We are pleased to announce that Free Grace Baptist Church, along with five other Reformed Baptist churches across Western Canada, has joined together to form the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of Western Canada (ARBCWC). This historic partnership, established in November 2024, represents a significant step forward in promoting unity and cooperation among confessional Reformed…
QUESTION: The biggest fear I have as a born-again Christian is the fear that my children will not be included in God’s grace offering. Growing up Hyper-Calvinist, it was implied that children very rarely can be born again. I know that’s not true, but my upbringing makes it hard to rationalize a young person understanding…
In our Ask FGBC Anything video series, listeners submit questions that we then answer in a video format. Outline The nature of eternity in heaven, with emphasis on God’s infinite glory: Pastor Jim and Dr. Barcellos discuss the nature of eternity in heaven, with Dr. Barcellos arguing that it will be a timeless experience with…
In our Ask FGBC Anything video series, listeners submit questions that we then answer in a video format. Outline Pastor Jim Butler and Dr. James Renihan discuss the distinction between moral law and positive law in Christian theology. Renihan explains how positive law requires special revelation and belongs to specific historical covenants. Dr. Renihan…
In our Ask FGBC Anything video series, listeners submit questions that we then answer in a video format. Transcript SUMMARY KEYWORDS god, exodus, good, jesus, hosea, questions, israel, read, prophets, lord, old testament, greater fulfillment, adam, book, truer, fulfillment, new testament, isaiah, terms, writer SPEAKERS Dr Richard Barcellos, Pastor Jim Butler Pastor Jim Butler 00:07…
Free Grace Baptist Church (Chilliwack) will be hosting a new annual conference in April. The conference is called “Confessing the Faith” and will be held on Friday afternoon, April 26th and Saturday morning, April 27th. The conference is designed: To promote fellowship among Reformed Baptists in western Canada. Several pastors from various churches in western…
The 2nd London Confession of Faith (2LCF) begins its systematic presentation of the Christian faith with the Holy Scriptures. Paragraph 1 opens with a wonderful affirmation concerning the Scriptures, “The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience.” Paragraph 1 continues by demonstrating the necessity of…
John 7:37–39: “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would…
In Matthew 12:46–50, we learn that there is a disparity between the righteous and unrighteous. Sometimes, the unrighteous are in our own families as people that are nearest and dearest to us. Seeing that difference is not going to alleviate all the pain or take away the string. It’s not going to right every wrong,…
Transcribed and edited excerpt from sermon preached from Acts 18:1–11 on May 15, 2022 We’re in a pretty happy occasion in the life of our church. We’re trying to help plant churches and see men raised up. And we need to have not just men with breathing bodies, but specific kinds of men as exemplified…