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✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨We often hear grace and mercy discussed together, so it can be confusing what e...
09/03/2026

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨

We often hear grace and mercy discussed together, so it can be confusing what each word means. Mercy is when we do not receive the punishment we deserve. Grace is when we receive something, such as a gift, without deserving it. John Piper calls grace undeserved favor and power for living. What does this mean?

First, John Piper called grace undeserved favor. We can look to Paul’s words in Ephesians 2:8-9. He says, “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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” There is nothing we can do to earn our own salvation. It is a gift, an undeserved gift.

Secondly, Piper calls grace a power for living. Again we look to Paul in 2 Corinthians 12. In this passage, Paul tells us that he was given a thorn in the flesh which he pleaded with the Lord repeatedly to remove. In verse 9 we read the Lord’s response to Paul’s pleas, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” My grace is sufficient for you. That was the Lord’s response. The life we live, the air we breath, all of it is an undeserved gift from the Lord. And it is all for His glory. We are weak and fail in so many ways, but our God is sufficient for us and his power is made perfect in weakness so that all the glory goes to Him alone.

Only in Christ can we truly live and be free. The salvation He offers is both undeserved and our power for living. We have this hope that we will one day spend eternity is Heaven where pain and sorrow exist no more. God’s glory will be made known to all the earth and we will spend eternity praising Him! Praise the Lord!

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨In the Old Testament, we see evidence of God’s wrath against pagan nations and ...
09/01/2026

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨

In the Old Testament, we see evidence of God’s wrath against pagan nations and against the Israelites. It is tempting to believe that because the times of the Old Testament were so long ago, God is not wrathful anymore. The God we serve today is the same God we see in the Old Testament. Man’s sin has always earned God’s wrath. It is important to note that God does not sin in his wrath because he is righteous. When He displays his wrath, it is the right thing to do.

In Romans 1:18, Paul says, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.” We have learned that God is holy and just. This means that sin cannot go unpunished. But furthermore, God’s wrath is for our good. Sin is not a toy to play with, but a serious crime that breaks the heart of God. God cannot excuse sin or let it slide because it is utterly evil. Praise the Lord that we serve a God who is not just wrathful, but is also gracious. He hates our sin while still offering us mercy, grace, and salvation. As Christians, we can rest assured that Jesus bore the weight of our sin and faced God’s wrath on our behalf. Praise the Lord for such mercies!

Thankfully, God is not a genie, as when James and John wanted to call down fire from heaven in their own anger. As we see even in David’s psalms, we can cry out to God in our distress. We can go to Him in prayer because He is big enough to handle it, and He will also refine you through the Holy Spirit to look more like Him. Wrathfulness is a communicable attribute, which means we should hate sin the way God hates sin. Go to war against your sin.

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨We serve a just God. This means that all His ways are right. Deuteronomy 32:4 s...
08/30/2026

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨

We serve a just God. This means that all His ways are right.

Deuteronomy 32:4 says,
“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”

This also means that God cannot let sin run free without a penalty. Because God is just, He must punish sin. This is what the gospel is.

In 2 Corinthians 5:21, Paul says,
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” God cannout excuse our sin, so Jesus, becoming man, came and dwelled among us. Being 100% God and 100% man, he lived a perfect life, never sinning, yet He died a sinner’s death. He died our death. When Jesus hung upon that cross, He took on all the sin of the world, our sin. When He said, “It is finished,” it was.
God is just. When we stand before God one day, there will be an accounting for all of our sins. If you repent of your sins and accept Christ as you Lord and Savior, you no longer bear the penalty of your sin because Jesus paid it all! Praise the Lord! We can live, safe and secure in the freedom of the Lord, knowing that an end is coming for sin and death becuase we serve a just God.

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨Online and even in our personal lives, we are told that whatever we feel define...
08/27/2026

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨

Online and even in our personal lives, we are told that whatever we feel defines what is true. God’s Word says differently. One of the communicable attributes of God is His truthfulness. He declares what is right and wrong, good and evil, what is true. In Isaiah 45:19, the Lord declares, “I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.”

God alone has never lied. He alone is holy and perfect and true. But truthfulness is a communicable attribute, meaning we too have the ability to embody truthfulness. We are called to reflect God’s truth as the moon reflects the sun. We also can live and walk in truth through the work of our Savior Jesus Christ. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Praise the Lord!

John Piper said, “My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s Word defines truth.” When the weight of the world weighs down, when you are at a crossroads, when you are hurting, remember this. God is truth. Seek to know Him more. Study His word which He has graciously given to us. Walk in step with the Holy Spirit in truth.

Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨ Day 2: Communicable Attribute- HolyHoliness is being set apart from things tha...
08/16/2026

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨
Day 2: Communicable Attribute- Holy

Holiness is being set apart from things that are unclean. Holiness is a communicable attribute, meaning that we too are called to be holy by being set apart from sin. God is perfectly holy because He is perfect and without sin. He is incapable of sinning, whereas we are refined daily by the Holy Spirit to reflect the example Christ set for us.
The word holy is mentioned over 500 times in the Bible, but only two times in the Bible is the phrase “Holy, holy, holy” used, once in the Old Testament and once in the New.

