OBCC Blog

Lately we’ve heard a lot of discussion about reaching out to our community. Pastor Chip has talked about the Church being the only organization that exists for the benefit of its non-members on more than one occasion.
Last week I ran across a devotional blog on the Building Church Leaders website that summed up this concept [...]

As I write this, I’m in the midst of preparing for our fourth night of this week’s Vacation Bible School, “Crocodile Dock”.  What an adventure this has been!  Already, we’ve had the opportunity to get to know more than sixty kids (more than half of whom don’t attend OBCC!), and share the love of Christ [...]

I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the past several weeks meditating on 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will [...]

I have this thing about shoveling snow. I like it! I actually enjoy getting to a new fallen snow as quickly as possible. I’m not quite sure why but maybe it has something to do with the fact that I didn’t get to do it for all the years we lived in Kenya. Or, [...]

There’s a lot of talk about change these days. President-Elect Obama road the “Change We Need” mantra all the way to the White House.
When I was a teenager, my father made a statement that I have never forgotten. It’s simply this: “People never change after 40.” The comment came as he was mentally reviewing a church [...]

On Tuesday evening, Cassidy had a homework assignment to finish, but because we have an older version of Word on our home computer, she couldn’t open her file. At 6:30, Wednesday morning we arrived at church so she could use my office computer to complete the paper before school.
It was a cold, snowy morning. And [...]

I love the thought of a fresh start. A new year brings that feeling every January 1st. Christ brings that offer every day! (Note: His mercies are new every morning – Lamentations 3:23) Don’t just be a new year’s resolution person…be a daily resolution person.
Last Sunday as I started the new sermon series “Hungry!”,  I [...]

This summer we are taking a look at love.  My heart is that we wouldn’t just talk about love, but that we would “be” love! God’s desire for this body is that we would be a place where love IS.
What would happen if we did become such a place of love that people couldn’t resist?  [...]

We are coming to the end of our 40 day emphasis: the Power in “ONE.” Last Sunday as we were focusing on the “One desire” portion of our study, where David said, This one thing I ask… (Psalm 27), the service took a unique turn. Many small things led to my decision to let the [...]

We are continuing with the 40 day prayer and fasting emphasis. There are several things that we must be aware of in the midst of and coming out of a concerted time of prayer and fasting. Let me just highlight one: Spiritual Warfare. We enjoy the rationalization that goes something like this, ” If I [...]