Galena Bible Church

Jesus Questions: Can I have a drink?

John 4:7  A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."How can a Jewish rabbi man, ask a social outcast Samaritan woman for a drink of water? It's because he knew she was desperately thirsty for the things of God. What do you try to satisfy your soul with that will never satisfy. When we try to satisfy our hearts with the physical, we will always be thirsty again.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday March 29th, 2015.

Jesus Questions: Do you want to be healed?

John 5:6  When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"Jesus asks a very sick man a simple yes/no question: "Do you want to be healed?" The man's answer is: "I'm hopeless". Far to many people are paralyzed by the hopelessness that comes from living in a fallen world, and in incredibly painful, challenging circumstance. Many people live with with a misplaced hope that will never satisfy. To those people Jesus resolutely speaks hope. "Get up, take up your mat, and walk." What is paralyzing your hope today?Sermon delivered by Pastor Chris Kopp to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday March 22nd, 2015.

Jesus Questions: Where can we buy bread that these people may eat?

“Where are we to buy bread,
so that these people may eat?”
John 6:5Jesus
often chose to teach deep truths by asking questions. In this series
we'll explore a number of the questions Jesus asked, and mine the riches
that He has to teach us today. Why would Jesus ask such an illogical,
irrational question like "Where will we buy bread to feed these 5000
plus people?" It was humanly impossible. But Jesus wasn't asking a
question about food. He was calling for faith. He was offering "WE".
It's an incredible offer that the crowds didn't receive, but the
disciples did. Jesus may very well be asking you the same question
today.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday March 8th, 2015 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Doctrine to Doxology: The story of man in the story of God

Luke 24:25-26  And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"There are two predominant lies that our culture teaches today. The first is that you are the star in your own story. This is a man-centric view of our existence. The second lie is that your story has no eternal significance. This could be called a matter-centric view of our existence where the only thing that has significance is matter itself, and not what happens with that matter. These are polar opposites, and pull at our affections, purpose, and values. Yet the Gospel intersects our story in such a way as to answer the problems with both of these lies. It's that our story is not THE Story: The story of God. And the incredible claim of the Gospel, is that God invites us into His story. This sermon is a narrative teaching on the Doctrine of man, and the Doctrine of Sin. Delivered by pastor Chris Kopp, Sunday March 1st 2015 at the Galena Bible Church.

Doctrine to Doxology: Special Revelation

2Timothy 3:16-17  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.The reality of God's revelation is that all humanity knows just enough about God to condemn them (Romans 1). Yet there is an incredible access to the knowledge of who God is and what God is about because of what is called the doctrine of revelation. God has given us His Word through the Bible and allowed us a clear understanding of His redemptive work. In this sermon we look at a basic understanding of revelation (general vs special) and how God uses His revelation to bring us from immaturity to maturity.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 22nd, 2015 by pastor Chris Kopp.

Doctrine to Doxology: Saved by Grace

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.How does God save us? Is it through our own striving to find the right way? Lead the kind of life that we are supposed to? Be "good people"? Thank God no! It's by grace. Undeserved, unearned, unmerited, long suffering, patient, grace. And to see salvation as anything else is to claim we saved ourselves. In this sermon we'll see how Romans 8:28-32 teach that the means of salvation is grace, the vehicle of salvation is faith, the object of salvation is us, and the end of salvation is Jesus.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 15th, 2015.

Doctrine to Doxology: How do we worship the Holy Spirit?

John 16:7  Nevertheless, I tell you the
truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away,
the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.There
has not been as divisive a doctrinal disagreement over the last 100
years than the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Therefore many have failed
to teach on Him, and there fore compounded the confusion. Who is the
Holy Spirit? What does He do? And how are we to worship Him? John 16
teaches us more about the Holy Spirit than any other text in scripture.
Join us as we walk through this passage and learn to love the Holy
Spirit.Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday February 1st 2015, by Pastor Chris Kopp.

Doctrine to Doxology: Trinity

Probably, no aspect of the nature of God is more misunderstood than the nature of the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, three in one. What is the practical implications of the doctrine of the Trinity. How does it effect our daily activity? What does it mean in Romans 8 that God the Holy Spirit prays for us to God the Father over us on the basis of the finished work of God the Son in us?These are questions we'll deal with today as pastor Chris walks through the doctrine of the Trinity. Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday January 25th, 2015.

Doctrine to Doxology: I am because He is

Exodus 3:13-14  Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?" God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"Moses asks a good question. Who is God? Is he knowable? The doctrine of God is a central doctrine of the Christian faith. If we come to false understandings, we'll come to a false god. God told Moses "I AM". If you claim to believe God is "I AM" yet continually behave as though "I AM not" then  you believe the later, rather than the former. Can it be said of you as it was of the patriarchs "I AM the God of (Insert your name here)"? Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday January 18th, 2015.

Doctrine To Doxology: Rightly Ascribing Greatness to Our God

Deuteronomy 32:3  For I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
ascribe greatness to our God!
 Everyone worships. But not everyone worships the God of
scripture. Even some people who profess to be “Christians” believe in a god
that can be found nowhere within the revelation of scripture. Therefore
doctrine (What we believe) always effects our doxology (praise of God). In this
sermon series Pastor Chris Kopp will teach on the major Doctrines of the
Christian faith and how they affect our worship to God. This sermon introduces
the subject and asks the question, “Who are you really worshiping?”
Delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday January 11th,
2014.