Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other Categories: Bible Study • Conversion
Tags: Church
This Sunday marked the second installment in a four part series that our pastor is preaching through entitled "LO$T." The dollar sign in the title is purposeful. The series is all about the dangers of becoming lost as a result of things and the pursuit of them.
He began with a question, "Why do you have [...]
Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other Categories: Baptist • Conversion • Evangelism • Gospel • Salvation
Tags: Church • God • Jesus • Prayer • Seminary
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to preach at Albion Church. The fellowship–an energetic, young congregation of some 70-80 believers–meets in the local community hall on the north bank of the Fraser River. Their pastor who invited me to preach is Dan Ost. My decision to say yes was a ‘no brainer.’
Dan’s emailed invitation [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other Categories: Bible Study • Conversion • Evangelism
Tags: Cross • God • Jesus • Theology
Yesterday, August 1st at 6:05 pm, an extended section of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota suddenly collapsed, sending dozens of vehicles, together with their drivers and passengers, plunging into the Mississippi River. The images yesterday were of emergency personnel and citizens on the scene scrambling amid the tons of twisted metal and broken concrete [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other Categories: Conversion • God's Power • Salvation
Tags: Church • God • Jesus • Scripture
Before he became a follower of Jesus, the apostle Paul was a persecutor of Christians. Scripture relates how he “began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.” (Acts 8:3) and of his “breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples.” (Acts 9:1f.) [...]