Maspeth Bible Church

04/03/2026

It is finished.

01/24/2026

We will NOT have services tomorrow. Stay safe!

01/14/2026

We are excited to be honored on NY 1. What a privilege it has been to work with all the great helpers at the The Good Neighbor Closet. The program seeks to help Queens-based families get a wide variety of needed stuff. While I love doing that, there is a need for something even more important: To know the God of the Bible and to live for Him. I pray that I can point both families and helpers to Him. I offer a special note of thanks to Maspeth Bible Church for providing the funds to help run the program and to the Woori Church for giving us the space to use during the week. Will add the link to the NY1 piece when it's available.
Special thank you to the volunteers who came in at 8:30 am last week to make sure we looked good.

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/01/09/new-yorker-of-the-week--dorothy-gaugler

We added a Go Fund me in case people want to help with some of our expenses.

https://gofund.me/5eeeb39dc

Dorothy Gaugler is our New Yorker of the Week.

12/24/2025

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

04/18/2025

Good Friday Remembrance Service 7pm.
Easter Dawn Service 7am - Forest Park
Easter Service - 9am
Kid's program at the park. 11 to 1 pm. Send us a message for registration information.

03/20/2025

12/23/2024

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas as you celebrate Jesus' birth.

An angel’s announcement of the Messiah’s arrival was a pivotal moment that propelled the shepherds into action. Study along with Truth For Life as Alistair Begg investigates the sign and song that sparked their swift journey to Bethlehem to see the baby.

07/19/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Evqv4sDtqGtdyS5a/

"Nothing built for the glory of man will survive God’s scrutiny. But what is done for His glory will endure forever." (R.C. Sproul)

06/16/2024

Happy Father's Day!

03/29/2024

On Good Friday, Jesus experienced the terrible burden of atonement, the trauma of dying on the cross, and the anguish of being temporarily alienated from His Father when He became sin for us (see Matthew 27:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21). But this suffering was ultimately overshadowed by His joy in our salvation: “For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame” (Hebrews 12:2).

The unhappy suffering and death of Jesus ultimately guaranteed the death of death (see Revelation 21:4) and the elimination and reversal of the curse (see Revelation 22:3). It also guaranteed the eternal happiness of all who believe and trust in Jesus and His unfathomable suffering on our behalf, all for our eternal good and His eternal glory.

So why isn’t Good Friday called Bad Friday? Because what happened on Sunday, Christ’s resurrection, redeemed what happened on Friday. Therefore, we can now see the crucifixion and all its horrors in retrospect. Out of the appallingly bad came the inexpressibly good. Had Jesus been delivered from His suffering, He couldn’t have delivered us from ours.

And by the way, since God brought the greatest good out of His Son’s suffering, can’t He also bring good out of ours? Isn’t that exactly what Romans 8:28 promises, that “we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (ESV)?

The Gospel accounts of the Crucifixion and Resurrection depict Christ’s deep unhappiness in Gethsemane and His anticipation of the Cross. Joy and happiness are overshadowed by sorrow and grief—until the release of death. What follows His death for Jesus is joy, but for the apostles it is overwhelming grief.

Resurrection happiness soon shines its light, pushing sorrow into the shadows. Death is conquered, and our eternal happiness secured. What would otherwise have been remembered as Terrible Friday or Horrific Friday is transformed into Good Friday because Christ’s resurrection works in reverse upon death. The hidden purpose in Christ’s suffering is no longer hidden—it becomes a spectacular cause for happiness. This is the gospel’s Good News!

As Easter worked in reverse to make Good Friday good, so our resurrection will work in reverse to bring goodness out of our most difficult days. In the end that will never end, life conquers death, joy triumphs over suffering. Happiness, not sorrow, has the last word—and it will have the last word forever.

Randy Alcorn

03/20/2024

The Easter season is a celebration of the Gospel. As we remember Jesus’ passion, death on the cross, and triumphant resurrection from the grave, we aren’t just marking an anniversary. We are remembering that, in the words of Paul, “when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us” (Titus 3:4–5). Holy Week is a time to recall God’s magnificent work of salvation