In recent weeks at IBC, we’ve been discussing the importance of wrestling with our own personal past—our life story—to better understand our present and God’s intentions for our future. This is a vitally important part of our ongoing spiritual growth and development. God has made us who we are through the formative experiences and relationships of our lives: though our heritage, our heroes, our high points, and our hard times.
Read MoreAll of you who have been going through the Unstuck sermon series these weeks at IBC know that I’ve been comparing the Christian life with Ice Road Truckers, big-rig drivers who bring supplies across frozen lakes to work camps and remote towns.
There we were, my wife Ivah and I, walking around Hackberry Creek one humid August evening when suddenly we saw a string of flashing lights. At first we didn’t know where they were coming from.
The most consequential presidential election of my adult life is only 12 weeks away, and up until last week I’ve been wondering if I can take it anymore.
Did you know that Texas ranks second in the country in the total number of food-insecure individuals and seventh in terms of child hunger? According to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, “Dallas is the poorest rich city in the United States.
For the last several months, the leadership of IBC has been praying about and talking through two significant ministry changes for Fall 2016. In this process, as in all things, our desire has been to follow God where he leads as we serve his church.