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I have been greatly helped lately by slowly working through a sermon of Jonathan Edwards. It is a sermon he preached at the ordination of a friend in 1749. If you want to pray for the pastoral staff here at Racine Bible, these would be some great req…

This blog post does not represent the official position of the Racine Bible Church leadership or membership. This is simply a subjective, personal feeling. I am in agreement with what New Testament scholar Denny Burk wrote about the NBA finals: …

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; an…

If you want to read ahead for Sunday, here are some Scriptures for you to get into today. Pull out evertything you can about the seeking, searching, rescuing love of God. Matthew 9:9-13 Hosea 11:1-9 Exekiel 34:11-1 Isaiah 40:10-11 Matthew 18:10-14 Jo…

Some profound common sense here from J. Budziszewski which grows out of Romans chapter 1… But there is a common moral ground. Certain moral truths really are common to all human beings. Because our shoes are wet with evasions the comm…

We are so thankful for Lois Stewart and all of the family, including Ben and A.H., who served faithfully in the past. Racine Bible enjoys blessings today because of faithful men and women like Lois who obeyed God’s call through the years. http://ob…

In Pastor’s meeting this morning we spent an hour in prayer. I don’t know why we don’t just do this every time. It is the best. We prayed following this order: Scripture prayers Personal prayer requests Praying for key leaders…

I wish every church was built with a cemetery beside it. Our forefathers had good reasons for doing things that way. They knew what we forget. Death is the end of every man. The Christian ministry is not about this life only, but about the one wh…

Party with the pastors is this Saturday. Please remember to pray for all of those visitors who have checked out RBC lately (we had so many around Palm Sunday, Easter, and our Mother’s Day outreach). Pray that we would demonstrate the love of Go…

We must know Jesus as once tabernacling in the flesh, and dwelling among men as a man—hallowing earthly spots with His presence—entering the dwellings of men—sitting with them at their tables—noticing and blessing their children…