Forest Hills Baptist Church

Financial Peace University and Dave Ramsey LIVE! Ticket Giveaway

Luke — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:28:30 +0000

We are pleased to be offering Financial Peace University again, running May 15, 2012 through the summer. This 13-week class will help you get control of your finances, as we study principles for handling money God’s way together.

You can register for Financial Peace University at Forest Hills Baptist on DaveRamsey.com, and we will collect money and order all the materials at once.

Let’s get our financial act together, so we can be free to give like crazy for the cause of Christ’s kingdom!

The live event ticket giveaway has ended!

Class Preview

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The Power of the Cross

Luke — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:39:27 +0000

We jump back in to our study of the gospel of John for the coming 7 weeks, focusing on the cross during this Lenten season. It is a somber season, and a dark time for the disciples, but Jesus remains in control of seemingly impossible circumstances (see John 18:33-38). The center of the redemption story is the cross, and we must continually remind ourselves of this.

The Lies We Believe

Luke — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:55:11 +0000

Throughout February, we will be unpacking the lies we believe about suffering, relationships, technology, etc. “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” -Galatians 6:7

WATCH YOUR MOUTH: The power of words

Luke — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:20:33 +0000

…but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people lwho are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. -James 3:8-10 ESV

Come understand what God’s word has to say about the tongue, both controlling it and using it for His glory!

Advent 2011

Luke — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:00:18 +0000

Come celebrate our Savior this Advent season! Two more Sundays lead up to week 5 of Advent, the all-too-rare Christmas Day service!

Isaiah 9

6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon[d] his shoulder,
and his name shall be called[e]
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Base Camp Decorations Team Forming Now!

Luke — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:58:06 +0000

Please email basecamp at fhbcgr.org if you would be willing to help with Base Camp decor for 2012. This will be a team effort, you do NOT have to lead the team! Many hands make awesome sets.

The Importance of Small Groups

Luke — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:06:01 +0000

We are told that the early church was meeting in the temple courts and also in their homes (Acts 2:42-47). They had large group meetings and small group meetings. And in relation to these small group meetings, we are told that they received their food with glad and generous hearts. Literally they possessed a “singleness of heart” or a “simplicity of heart.” There was something about this context of relationships that made their lives less complicated.

I don’t know about you, but I am continually looking for ways to simplify my life. We live in an age of increasing busyness and fragmentation. Small groups offer the opportunity to rediscover the simple joy of friendship.

Small groups are not always easy. They demand a certain degree of authenticity and disclosure. And we open ourselves up to be misunderstood or misrepresented. But avoiding a small group setting is downright dangerous. Proverbs 18:1 reminds us, “Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgement.” Many people remain to themselves because they don’t want their agenda to be challenged. When we avoid counsel we head down a dangerous path.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer addressed this matter as well when he wrote “Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation” (Life Together, 112).

Perhaps you have considered small groups a risky proposition. Let me suggest that avoiding this level of friendship is far more dangerous.

-Pastor Jeff

Drink from the Source: The Book of John

Luke — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:14:40 +0000

Join us on Sunday mornings as we jump back in to the Book of John where we left off at the beginning of the summer. This 4th gospel book, and this series encourage us to drink from the source, which is The Word.

Base Camp 2011 pre-registration now open!

Luke — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:31:57 +0000

That’s right, The Quest is nearly upon us! Sign up thy offspring of pre-jousting age and read updates at basecamp.fhbcgr.org.

Summer 2011: The 12 Minor Prophets

Luke — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:33:44 +0000

Have you ever done something wrong more than once? Yeah, us too.

What can be learned from the minor prophets? What was the purpose of “the compiler” who put the 12 books into a single volume, in a certain order?