Gibbon Baptist Church

Work is a four-letter word, right? We often think of work as toil and labor, but God wants us to see it as something much greater than this. He wants us to have a season of meaningful work.

Parenting is hard work. Thankfully, God gives us five principles of a healthy marriage in one simple verse.

Our stories and our movies focus on the exciting time of falling in love, all pre-marriage. But what we really need to do is focus on the marriage itself. God has some important things to teach us about how to have a great marriage.

There is a lie that we hear that makes it seem that singles are less than married people. But this is not true. Paul, a single man, teaches that the season of singleness should be a good one, sometimes better.

What does God have to say to those in the season of youth? Solomon shares his wisdom to youth, in a short, but happy season.

Solomon, who was the wisest man in the world, shares wisdom to children in their season of life. The Season of Childhood is a fun season, but it was created by God for something more than just fun.

There are many different seasons in our lives. None of them are on accident, and all of them have a purpose. Learn from "The Teacher" of Ecclesiastes some important truths about the seasons of our lives as we look ahead to the Seasons of Life sermon series.

The ending of Nehemiah seems anti-climactic. But it is important. Because it shows us that we need someone to lead us out of sin.

The work of the wall was done. The people came together. But there was one step left: celebration. Learn from Nehemiah chapters 11 and 12 why celebration with joy is a crucial aspect of the Christian life.

We all want to be more than we are. But we can't become great by ourselves. To find glory we must look to Jesus.

Imagine going to a wedding, and instead of the traditional vows: "to death do us part," "in sickness and in health," etc. they start describing a series of demands and conditions. If you do this, then I'll do that. That would be crazy right? It's because that's a contract, not a covenant. But God makes a covenant with us in relationship. Learn about the old covenant and what it means for us in the new covenant.

We wonder if the sins we have committed are too awful, too often repeated, or too much for God and other Christians to deal with. That isn't the case. As we learn from the Israelites, no matter how often we sin, God is constant in compassion and ready to forgive.

If the Bible seems old and out-of-date, you're doing it wrong. The Bible is not just another good book, it is the most important book in the world. From Nehemiah 8, we learn 6 actions that we must do with the book.

In a chapter that is described by one Bible scholar as one of the "most uninviting" is there anything helpful? This chapter, one we often skip, we will learn four important traits about what it means to be God's people.

It's not about starting strong, but finishing strong. Learn 6 steps to finishing strong from Nehemiah.

The world makes us think that the way to greatness is through accumulation--of money, power, and influence. But Nehemiah reveals us the path to true greatness.

Nehemiah and God's people now enter into the time with the biggest opposition to their rebuilding efforts. Things looked really bleak and they are close to giving up. We can learn how to deal with opposition and difficulties from their approach.

In the type of passage people typically skip over when they read the Bible (filled with foreign names and places), Nehemiah 3:1-32 contains some important truths. Learn 8 truths about building something through our lives from Nehemiah and the people who each had a spot on the wall.

God puts something on our hearts, then shows us how things ought to be. Learn from Nehemiah how we might have a vision of the future from God.

We think of the great heroes but feel that they are somehow other. But we can have the courageous faith of Nehemiah if we learn these 6 lessons from his approach to king Artaxerxes.