Isaiah 6:3 (ESV)
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Revelation 4:8 (ESV)
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

This triple use intensifies its meaning. God is absolute in His purity and glory. God’s holiness is infinite. Revelation 4:9 says that the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who is seated on the throne. God is deserving of all our praise because He is holy, holy, holy. As Isaiah said, the whole earth is full of his glory! Praise the Lord that we serve such a God!

☀️ Looking Back on Summer 2026 at Dry Creek ☀️Now that summer camp has been wrapped up for a couple of weeks, we’ve had ...
08/13/2026

☀️ Looking Back on Summer 2026 at Dry Creek ☀️

Now that summer camp has been wrapped up for a couple of weeks, we’ve had a little time to look back on just how special this season was.

It was an amazing summer — and we saw our highest attendance numbers in the past decade! We are so thankful for every camper, leader, staffer, volunteer, and church that was part of it. To God be all the glory! 🙌

We’d love to hear from you! Drop your favorite camp photo in the comments, or share a favorite story or memory from this summer.

Today we’re starting a brand-new series as we take a closer look at who God is and what His Word teaches us about His ch...
08/13/2026

Today we’re starting a brand-new series as we take a closer look at who God is and what His Word teaches us about His character. We hope you’ll follow along with us each day!

✨ Knowing God: Exploring His Attributes ✨

Day 1: Intro - Who is God?

What would you say if you were asked, “Who is God?” What words would you use to describe Him? Eternal, faithful, holy, gracious, merciful, just, jealous, loving, omnipotent, patient, sovereign, wrathful, wise… The list goes on, and on, and on…

These characteristics by which we know God are called the attributes of God. God’s attributes can be split into two categories: communicable and incommunicable. Communicable attributes are the qualities that we share with God. Think about the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Those are communicable attributes. Incommunicable attributes, on the other hand, are ones that God alone possesses. Only God is eternal, infinite, self-existent, self-sufficient, omniscient, and sovereign.

We are invited to know our God, our Creator. He is not distant or unreachable but instead sent His Son to make a way where we can know and love Him. Through Jesus, we can have a relationship with our heavenly Father. Join us as we learn more about some of the communicable and incommunicable attributes of God.

☀️ SUMMER #101 — BY THE NUMBERS ☀️Summer camp has officially come to a close, and we’re already moving full-speed into ...
08/12/2026

☀️ SUMMER #101 — BY THE NUMBERS ☀️

Summer camp has officially come to a close, and we’re already moving full-speed into retreat season. But before we move on, we wanted to stop for just a minute and look back at what God did this summer at Dry Creek Baptist Camp.

For those of us who work it, summer can sometimes become a blur. It comes fast and hard as one camp rolls into the next, days are long, and before we know it, it’s over.

That’s why numbers like these are so special. They help us stop and remember the WHY behind it all.

Dry Creek Baptist Camp exists to provide a place where people can hear the Gospel, grow in their faith, build relationships and encounter Christ. And this summer…

❤️ 1,517 campers attended our DCBC-programmed camps.

👥 Including counselors and adult workers, we welcomed 1,921 people through those camps.

🏕️ We also hosted 794 more guests through Florida College, CLI and Woodlawn—groups who brought their own programming to Dry Creek.

That means 2,715 people were hosted at DCBC through our summer camp season!

But the number that means the most to us is this one:

🙌 70 spiritual decisions were recorded this summer.

That included:
29 salvations
30 prayer decisions
4 assurances of salvation
1 repentance
6 other decisions

Twenty-nine people said YES to Jesus. ❤️

We were also able to provide 18 scholarships and gift certificates totaling $3,725, helping make camp possible for even more families.

Numbers can never tell the whole story. They don’t show the conversations after worship, the camper asking a counselor to pray with them, the friendships made, the seeds planted, the exhausted staff member choosing to serve one more person, or all the quiet ways God worked that we may never know about.

But they give us a glimpse.

2,715 people.
70 decisions.
29 salvations.
One incredible summer.

Thank you to every church, parent, camper, counselor, volunteer, staff member, donor and prayer warrior who had a part in #101 Summer at Dry Creek Baptist Camp.

This is why we do what we do!

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGHAN BAILEY! 🎉Her official title may be Office Administrator, but anyone who knows Meghan knows that...
08/12/2026

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGHAN BAILEY! 🎉

Her official title may be Office Administrator, but anyone who knows Meghan knows that title doesn’t even begin to cover all that she is to Dry Creek Baptist Camp. ❤️

She’s someone everyone goes to when there’s a question, a problem, a need… or when we just need someone who knows what in the world is going on. 😂

And “office” administrator might be a little misleading anyway. You might catch Meghan lifeguarding at the pool, working on the ropes course, helping in the kitchen, or doing just about anything else that needs to be done around camp. And yes… sometimes you might find her hiding away in her dark office trying to actually get some work done. 😂

But what makes Meghan so special isn’t just everything she does, it’s the way she serves.

She is a servant leader through and through. She continually puts others before herself, loves and serves this camp and her church so faithfully, pours into her family, and above all, seeks to put God first in everything she does.

Meghan, DCBC is better because of the way you love, lead, serve, work hard, and willingly step in wherever you’re needed.

We are so thankful for all the many hats you wear and the heart you bring to every one of them. Help us wish this very special lady a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂💛

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8237 Highway 113
Dry Creek, LA
70637

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Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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