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2020 Luncheon Update Video

Below is an update from FBC in lieu of our luncheon this year. This video includes testimonies from our graduates, a challenge from our president, and an update from our board. https://youtu.be/9OrY-333QNA

Cold

by Pastor Bud Talbert I am looking over the fourteen-day forecast. The evening lows are -25-30 degrees Celsius (which translates for our American friends to -13-22 degrees Fahrenheit)! Thankfully, the forecast for precipitation (i.e. only snow) hovers for the entire...

The Incomprehensibility of God

I finish my prayer time about every other day by thanking God in the words of Psalm 145:1-3 “I will extol You, my God and King, and bless Your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly...

Wanting to Quit

by Pastor Bud Talbert One virtue that spiritual maturity produces is patient continuance in well doing (Rom 2:7). Paul admonishes the Ephesians to keep alert with all perseverance (6:18 ESV). The term used here means to persist in an undertaking or circumstance. James...

Frederick William Robertson

By Bud Talbert Frederick William Robertson (1816-1853) was born in London, the son of a captain in the Royal Artillery. He grew up admiring his father and longing for a military career himself. At the age of 18 he applied for a commission in the Third Dragoons which...

The Presence of the LORD

by Pastor Bud Talbert The Old Testament Tabernacle was especially noted as a place where God’s unique presence dwelled. Hannah would bring the newly weaned Samuel to “appear in the presence of the LORD (i.e. at the Tabernacle) and dwell there forever.” (1 Sam 1:22)...

The Sovereignty of God

by Pastor Bud Talbert Revelation 4 is a chapter permeated with divine sovereignty. John, “in the Spirit”, is invited heavenward (“Come up here” “a door standing open in heaven”) to see a vision of God who brings to pass future events (“I will show you what must take...