A few of OBC's children's ministry leaders weigh in on some resources for engaging your children with the gospel during a global pandemic -- or any time....
A Spiritual Care Survey for Occoquan Bible Church April 2020...
Watch this video from the elders to learn more about what's happening in OBC's ministries as we practice "social distancing." Let us consider how to stay connected and care for one another during these days!...
Our sermon series is called "Seeing is Believing." And this week we will see why. Throughout John 1, we see how John leads his readers to look at Jesus. This is achieved by an overwhelming attention to words that focus on seeing and actions that facilitate sight. Consider a few ways this happens. First, you have fourteen places where sight is mentioned explicitly. Joh...
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We invite you to check-out the OBC Bookshelf, and learn what we'll be reading in 2020!...
Keep Reading This Sunday we begin a new sermon series called Seeing is Believing, a study on the Gospel of John. As we look forward to hearing God's message in this book, it might be helpful to begin to consider the why John wrote this book, how he wrote this book, and why we are going to spend many months learning from it. First, John makes it really simple to understand why he w...
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This Sunday, our church is focusing our attention on global missions as we welcome Darren Carlson. Darren is the founder of Training Leaders International, an organization dedicated to equipping pastors and strengthening churches all over the world. As a point of connection, one of our members, Bruce Forsee, is teaching overseas with TLI this week. Please remember Bruc...
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January 22 marks the Anniversary of Roe v Wade. In the 47 years since that Supreme Court case, and its accompanying case (Doe v Bolton), more than 61 million babies have been aborted in our country. Put into perspective, this means that 61 million babies created by God, made in the image of God, and created for the glory of God, have been killed in the place where God bri...
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Do you find yourself in God's gospel story week to week? How does the gospel inform worship? What should we include and exclude in our Sunday morning services? These are just a couple of the questions Mike Cosper answers in his book, Rhythms of Grace: How the Church's Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel. Written by a pastor who has led music in the church for decades,...
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7But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,and he gave gifts to men." Ephesians 4:78 In this week of Thanksgiving, it is good to remember that thanksgiving is more than a feeling prompted by turkey and stuffing. Thanksgiving is a way of life for those who have b...
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10The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;he frustrates the plans of the peoples.11The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of his heart to all generations.12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!-- Psalm 33:1012 -- Throughout the book of Joshua we see the personal presence of God. In battle after b...
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And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. . . . In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5...
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