By Melissa James on Mar 13, 2020 | Christian Living, Elder Blog, Shepherding
Beloved, The Elders urge you to please read this email in its entirety. It contains important information about some changes at GBC related to the COVID-19 outbreak. As we saw last Sunday from Hebrews 10:19-25, the appropriate and commanded response to a right...
By Melissa James on Sep 30, 2016 | Elder Blog, Resources
This month’s Book of the Month is the Generations of Grace Family Devotional ($20). This resource is an accompaniment to the materials used in our Next Generation Ministries classes. It includes five-day devotionals that help parents reinforce and expand on the...
By Melissa James on Apr 22, 2012 | Elder Blog
Recently, I had a discussion with a man who was vigorously antagonistic to the Gospel, ridiculing “talking snakes”, Noah’s flood, and the idea that God (if there was a God) had to send His Son to atone for the sins of humanity. At one point he confessed that he...