By Scott Maxwell on May 30, 2018 | Bible Study, Elder Blog
Scripture Reading on Sunday Mornings To help us better understand the Minor Prophets which we are reading through on Sunday mornings, I have provided some excerpts from “The World and the Word – An Introduction to the Old Testament” (by Merrill, Rooker, and...
By Scott Maxwell on May 30, 2018 | Bible Study, Elder Blog
Scripture Reading on Sunday Mornings To help us better understand the Minor Prophets which we are reading through on Sunday mornings, I have provided some excerpts from “The World and the Word – An Introduction to the Old Testament” (by Merrill, Rooker, and...
By Scott Maxwell on Apr 1, 2018 | Bible Study, Elder Blog
Scripture Reading on Sunday Mornings To help us better understand the Minor Prophets that we are reading through on Sunday mornings, I have provided some excerpts from “The World and the Word – An Introduction to the Old Testament” (by Merrill, Rooker, and...
By Scott Maxwell on Dec 8, 2010 | Elder Blog
Last Sunday (12/5) was truly a great day of worship together. The 11 who testified that God is powerful to save through the gospel had all of us praising God and wiping back tears of joy. The 27 who formalized their commitment in membership to GBC are living proof of...
By Scott Maxwell on Sep 16, 2010 | Elder Blog
Ephesians 5:15-21 (especially 5:15-16). Read it. Read it one more time. Let these words “Be careful how you walk” sink in. As I am prepping for Sunday, I’m convicted that I have easily forgotten how dangerous this world is that I live in each day....
By Scott Maxwell on Sep 8, 2010 | Elder Blog
Each year about this time our ladies sneak away to a local hotel to gather around God’s word and fellowship together. This year we have more than we’ve ever had do that in the past – 112 women! That’s very encouraging, humbling and overwhelming...
By Scott Maxwell on Sep 4, 2010 | Elder Blog
Massimo and his family have arrived! We have been spending some sweet time together over the last couple of days. I’m very eager for you all to meet them tomorrow in church and to be encouraged through the message Massimo will preach. Here’s some more...
By Scott Maxwell on Sep 2, 2010 | Elder Blog
We’re getting close to the end of this series – just a few more posts! Thanks for reading thus far! Here’s the next installment of our interview with Massimo Mollica! Question: Tell us about your ministry partner, Lucio Stanisci. How will you guys...
By Scott Maxwell on Sep 1, 2010 | Elder Blog
Massimo Mollica. That’s his name. I posed many different questions to Massimo and he has been so kind to answer them so that you can get to know him a little better. REMINDER: Massimo will be with us this Sunday, September 5 for worship (along with his wife,...
By Scott Maxwell on Aug 28, 2010 | Elder Blog
Just a reminder, as we continue on getting to know Massimo Mollica a little better, Massimo and family will be with us Sunday, September 5. You will have an opportunity during the service to hear about how the gospel mission in Scripture has compelled him into...
By Scott Maxwell on Aug 27, 2010 | Elder Blog
Let’s continue with some more questions that will help you get to know Massimo and his wife Susanna. By the way, they have two children – Alessandro and Elianna. They recently were surprised to find out that Susanna was pregnant! Then they went to the...
By Scott Maxwell on Aug 26, 2010 | Elder Blog
We continue our series on missions with the beginning of a string of posts which allow us to learn more about our new missionary, Massimo Mollica. Just a reminder – Massimo and his family will be with us over Labor Day weekend and Massimo will be preaching on...
By Scott Maxwell on Aug 24, 2010 | Elder Blog
That’s a question the elders have been giving thought to this year. . . Welcome back to the missions blog series! So far as a church, we’ve only ever known supporting those from within our body for missions. So why are we willing to look outside our body...
By Scott Maxwell on Aug 11, 2010 | Elder Blog
Sometimes before you can make an important announcement, it is helpful to back up and give the background that led you to the decision made and the announcement you want to make. The elders hope this first blog post will serve to do just that. Our preaching series on...
By Scott Maxwell on Jul 22, 2010 | Elder Blog
I love teenagers! But there was a time in my life that I tried to get away from them. Before I pastored I was a junior high teacher in a tough school in Rialto California. Over time I tried to get away from teaching because it was so challenging to NOT be able to...
By Scott Maxwell on Jul 18, 2010 | Elder Blog
Warnings for believers exist throughout the pages of the Bible. And right alongside those warnings exist strong statements of the certainty of God’s saving work. It might seem to us that those two ideas are mutually exclusive. But we find God in the pages of the...
By Scott Maxwell on Nov 21, 2009 | Biblical Training Resources, Biblical Training Resources Teacher, BTR - Scott Maxwell, Classes, Fall 2009, Message Resources, Smallgroup Leaders Training
By Scott Maxwell Class: Training Fall 2009 November 21, 2009 Training Booklet | Audio
