Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Some Ideas: Practical Ways to Evangelize

Some Ideas: Practical Ways to Evangelize. Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church  God commands every Christian to “proclaim the excellencies of Christ.” And this command from the King is a delight to blood-washed slaves! We love to speak of our Lord! We don’t need to be coerced...

Thursday, September 29, 2022

My Pastoral Prayer. Make Me a Holy Man.

My pastoral prayer Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, Missouri) O Mighty God, Make me a man of of holiness.  Make me a man of...   1. Proclamation O Truthful God, make me a man who proclaims the Word — your Word — with greater power,...

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

How You Can Actively Care for Your Fellow Members at Church

 HOW YOU CAN ACTIVELY CARE FOR YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS AT CHURCHGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church When the church welcomes in new members, we have another opportunity to express biblical love toward the saints. How can we practically and actively show loving care toward our fellow...

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

When A Kid Professes Faith in Jesus Christ: What Do You Do?

WHEN A KID PROFESSES FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST: WHAT DO YOU DO? Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church,  St Louis, MO Maybe you're a parent begging God to save your children. Perhaps you have children in the home that you've been teaching, training, exhorting, disciplining,...

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Deny Yourself and Attend Your Church's Prayer Meeting

 Deny Yourself and Attend Your Prayer MeetingPrayer meetings often require a measure of self-denial.  Attending prayer meetings is not particularly difficult in most cases.  Yet prayer meetings are the worst attended meeting in most local churches.  However, they are by no means...

Monday, July 18, 2022

From the Archives: "Training Your Kids To Sit Still In Church"

 Training your children in the home to sit still in the pewGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible ChurchThere are many churches that encourage families to worship together on Sundays in corporate worship. There are those with the perspective that it behooves children to learn to sit still,...

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

How to Practically Cultivate Humility

 How to practically cultivate humilityGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church How do you put on humility? What steps can you practically take to walk in humility each day? In this brief write-up, I’ll provide 3 helps to “cultivate humility.”1. Contemplate Christ’s humility. The first...

A Brief Meditation on Communion -- 3 Simple Points

This is a brief writeup providing a brief meditation on communion. In considering this blessed feast, I'll put the thoughts together in 3 points:Reflect!  God calls His people to carefully consider and remember Him in this Feast of communion with our risen Lord. The Lord’s Supper is an earthly...

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

How to Encourage Your Elders

 How to encourage your elders. Geoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible Church I serve alongside some great men. God has graciously put me in a church body with godly people who love Christ and a solid leadership team firmly committed to His Word. In some recent reflections in my own mornings...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Marital Sex: Some Practical Helps & Biblical Counsel

 Marital Sex This blog seeks to provide helpful counsel to believers regarding the joy of sexual intimacy in a marriage between one man and one woman. May the practical helps be profitable as you seek to honor the Lord and grow in your selfless service to your spouse -- all for God's great...

The Unique Wonder of the Sunday Gathering.

 The Sunday Gathering What sweet kindness we enjoy when we gather with the saints on Sunday. God’s people assembled together is a meeting unlike anything else in this world. The unity, the likemindedness, the focus on Christ, the heartfelt singing, and the study of the Word of God lifts the...