by Doug Van Meter | 6 Aug 2014 | Articles
The Lord’s Supper is often commonly referred to as“Communion.”This is a special word that conjures images of closeness and intimacy; it evokes the idea of relationship.It is significant that it was in association with this meal that John “leaned on [Jesus’] breast”...
by Doug Van Meter | 7 Nov 2013 | Articles
We recently saw in a study of Acts 20 that it seemed to be the custom for the early church to celebrate the Lord’s Supper each Lord’s Day. At least this would be a fair inference from the words, “Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to...
by Doug Van Meter | 5 May 2013 | Bible Teachings, Leviticus, Old Testament, Pentateuch
An experienced pastor once said with reference to shepherding the flock of God, “My assignment is to prepare the sheep for sacrifice.” Well said! The flock of God is called to be a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service (Romans...
by Doug Van Meter | 23 Sep 2012 | Articles
BBC is a family. For most of us that is a statement of the obvious. There is love and a caring attitude in BBC that is almost tangible. It is a reality that I, for one, do not take for granted. “We are Family” was sung by Sister Sledge, but brothers and sisters of BBC...
by Doug Van Meter | 6 Sep 2012 | Articles
Acts 13 records the account of the first deliberately local church-sent missionaries in history. The Holy Spirit called Barnabas and Saul to the work of worldwide evangelism and called the local church to, quite literally, let them go. They went and—praise God!—the...
by Doug Van Meter | 6 May 2012 | Bible Teachings, Leviticus, Old Testament, Pentateuch
God’s first commandment to us—to all of us—is that we have no other gods before Him (Exodus 20:3). In other words, God commands us to worship Him and Him only. But not only are we to worship the true God only; we are also to worship the true God only in the way in...