In light of our adoption of the new constitution, which includes a statement in the Confession of Faith that states, "Being a church ordinance (baptism), it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper," this article by Dr. Russell Moore is very appropriate and helpful.

Defecting East German soldier Hans Conrad Schumann leaps over a barbed wire barricade at the Bernauer Street sector into West Berlin on Aug. 15, 1961. Schumann made his break for freedom to join his family which had fled earlier to West Berlin.  (Peter Leibing/Assocaited Press/Contipress) via boston.com. A few days ago (August 13) Germany memorialized … Continue reading False and True Freedom…

"The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is due not to my activity, but to my inaction. Now, to put the matter in a popular phrase, it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not … Continue reading Exulting in Infancy & Monotony…

Last night we had our quarterly church conference. I would say that it was a fairly historic night in the life of UBC. We began the night with a wonderful time of fellowship, eating ice cream together and just catching up. We then formally entered into our time of meeting together.  During that time we read … Continue reading What a night!