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28 Jun

Appointing Deacons

At Community Bible Church, we are ready to formally appoint deacons. This is an exciting time, and we know that many of you may have questions about this! My hope is that this blog helps answer some of those questions. If you have more questions after, please let us know! With that, here are a few questions we thought you might want answered. Why Formally Appoint Deacons? The first reason to appoint deacons is that there was clearly an office of deacon that existed in the New Testament… read more

25 Nov

Advent Helps for Family Worship

The goal of family worship is simple: to lead your home in a time of daily worship of the Lord, and daily give Him praise as we are created and commanded to do (see Deut. 6:4-9). Setting a pattern of daily worship in your home—whether you are married, single, or have multiple children—will go a long way toward raising disciples of Jesus, who not only gather with the church on Sunday, but live lives of obedience to Jesus throughout the week. The basic elements of family… read more

02 Nov

Marvel's Loki and the Rule of God

Thor: Ragnarok opens in theaters this weekend, and with it comes the return of one of the best villains in all of comic book movie-dom: Loki. Played by actor Tom Hiddleston, the character of Loki is the adopted brother of Thor and a god of trickery, deception, and mischief. He also says something I find compelling in the first Avengers movie. It comes as he terrorizes a group of… read more

05 Oct

We're All in Over Our Heads

“…if you are out of your depth, it does not matter whether the sea is forty feet or a full mile deep.” Charles Spurgeon Do you ever feel overwhelmed? As a pastor, I certainly do. As a mother, I know many of you do. As a father, I know many of you are overwhelmed by your multiple obligations and responsibilities. As professionals, I know many of you feel the great burden of representing Christ well and faithfully in your respective spheres of influence. As family… read more

05 Jul

Reflection Questions from Jonah 4

Jonah 4 beautifully builds to a climactic punch, where God challenges Jonah regarding God's mission to have compassion on all sorts of different people- even people Jonah personally hates. Of course, God is challenging us, the reader, through Jonah. During the Sunday sermon a couple weeks ago, we ended by contemplating a few application questions brought to the surface by Jonah 4. A couple pelople asked about them, so I figured I'd post them here in case anyone was interested! I hope the… read more

02 May

Why Weekly Communion?

We are creatures of habit and routine. I am especially mindful of this around Christmastime. The Christmases of my childhood, like many of us, were filled with wonderful, meaningful traditions that wrapped the incarnation season in joy (and dessert). One of our traditions was that my parents would lay out our gifts (from them and Santa) around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, after we kids went to bed. Then in the morning we would gather together… read more

22 Mar

The Glory of Failure

The other day, someone from our church sent me this text message; “Have you ever witnessed to someone and felt like a total failure afterward?” The question encouraged me greatly. First, because of this person’s faithful evangelistic efforts. Second, because I know exactly how this person feels! I assured them that I only feel like a failure after every attempt to communicate the Gospel. Just about every Sunday sermon falls short of my ideals. Just about every discipleship… read more

19 Jan

Is It Beautiful?

This is just a thought, not fully (well?) developed… I am becoming more and more convinced that one of the critical issues for the American/Evangelical church over the next number of years is the issue of whether or not we can trust the Bible. Truth is, this is always a critical issue, and it has been a constant topic of conversation in the church and academy for a long, long, long while. Still, I think we will be facing this question increasingly on a more personal, local… read more

11 Jan

What Is the Gospel?

The Gospel is the good news of the person and work of Jesus Christ; who He is and what He has done and is doing. The Gospel is Christological: The Gospel is all about the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was born fully human through the virgin Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit. This God-Man Jesus lived a sinless life, performed many miracles empowered by the Spirit, taught the truth of God (and is in fact the truth), and demonstrated the love, wisdom, humility, compassion, and… read more

21 Dec

Christmas Book Recommendation

Who is Jesus? That is the great question of the Christmas season. Who is this child in a manger, believed by many to be the King, feared by others as a threat to their power and position? Why so much fuss about a young boy? As Christians, we believe Jesus to be the very Son of God; the Word of God Himself come to us as a man (and before a man, a child), sent to save the world from sin and death. But even for Christians, who have been reading their Bibles all their lives, trying to explain… read more

09 Nov

Presidential Election Reflection

Well I didn’t see that coming. A number of months ago in a staff meeting, I sagaciously proclaimed there was no way Trump could possibly become the Republican nominee. It appears I was wrong! So where are we now? I’m not sure. I have learned I am not wise enough to decipher all the trends and ups and downs of the American political scene. I’ll leave that to the talking heads and bloggers. This election will be dissected ad nauseam over the next days and months. Also, I have… read more

03 Nov

Abortion Tough Topics Notes

Hi CBC! In case you are interested, the notes for the latest edition in our Tough Topics teaching series should be posted and online now, or very soon, and they can be found in the Tough Topics section of the website. A couple things are worth noting. First, these notes do not really represent any type of official stance or teaching position of CBC. They are simply the product of my thought, and present the perspective of one of your pastors. Second, I welcome feedback, comments, and… read more