Gibbon Baptist Church

There is brokenness around us. In our families, our communities, and world. God wants us to open our eyes to the brokenness, have our hearts broken, and be broken before him. Only then will we be able to rebuild.

We all want to be influential and have significance on those around us. In order to become people of influence we have to become mimics and then models of faith.

Brian Gangwish fills the pulpit to share his message. Then he shares his talent by playing his song, "Gift of Christmas."

Why are some prayers and others not? James addresses this and other questions as he teaches on prayer. Then he closes his letter with an important section on seeking the lost.

It's easy to grow impatient, but we have to change our mindset if we want to grow in patience. James teaches us three metaphors to help us understand how we should be patient.

Many people hate the rich and call them evil. At first glance, that is what James sees to be saying. But once you read closer you see that having money isn't a sin, but not stewarding your money well is. We can learn five sins about using money, and from them five ways we ought to steward money.

Words matter. They reveal our heart. And they have a deeper theological significance because they reveal who is God in our lives.

We all submit to something. We can either choose submission to sin, which leads to conflict with others and God and enslaves us or submission to God which leads to reconciliation and favor.

According to one study, each person makes on average 17,000 decisions. In order to pursue the good life then we must have wisdom to be able to handle the many decisions we have to make every day. Therefore, James teaches us to differentiate between false wisdom and authentic wisdom.

Everyone messes up and says things they wish they could take back. Things come out of our mouths without even entering our brains. Our tongue gets us in trouble. We must all learn to control our tongues. Thankfully, James provides us some help.

Authentic faith doesn't just walk the walk, it talks the talk. It shows itself in deeds. It works.

Playing favorites does nothing good for a family, classroom, or any social situation. James provides 3 reasons why we should not show favoritism, and how mercy is instead how we should respond to all.

Authentic faith is active faith, but in order to grow this type of faith it takes the source of the gospel, removing all the hindrances to growth, and encouraging growth by doing.

Temptations are not from God, but we can grow through them if we learn to overcome temptation. Learn which of the three responses to temptation is best, and three ways to overcome temptation.

We all undergo trials of many kinds. Yet we don't need to dread them, because God can use them to make us grow.

For a special Sunday, we let people pick the topic. And they picked one that is in the news everyday yet few of us understand, let alone understand from a biblical point of view. The topic: ISIS, the persecution of Christians, and how we should respond.

Pastor Matt presents the vision of our church, Grow. Build. Connect. by looking at how the early church did things.

Why do we sing music on Sundays? What's the point? Find out from this short little song. And learn how we are to bless God, for he deserves it, and he blesses us, even though we don't.

We all long for true community. We look for it all over the place. But it takes something deeper to find the true blessings of community.

The Israelites relied on the promise made to David in order to call on God to fill his promise to them. Likewise, Christians can call on the promises God has made on behalf of Jesus.