June 7, 2020
“… always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God ” (Colossians 4:12). We are reminded first of our end goal,...
May 30, 2020
“ Continue steadfastly in prayer… ” (Colossians 4:2). We began the Building On Faith journey toward facilities development with the establishment of a prayer team—in March of ...
May 24, 2020
“ Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed ” (Proverb 15:22). This week the Elder Council received the Caleb Report from IGC related to readiness for a fac...
May 17, 2020
“Work heartily, as for the Lord…” (Colossians 3:23). It is God honoring to work for a paycheck and support yourself and dependents in doing so (see 2 Thess 3:10; 1 Tim 5:8). But...
May 10, 2020
“…do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus…” (Col 3:17). The thought is parallel to doing all to the glory of God. It is a challenge to our motives, raising the question “why?”...
May 3, 2020
This week from Colossians 3 we are seeing character traits followers of Jesus are to “put on” in reflecting the nature of God. One such trait, for which some churches were commen...
April 26, 2020
“… but Christ is all, and in all .” Paul was making the point, in Colossians 3:11, that there is oneness in Christ that binds together those of different racial, ethnic and even ...
April 19, 2020
“…yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring (James 4:14).” There is always an “if” to planning: “If the Lord wills…” (James 4:15). That doesn’t mean we never plan, it means ...
April 12, 2020
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Once again, the skeptics were fixated on the physical temple and missed the deeper significanc...
April 5, 2020
Uncertainties lie before us, but in part it simply reveals that any sense of certainty should always bear in mind James 4:13-16. God is our certainty.
God was not surprised w...
March 29, 2020
We are in a day of opportunity to see that our vision to be a growing community for Christ, walking in truth, living out love, building on faith is not completely facilities dep...
March 22, 2020
“… not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another …” DCC attendees are so faithful in meeting together that to not do so hurts! This is a ...
March 15, 2020
Paul devoted his greatest effort to the building that is most important—building believers up in Christ so they become mature as faithful disciples (Colossians 1:28). Pray that o...
March 8, 2020
“…if indeed you continue in the faith…” (Colossians 1:23). Paul is pointing out that perseverance in believing is a characteristic of genuine faith. It is an honorable quality tha...
March 1, 2020
“And (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church” (Colossians 1:18). Let there be no illusion about where authority lies for the church—it is Jesus, and his will as revealed in h...
February 23, 2020
Kent Wallace will be on campus this week conducting interviews for the Caleb Study. Pray we will gain insight through his work on the level of support “out there” for facilities d...
February 16, 2020
The apostle Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:10 has the desired outcome of pleasing the Lord, through knowing and doing His will. Our focus in Building On Faith must always be that w...
February 9, 2020
This week a limited number of people representing groups with various relationships to DCC received an invitation to participate in the “Caleb Study.” Kent Wallace of IGC will be ...
February 2, 2020
It is interesting to compare the introductions of Paul’s letters, some addressed to the church or churches, but others like Colossians “to the saints and faithful brothers” or som...
January 26, 2020
Unity of His followers was a central concern of Jesus’ prayer for His own in John 17. Church building programs are famous for causing division in local churches, which is why they...