It's beginning to look a lot like fall. And that means that we're headed indoors for the first time since March 8! Through all this uncertainty, we've seen the Lord provide for us unity of heart, a place to meet, and love for him and his people. Let's trust him to continue bearing that fruit in our church family as we now transition inside beginning this Sunday, Novembe...

This Thanksgiving comes upon us in the midst of a very strange year in our lives and in our world. Plans have changed. Trips have been canceled. And yet, this holiday (and more importantly, our Lord himself!) continues to call us to consider how we must be thankful. If you're like me, this discipline doesn't always come naturally. Between being bogged down in the details ...

We are so excited to be part of sending Lovettsville Baptist Church in Fall 2021....

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A reflection on the eternity of Jesus' reign....

God is our refuge....

In Jonah 4, we see an angry Jonah come face-to-face with the compassionate God....

In Philippians 3:17, Paul writes, "Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us." I remember running a 5k a few years ago. I didn't train a whole lot for it. It felt like quite a labor to run five kilometers a day or so before the race. But when I actually got to the race and joined in with hundreds of other ...

"Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in ...

Let us love God, not just the things he gives us....

We're really excited to have a summer intern join us in June at LVBC! Meet Noah Ridge. Noah was born and raised in North Carolina along with his two younger siblings, spending most of his life in the city of High Point. He was homeschooled until moving up to Purcellville to pursue a degree in Classical Liberal Arts at Patrick Henry College. Noah is currently a rising juni...

"So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life."(Romans 6:11-13) Live in the new reality of the resurrecti...

Have you ever been abandoned? Perhaps a friend deserted you when you thought she would be there for you? Maybe a parent left while you were young? Maybe one of your children has rejected your love? Have you ever been left alone by someone you loved? In Mark's account of Jesus' death, we come to some stark words in chapter 15, verse 34. "And at the ninth hour Jesus cried w...

In Exodus 25:1, God says,"Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me." He goes on to give a sort of shopping list of supplies that will be needed for the tabernacle. And he asks for contributions from those whose hearts move them. He wants them to want to give. Later in...

In my seminary class this week, the professor shared a quote from C.S. Lewis that hit me. At LVBC, we often talk about how we're designed to worship God. When we worship other things, we live less than human lives. Here's how Lewis puts it. God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. ...

In our study of Exodus 20:18-21 last week, we read an excerpt from C. S. Lewis' famous work,The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It's so good I wanted to post it here as well. Lewis depicts Aslan the lion as one representing the Person of Jesus Christ. About halfway through the book, the four Pevensie childrenPeter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucyprepare to meet him for the fir...

A couple weeks back, we looked at the Ninth Commandment from Exodus 20. As God's people, we are not to bear false witness about our neighbor. And one of the applications we drew was that, as Christians, we must not fight exposure. What do I mean by that? Well, think about it. Lying, by its very nature, covers up. We lie because we don't want the truth to be known. But if ...

Approaching the Law as Christians....

We're halfway through our study in the book of Ephesians....

This past Sunday, we celebrated our first gathering as Loudoun Valley Baptist Church. What a joy it was to sing together, hear God's Word, and pray for the Lord's guidance and blessing on this new congregation. We began studying the book of Ephesians and will continue this next Sunday with Ephesians 1:3-14. Our theme for the service will be that God blesses his people in ...

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