Rightly Ordered Affection and Hatred This year the term ordo amoris made its way back into the common vernacular thanks to the Vice President of the United States. The concept of rightly ordered loves is attributed to Augustine of Hippo- but its foundations can be found in Scripture (i.e. Galatians 6:10; 1 Timothy 5:8). This principle simply seeks to provide …
National Day of Prayer 2025
Nampa Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast: Pastor Gabe’s Prayer for the Families of Nampa The State of Idaho recognizes Almighty God to be the one and only potentate by whom blessing in our society is possible. Our own Constitution reflects this in its preamble: We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its …
Sermon Series Overview: SMBC Distinctive “Psalm and Congregational Singing”
We will be beginning the first of a six-part series (to be spread out over the next couple of years) on SMBC Distinctives. Our six key distinctives are as follows: Reformed, Baptist, Expository Preaching, Postmillenial (Optimistic Eschatology), Psalm and Congregational Singing, and Family Integrated. For this first 4 week series we will be focusing on the way that our church …
Biblical Foundations of Confessional Practice
By Pastor Luke Lemberg 4/11/25 Published at Biblical Foundations of Confessional Practice – TruthScript Christianity is a confessional religion. In fact, every religion, if serious, has a confession of some kind. Judaism has the “Bar Mitzvah” by which a young Jewish Boy or Girl is declared to a “son of the Law” (which it what “Bar Mitzvah” means in the …
Is Germany’s Present America’s Future?
With all of the seemingly constant winning right now, this isn’t intended to throw cold water on anything, but to hopefully steel the collective resolve of the Church against squandering the opportunity before us. The tide seems to be turning at a satisfyingly savage pace. But that also should caution us that it could quite easily go the other way. …
Raw Spiritual Milk for Seed Oil Christians
by Pastor Gabriel Render February 4, 2025 Published at Raw Spiritual Milk for Seed Oil Christians – TruthScript / www.truthscript.com Is That Even Milk? It’s easy to pick on the obvious charlatans and the deceived masses with regards to spiritual maturity and doctrinal robustness. One needn’t look far to see clips of various abominations being played off as Lord’s Day …
Sermon Series Overview: 1-3 John
Epistles of John Pastor Gabriel Render 1/14/25 The Letters of John contain many well-known verses. Most anyone can cite that “God is love”, and many recall a verse about “walking in the light” or perhaps overcoming the world because “greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.” But many Christians have not taken the …
Position Paper: Communion and the Common Cup Practice
From the Elders of SMBC December 10, 2024 Thesis: The practice typically referred to as “Common Cup” is to be the preferred method of observing the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper (Communion). Definition of Common Cup– The sharing of One Loaf broken and distributed, and in like manner, the sharing of One Cup of wine, passed throughout the congregants for …
Sermon Series Overview – Advent
Advent of the Messiah Pastor Gabriel Render 12/11/24 Christmas season is upon us and as Providence would have it, I found myself with a 4-week slot of Sundays leading up to Holiday. As such, I thought it fitting to preach on the first Advent of Christ, the incarnation, and various Messianic prophecies. For those not familiar with the term “Advent” …
Jonah, Series Preview
Upcoming Sermon Series Book of Jonah Pastor Gabriel Render 10/19/24 With the sizeable undertaking of the Book of Daniel now complete, I will be taking us through a short series from one of my favorite minor prophets- Jonah. While Jonah and the big fish might be one of the most popular and well known Bible stories, it is infrequently preached …
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