University Baptist Church-Houston

It is tempting with our perfectionistic tendencies to try and find “perfect” spirituality and so we emphasize and strive after esoteric and dramatic postures and experiences. All the while missing the simple and beautiful fact that God entering into...

UBC welcomes guest speaker Mike Stroope!

UBC welcomes guest speaker Mike Stroope!

When we look in the New Testament for instructions about how the family of believers should interact with others, we find a wide variety of responsibilities. We are called to serve, to proclaim, to not judge, be merciful, be patient, be ready to give...

When we look in the New Testament for instructions about how the family of believers should interact with others, we find a wide variety of responsibilities. We are called to serve, to proclaim, to not judge, be merciful, be patient, be ready to give...

The Kingdom of God is the most biblical summary description of all of God’s work in the world. Like any “kingdom,” it presumes the Lord as King, and seeks to bring all of creation under his rule and reign. Unlike many kingdoms, Jesus modeled a pathway...

The Kingdom of God is the most biblical summary description of all of God’s work in the world. Like any “kingdom,” it presumes the Lord as King, and seeks to bring all of creation under his rule and reign. Unlike many kingdoms, Jesus modeled a pathway...

It remains one of Jesus’s key developmental concepts that he redefined family around the spiritual community, with God as Father. Family loyalties in the ancient world were some of the most tightly bound relationships, just as today. And Jesus didn’t...

It remains one of Jesus’s key developmental concepts that he redefined family around the spiritual community, with God as Father. Family loyalties in the ancient world were some of the most tightly bound relationships, just as today. And Jesus didn’t...

What does it mean to be a Christian in today’s America? The name has so many cultural identities, some of which are true and others of which are clearly not, that it makes it hard to find a universally accepted definition. At the outset of the...