Songs of Redemption…Almost Finished

The recording for the Songs of Redemption project is almost finished! A big “Thanks!” goes out to the team…Jarred Bridges (drums), Mike Jones (bass, electric guitar, background vocals), Karl Anderson (producer, keys, background vocals), and Dustin Burnett (sound engineer, electric guitar). The songs sound fantastic thanks to these guys!
I can’t wait to share these songs [...]

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New Song “We Are Listening”

We desire to be a community that is ready to hear and understand God’s Word. Have you noticed part our gathered worship is called “Listen and Respond to God’s Word”? Every week we emphasize both the public reading of God’s Word and the preaching of God’s Word. Whenever Scripture is read we relentlessly believe those [...]

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John Piper’s Coming to New England

No other book outside of the Bible has showed me the infinite worth and incomparable glory of God than John Piper’s Desiring God. No other living author has encouraged and equipped me to to pursue my supreme satisfaction and joy and security and hope in Jesus Christ than John Piper. I cannot recommend him enough [...]

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Seize Your Commute

A fantastic new site I just discovered, Faith By Hearing, offers their take on The Most Memorable Audio of 2008, here. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg! The site is a massive resource filled with tons of God-centered teaching.
Seize your commute. Start downloading.

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Matthew Smith in Concert

On May 1 at 7pm, Matthew Smith will be in concert in Portland. This is going to be a fantastic night! For years we’ve been richly blessed by Matthew’s music. He along with Indelible Grace Music have an incredible gift at taking old and sometimes forgotten hymns and setting them to meaningful, enduring tunes for [...]

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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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Recommended Podcasts and Sermons and More

Our blog has a new page full of some of the best, FREE, God-centered, Christ-exalting, Spirit-empowered preaching. You can find it under Resources. It’s called Recommended Podcasts and Sermons and More.

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People Are Interesting

A simple tip for gospel-telling from John Piper’s recent book, Finally Alive:
Be encouraged that simply finding people interesting and caring about them is a beautiful pathway into their heart. Evangelism gets a bad reputation when we are not really interested in people and don’t seem to care about them. People really are interesting. Every [...]

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A Snowstorm and A Brood of Vipers

In case you didn’t notice, it snowed on Sunday…again! We were so glad that those who ventured out to gathered worship arrived safely and those who stayed home were both confident that God’s approval is not based on whether or not they were “spiritual enough” to drive through 8 inches of snow.
Knowing how much WBC [...]

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The Wrecking “You Remain”

The Wrecking’s new video “You Remain” is fantastic.

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