Galena Bible Church

Do you Believe? -- A Historical Jesus

Daniel 9:24-27 "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. (25) Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. (26) And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. (27) And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator."
 
The Gospel hinges on the historical person of Jesus. To believe the Gospel is to believe Jesus. But what does it mean to believe in Jesus?
Sermon delivered to the the Galena Bible church, Sunday March 12th, 2017 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Do you Believe? -- God has spoken

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 
When we call people to believe the Gospel, on what grounds can we claim that what the Bible says is authoritative. It takes belief in the truth that God has spoken through special revelation in the Bible. In this sermon we look at Psalm 19 and are called to believe that God has in fact spoken.
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday March 5th, 2017 by Pastor Chris Kopp.

What we pray for

Guest preacher, Pastor Caleb Richardson shares the importance of what we pray for from Acts 4. Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, February 26th, 2017.

Do you Believe? -- God's Covenant Love

Galatians 3:13-14 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"— (14) so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
God's love is neither conditional, nor unconditional. It is always covenental. And this is Good News!
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 19th, 2017 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Do you Believe? -- We are fallen.

Romans 5:17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Evil is real. No one can honestly deny that. So how is it that God allows evil? Ultimateally it's because he loves us enough to give us grace and not wipe us off the face of the earth. Do you believe we are fallen?
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 12th, 2017 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Do you Believe? -- Created in His Image

Colossians 3:9-10 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices (10) and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
When we ask someone to believe the Gospel there are certain things that we are secifically asking them to believe. In this series we will be looking at those and answering the common push backs that we recieve. In this sermon we look at our source of truth, the Creator in whos Image we are made.
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 5th, 2017 by pastor Chris Kopp.

When Love Actually Wins

Matthew 19:8 He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Marriage is viewed as the highest expression of love. And yet love has been minimized to simply a feeling to be felt, instead of an act of the will to be chosen. No wander most people don't think of the Gospel when they think of marriage.
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday January 29th, 2017 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Racial Harmony Through the Gospel

Revelation 7:9-10 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, (10) and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
Racial strife and disharmony are the social norms of our world today. What is the answer? The Gosple! Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday January 22nd, 2017 by Pastor Chris Kopp.

Sanctity of Life Sunday

Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, by Martin Hornfischer Sunday January 15th, 2017.

Advent of Hope: Christmas Eve Service

Our advent of hope comes as we look to the second coming of Christ through the certainty of the first coming of Christ.
This sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday December 24th, 2016 by pastor Chris Kopp.