Joel Gilbert

Climbing leaders will free climb with encouragement and help from below climbers - rope holders proving encouragement and guidance, help those waiting watch and learn. Some can get rambunctious- thankful for the circumstances, nuances of the rock, challenges of the climb a bit like the church some serving…

Theme: Encourage one another and live soberly in the hope of Jesus’ return. Conversation with a Pilot WWII - glider planes - silently land behind enemy lines with equipment, personnel. Approximately 75% of the gliders were scuttled - they landed and were never retrieved. The personnel on those flights…

What does it cost to follow Jesus? Jesus answered this question - though not directly asked of him by stating: Mark 8:34 (ESV) “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Dietrich Bonhoeffer contrasted what some have called cheap grace with the cost of true…

connections some superficial some fake some temporary some separated but able to pick up when we meet again after years of being apart Conversation with Kim Military family - moved a lot learned to get to know people quickly - because she didn’t know how long they would be in a place built good relationships…

Leadership Lessons decisions have impacts - personal and on others Poolesville Day - I should have led differently - my hope was that our presence as a church would create opportunities for the gospel to be shared But there have to be people to share it with, to live it out in front of Thank you to those…

Persecution is not something we think about too often here in the States. We generally get to live in peace and get to enjoy the liberties of our free society. We may not always like the direction of our nation, but our existence is not threatened and our lives are not at stake. But that has not always…

Pre-quals Every story has a back story. We may not always gain insight into the back story, but there are things impact characters and cultures. When George Lucas wrote the original Star Wars series, he had in his mind some of the events leading up to the movie that many of us were first introduced to…

Introduction There are organizations for people with any number of interests. Often, membership in these societies comes with an expectation for some advocacy or education, financial support, or simply awareness. Many organizations come with privileges - like newsletters, access to certain properties,…

The Second Best Day of My Life December 31, 1994 After 5 years of on and off dating, nearly 2 years of engagement Danielle and I got married. We assembled at her home church with close to 300 guests, 10 attendants, a few musicians, many family members, a Bible teacher, and a pastor We got dressed up…

Possible Intro: The pandemic and our nation’s value of rugged individualism have wreaked havoc in our lives - more than we realize. I was listening to a podcast this week that contained a conversation between Russel Moore and Sam Alberry. Both are believers and apologists. Both attend church in the Nashville.…