Easter Sunday

This Sunday at The Bridge we will celebrate the glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus!

This is a day like no other!  This is a day we celebrate the triumph of life over death, of love over the forces of darkness.  Be sure to join us for one of our very special Easter services this Sunday at 8:30, 10:00 or 11:30 A.M.

If you are able, please consider attending the 8:30 A.M. service in order to make more room for the many guests we are expecting this Sunday.

Special Easter Offering

As I mentioned this past Sunday, we are asking everyone to bring a special Easter offering this Sunday. This will help offset the expenses incurred for advertising our services.  Whether large or small, anything you can do will be greatly appreciated!

And please join me in praying that people will come to know Jesus in a real and personal way this Easter! That, after all, is what Easter is all about.

See you Sunday!

Bo

Getting Ready for Easter!

Easter is a time when people who have not been to church in a while are more likely to give thought to spiritual matters.  We want to take full advantage of this opportunity to reach people with the gospel so we have some great things planned for Easter this year.

In addition to a message about the glorious resurrection of Jesus, we have some very special music planned that will glorify God and point the way to Christ.

To help spread the good news and to let people know there is a church in Wilder that desires to help people grow in their knowledge of God, this year we are taking out a full page ad in the Enquirer on the Saturday before Easter.

In addition to this, we are sending customized flyers to 25,000 homes in the area.

Jesus said;

"No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a lamp stand, so that those who come in can see the light."   - Luke 8:16

That's what we are endeavoring to do -- place our lamp on a lamp stand so all can see the light of Jesus. With regard to our special Easter services there are two things I want to ask you to consider doing.

1.     Please join me in praying that God's Spirit will use the advertising to draw people to Jesus.

Our ad is more about Him than it is about us. Whether people attend our church, or some other gospel preaching church doesn't really matter, we just want to see people come to Jesus.

2.     Please consider making a special Easter offering to help off-set the cost of our advertising.

The cost of everything we are doing in the way of advertising is in the neighborhood of $8,000.  This is not a small amount of money -- but if it helps even one person come to Jesus it will be well worth it! And in light of the sacrifice God made in sending Jesus to die for our sins -- it is nothing!

So, please pray about doing something this Easter that will help cover this cost.

I've worked out a chart to show how this expense can be met if 74 individuals or families give in the following way.

2 X $1,000 = $2,000
4 X $500 = $2,000
8 X $250 = $2,000
20 X $50 = $1,000
40 X $25 = $1,000
Total:         $8,000

Please do what you can and bring your special offering with you on Easter and be asking God to draw people to Himself!

Yours in His love!

Bo

The Most Quoted and Most Misunderstood Commandment in the Bible

So, what would you guess is the most quoted and most misunderstood commandment in the entire Bible?

I can't say I know this is an absolute fact, but my guess would be Matthew 7:1.

"Judge not, that you be not judged."

It seems that any time a person is accused of wrongdoing there is always someone ready to recall this well-known verse from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

Sometimes this verse in paraphrased with the question;"Who are we to judge?"

While it is true Jesus warned against passing judgment, does this means that we are never to discern between right and wrong behavior?  We are never to call into question the behavior of a leader or a fellow church member?

This does not seem consistent with other things the Bible says about judging, such as these words from John 7:24;

"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

Okay, so which is it?  Are we never to judge another person, or are there occasions when we are to judge?

How do we know when judging is permissible and if it is, how do we judge "righteous judgment?"

"To Judge or Not to Judge," this is the question we will be exploring tomorrow at The Bridge.

I'm confident this is a topic you will find helpful!

See it online at https://vimeo.com/91203443