Glory of Christ Fellowship

In Hebrews 1:2-4, the author makes seven claims about Jesus that when taken together greatly exalt his glory. The second claim the author makes is that the Father created the world through Jesus. The simple word “through” implies that the Father is ultimately responsible for creation but that he created all things by means of the Son. As the Apostle John said in John 1:3, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” So we see that the Father is the visionary, the architect, the provider, the supervisor, and the one who is ultimately responsible for the finished product of creation, while the Son is the implementer, the builder, the one through whom all things actually come into being. For example, the Father envisioned a galaxy and laid out its seemingly endless specifications, and the Son actually formed the galaxy. The Father pictured so many varieties of trees, and the Son actually fashioned each tree. This means that when we beho...

Please take a moment to pray along with our friends at Operation World for Botswana. And after watching the video, you can learn more about the country  here .

Reflections on the Biblical Counseling Training Conference Earlier this month, Pastor Jordan and Pastor Kevin spent a week   at Faith Lafayette Church in Lafayette, Indiana for their annual Biblical Counseling Training Conference (BCTC). We are both currently trying to complete our required course work in hopes that we can become certified biblical counselors through ACBC (Association of Certified Biblical Counseling) and become helpful ambassadors of the Kingdom of God among hurting people. Below are some highlights of the week: The Making of a Biblical Counselor This message by Dr. Charles Ware, President of Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis, IN was a wonderful encouragement from 2 Corinthians 4:1-16 about the making of a biblical counselor. We teach Christ with our mouths and our lives. We can learn to be counselors in the class but nothing matches the effectiveness for being compassionate towards hurting people than suffering ourselves. Being perplexed, pe...

I love India. For me, while I have a passion for global missions, I don’t have the bandwidth to know many countries well. Therefore, I have chosen to know one besides my own well, and that one is India. In the few years I’ve spent studying and visiting and praying for the country, I’ve seen firsthand many ministries that seem to be legit but in the end are not. Indians seem, more than other countries I’ve visited and otherwise been aware of, prone to greed and various methods that help them obtain western dollars. So last week when I saw a blog post on this topic on the Training Leaders International website, I was eager to read it. The author, who is an Indian man, writes at length at the issues involved with missions in India. Then he writes this: “Let me share with you another personal story, this time, of a foreign missionary. I knew a missionary who lived and worked in India for years—well over a decade. He established a business in a major city and labored slowly and ...

Thursday Morning Prayer Meeting: Beginning on Thursday, February 12, Pastor Charlie will lead an early morning prayer meeting at the church office. The meeting will be from 6:00-7:00 a.m., and all are welcome to attend. Women should bring at least one other person with them so that we can honor the Lord and maintain appropriate boundaries. If you are unable to stop by the church office, feel free to join in this hour of intercession from wherever you are. For more information, contact Pastor Charlie at charlie@gcfmn.org. “Be Filled” Women’s Retreat :     all ladies 12 and older are invited to participate in our conference on   March 20-21st   at the beautiful Koinonia Retreat Center in South Haven near Annandale.    We will explore together what it means to be filled with the knowledge of the will of God.    Registration forms are available on the information table.    Contact Cheryl Perry with questions. Adult Sunday School: ...

In Hebrews 1:2-4, the author makes seven claims about Jesus that when taken together greatly exalt his glory. The first claim is that Jesus was appointed by God the Father to be heir of all things. The word “appointed” here literally means “to put or place” and it was sometimes used in royal circles to refer to the installation of a king or to another person who was being granted a position of authority. So the point of this first claim is that God the Father has exalted the Son to an utterly exclusive, unique, and permanent place to which no other will attain, specifically, the Father has made him the sole heir of all things. The word “heir,” as we would expect, refers to “one appointed to receive an inheritance” but the emphasis is not so much on what the Son has inherited as it is on the high position he has inherited. In other words, since Jesus has come into the possession of “all things,” he has come into the position of God. Let’s think this through for a mi...

Please take a moment to pray along with our friends at Operation World for Bhutan. And after watching the video, you can learn more about the country  here .