what took place in Seattle when Jess and I headed out there to be part of an Acts 29 conference for church planters with about 800 other church planters in attendance. It was an incredible time for both Jess and I to be [...]

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

A friend of mine, Jacob, Twittered yesterday about St. Patty’s day. He said, “Why have we made it a day to get drunk? Funny how we use drunkenness to celebrate the sharing of the gospel.” It is not unexpected that our culture would make this a day about being drunk with alcohol, but we know [...]

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