Galena Bible Church

All Life Matters

Psalm 139:15-16  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.57,000,000. That's the estimated number of children that have been killed in the United States through the medical procedure known as abortion since Roe V Wade went through the Supreme Court. 57,000,000 innocent image bearers of the eternal God, slaughtered in what should have been the safest place in the world and in their entire lives. What does the Bible have to say about it? A whole lot. And if you are a follower of Jesus, you cannot be silent about it either.Sermon Delivered to the Galena Bible Church by Pastor Chris Kopp, Sunday January 10th, 2016.

We Wait For Him

Isaiah 25:9  It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."What are you waiting for right now? A better job? Better marriage? Better health? Are you waiting for circumstances to be different or a different outcome to events in your life? When all is done, Isaiah 25:9 tells us we won't be declaring those things. We'll be declaring "BEHOLD! This is our GOD!" God is the Gospel. Want to learn how to make it through this life? Learn to wait on Him.Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday December 27th, 2015 by Pastor Chris Kopp.

Unto Us a Child Is Born

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Isaiah 9:6Imagine you were the only person in the world with the ability to see. How would you tell people about the sun? It's the same challenge that Christians have speaking the Gospel into Christmas time in a world that does not know him. God works to bring His joy to the nations. How does he do that? Through (1) freeing us from sin, (2) granting victory over the war of our flesh, (3) exchanging His Son for us. Today I ask you the question, "Has Christ been born unto you?"Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday December 20th, 2015 by pastor Chris Kopp.

O Come Emmanuel

The Sign of Emmanuel was what some scholars call a duel prophesy. We so often only think of it in the context of it's fulfillment in Jesus. But it had an earlier fulfillment as well, with King Ahaz. (Read Isaiah 7 and 8) Emmanuel for the Christian mean's joy, salvation, Christmas! For Ahaz it meant judgement, war, rebellion. It mean's that for the Christian too. The JOY of Christmas is mingled with the BRUTALITY of the cross. This is why we sing in joyful sorrow, "O come o come Emmanuel".Sermon Delivered to the Galena Bible Church by Pastor Chris Kopp, Sunday December 13th, 2015.

The Story: Christmas

The Story: Redeemed at Great Price (The story of Ruth)

The Story: Hang out the Scarlet Thread of Faith

 Joshua 2:21  And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.For the last couple hundred years there has been a tension felt in the Church between Faith and Works. On the surface the Apostle Paul seems to say that we are saved by Faith alone, while the Apostle James seems to say we are not saved by faith alone. So who's right? Both of course as we'll see in the life of Rahab the prostitute who hung the scarlet thread of faith in the window of her life. And you should too.Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 22nd 2015 by Pastor Chris Kopp.

The Story: Moses

Moses reminds us that God can use even a stuttering nobody who thinks his life is over and worthless. Do you believe God can use you?Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church by Martin Hornfischer, Elder at GBC, Sunday November 15th, 2015.

The Story: God fights for Us

1Samuel 17:45-47  Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand.....that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,  and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hand."David fought the fight, but the battle belonged to the Lord. Keep struggling in your fight against your sin and flesh. It is God who fights for you. And wins!Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 8th, 2015 by pastor Chris Kopp.

The Story: Grace for the Undeserving

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me." But Jonah rose to flee... Jonah 1:1-3aJonah didn't believe that the Assyrians in Nineveh deserved grace from God. What he didn't understand was that he didn't either. And neither do you. That's what makes it Grace. The story of Jonah is the story of God's relentless pursuit of an undeserving people. And it's still the story of God today.Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday November 1st, 2015 by pastor Chris Kopp.