Sunday Service
- Adult 1st Service: 9AM
- Adult 2nd Service: 11AM
- Youth Service: 10:45AM
Balaam and Balak
Dear Parents,
God’s people, the Israelites, were in the wilderness.
They had arrived at the promised land decades earlier, but the people had
rebelled—refusing to trust God to give them the land. They believed it would be
better to die in the wilderness than follow God (Num. 14:2), so God sent them
into the wilderness for 40 years (vv. 28-29). In time, all of the adults died
except for Joshua, Caleb, and Moses. The children grew up and more children
were born. The Israelites disobeyed God time and again, but God still provided
for them. He planned to keep His ...
The Bronze Snake
Dear Parents,
Last week, kids learned that the Israelites believed
the discouraging report of the land of Canaan instead of Joshua and Caleb’s
good report. As a result, God punished the Israelites for their lack of faith.
The Israelites had been wandering in the wilderness when they complained to
Moses and to God. God had done some pretty amazing things for the Israelites—He
rescued them from the hand of Pharaoh, He parted the Red Sea so they could
safely cross, and He provided manna for them to eat. But to the Israelites,
this wasn’t enough.
God disciplined ...
Joshua and Caleb
Dear Parents,
Your kids have been learning about the Israelites—former slaves in Egypt—as they moved toward the promised land. Before God rescued His people from slavery in Egypt, He promised to bring the Israelites back to the land He had given to Abraham so many years before. (Ex. 3:8) From Egypt, the Israelites crossed the Red Sea and traveled toward Mount Sinai. When they were hungry and thirsty, God provided food and water. (See Ex. 16–17.) Israel spent one year at Mount Sinai, where Moses received God’s law, including the Ten Commandments.
Time
and ...
My Sabbatical and Vote of Confidence
On November 30, 1994, my family (Lynette, Enoch, Caleb in Lynette’s womb and I) left Watertown, MA to come to Houston and serve as a youth pastor at Seoul Baptist Church. We loaded our belongings into a Budget rental truck while it was snowing, towed a white Honda Accord LX, and drove 1,850 miles in four days and three nights. We made stops to sleep in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Alabama. We arrived in Houston on Saturday, December 3. The church helped us to find an apartment on Jones and West Rd. Several deacons and their wives from the church helped us unload our ...
Rules for Sacrifice
Dear Parents,
The tabernacle was complete. God now had a place where His glory could dwell without causing the Israelites to fear death. God had given His people laws from the mountain, and He gave them more rules for living and worshiping Him in the tabernacle. These rules are recorded in the Book of Leviticus. The reasoning behind Leviticus can be found in Leviticus 19:2: “Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.”
In Leviticus 17:11, God set apart the blood of a creature as the means for making atonement. This answers the question, “Why did Jesus have ...
The Tabernacle Was Built
Dear Parents,
Thirteen of the last sixteen chapters of the Book of Exodus contain instructions for building the tabernacle. The word tabernacle means “dwelling place.” The tabernacle was a portable tent where God met with His people. God wanted to dwell among them. (See Ex. 29:45-46.)
Moses had been on the mountain talking with God for 40 days. God wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on tablets. When Moses returned to the camp, he called all of the Israelites together and gave them the instructions God had given him. (Ex. 24:3-4)
God’s ...
How can I thank God enough for you?
From the Pastor’s Desk (244)
The 15th House Church Seminar for Pastors is coming to an end with today’s Sunday corporate worship service. And I am experiencing various different kinds of emotions. First of all, I feel a sense of relief because I don’t need to speak anymore. I am an introvert and I don’t enjoy speaking in front of people. Now, it’s finally over! J
I also feel very small and inadequate. What we are praying for and hoping to do by offering these seminars is to help local church pastors and lay leaders understand the kind of prevailing church ...