Welcome to Faith Bible Church!
an Evangelical Free Church
learning to follow Christ together!
We're located on the west edge of Lyons, Kansas, off Hwy 56
(turn south at the big red "Rice County Safety Complex" sign)
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9:30 a.m. Sunday School for youth and adults
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Thought for the Week
When called Ezekiel into ministry, He said to Ezekiel, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ whether they hear or refuse to hear” (Ezekiel 3:10-11, ESV).
God does not measure your success by how people respond. God measures your success by how faithfully you have relayed His Word to people. Have you communicated the message He gave you to communicate without change or compromise?
Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, a former tenured professor at the University of Syracuse, was a committed and comfortable lesbian until she had what she described as a “train-wreck conversion” to Christ. At one point in her life, she wrote, “As an unbelieving professor of English, an advocate of postmodernism … and an opponent of all totalizing meta-narratives (like Christianity), I found peace and purpose in my life as a lesbian and the queer community I helped to create.” Today she is married to Pastor Kent Butterfield, and mother of four adopted children and numerous foster children.
After her conversion, she describes an encounter with a female counselor who wanted Dr. Butterfield to bend her message about homosexual practice. The woman asked Butterfield to state publicly that homosexual practice is not inherently wrong. Butterfield writes:
When I entered her office, she directed me to a comfortable chair and made one simple request: “Rosaria, I want you to change your message.” I found this a bold and disarming request, and so I told her that I come in the gospel of peace. She said, “Change your message.” Finally, I asked her what I ought to change in my message. She said, “Tell people that it is only IN YOUR OPINION that homosexual practice is a sin.”
Rosaria responded by saying, “ I am not smart enough to have this opinion, but that this is the position the inspired and inerrant Word of God upholds. It comes to me from the historic Christian church… through the pages of Scripture, and so on down to me.” Rosaria told her, “Changing my message would involve denying the plain meaning of Scripture, the testimony of the church, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the gospel.”
Now, to the postmodern mind… the counselor’s request seems reasonable enough: just own this position as a personal point of view. But claiming something that is a universal truth to be a mere matter of personal preference is a lie by omission. “This is the Bible's message, and apart from Christ,” Rosaria says, “I am more condemned by it than the woman who made this request (Rosaria Butterfield, Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ, Crown and Covenant Publications, 2015).
Our culture pushes us to soften the hard language of Scripture, to fudge a little when it comes to proclaiming God’s clear message. Please, don’t do it, because to do so would deny the power of the Gospel itself. Instead, just tell people, “Thus says the Lord GOD,” whether they hear or refuse to hear.
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Join us this Sunday (February 1)
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Join us this week (February 2-7)
- Monday: Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m., at Faith Bible Church
- Monday: Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., @ King's Cross Church (221 S. Pioneer Street)
- Wednesday: Worship Team Practice, 4:30 p.m., in the sanctuary.
- Wednesday: Kids Bible Club, 6:45 to 8 p.m., @ Faith Bible Church
- Every Day: Plan to minister to one another and to a world in desperate need of Jesus. Ask God for opportunities to serve and do what He leads you to do.
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News!
Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m. every Monday @ Faith Bible Church. Nancy Hicks leads a study in God’s Word about our identity in Christ. Invite your friends and join this life-transforming fellowship focused on the issues women face in our world today.
Men of Faith meets at 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. every Tuesday morning in the lobby at Faith Bible Church. "As iron sharpens iron," men are invited to sharpen one another in the middle of each week before work during a time of mutual encouragement, Bible study, and prayer (coffee provided). On break, will resume February 17.
Kids’ Bible Club! It’s a place where kids, age 3 to grade 5, have fun learning the Bible, 6:45 to 8:00 p.m., with Aliento de Vida at Faith Bible Church every Wednesday. Sing Songs, Play Games, and watch Exciting Bible stories! If you wish to help, please contact Pastor Phil.
Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., every Monday at Kings Cross Church (former Presbyterian Church on 221 South Pioneer Street, Lyons, KS). Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Celebrate Recovery is for EVERYONE! No one should have to face their pain alone. We are a grace-filled community of strugglers who courageously enter this safe and beautiful space to get honest about our pain and the negative ways we may see ourselves, God, and others. In this process, we come to accept that some of the habits we have developed to escape our pain may have hurt us and those close to us. It is a biblically based approach to help us achieve long lasting recovery by healing our hurts, guiding us toward new healthy truths, and developing life-giving habits.
Bob Burns Memorial Service, 2 p.m., Saturday, March 28, @ Faith Bible Church, with dessert to follow.
Annual Congregational Business Meeting, immediately following worship, Sunday, February 1. We’ll celebrate what God has done, vote on a new budget, and elect new leaders, looking forward to a new year.
Potluck Dinner, immediately following worship on Palm Sunday, March 29. Bring a dish to share and enjoy fellowship with your church family as we begin Holy Week and celebrate new life at the start of Spring.
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