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07 Dec

Pastor's Note - December 7

“The primary action of the church in the world is the action of its members in their daily work.” This is a quote from Lesslie Newbigin. It’s interesting this quote comes from him in particular, as he was a British missiologist and missionary who spent much of ministerial career serving as a missionary in India. He lived his life devoted to missions. He picked up everything and moved across nations for the cause of the gospel. Yet he states that the primary way the church is… read more

30 Nov

Pastor's Note - November 30

This week I’d like to selfishly use this space simply to express my appreciation for CBC. If you spend time on social media in or observing discussions about the church (which I don’t advise), or if you sit back from a distance and analyze the church from afar, or only read about the church in books and interact over it in academic settings, it can be easy to become disenchanted with the church. It is easy to dispassionately and apathetically criticize a non-defined, impersonal… read more

23 Nov

Pastor's Note - November 23

Each year as we approach the Christmas season, I have the same idea for a churchwide project. And each year, I fail to follow through with it. The idea is to create our own CBC “advent devotional.” It’s not a novel idea – I know other churches and Christian institutions have done it. But I imagine it would be an encouraging and edifying project. In my imagination, it would include daily readings for advent, each reading based upon a verse or passage of Scripture… read more

16 Nov

Pastor's Note - November 16

I’ve told this story before, and I thought about including it again in Sunday’s sermon, but ended up cutting it for time. It relates to the command to bless those who revile you, and centers on an early Dutch Anabaptist by the name of Dirk Willems. Willems was baptized as a young man, as a believer, and in doing so rejected his infant baptism. Because of this choice to be baptized as an adult, and his devotion to Anabaptism (including the baptizing of several others), Willems… read more

09 Nov

Pastor's Note - November 9

I was talking to a retired pastor in our church, and he told me the story of once listening to a pastor preach on submission. The sermon may even have been 1 Peter 3:1-7… and now that I think of it, it may have been him preaching the sermon – I can’t recall the specifics… Anyhow, the pastor talked from the text about how the wife should submit to her husband. And as the pastor began preaching, a woman in the crowd said, “I tried submitting once, it didn’t… read more

02 Nov

Pastor's Note - November 2

Scripture tells us the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. In other words, if you want to live a wise and profitable and good life, you begin by obeying, worshiping, and loving the Lord. To live wisely, God and His word must be our organizing principles. If we have other organizing principles that rule our thinking, and that are contrary to God, then we will think, say, and do foolish things. Critical Theory is one such organizing principle (a way of thinking about life), that leads to… read more

26 Oct

Pastor's Note - October 26

Last week I talked about the importance and value of Scripture memorization. I want to follow-up with not so much a caution but an encouragement. While Scripture memorization is valuable, it bears no true meaning or fruit without Scriptural understanding and without proper application of Scripture to our lives. The clearest example of this dynamic is found in Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. In that interaction, Satan quoted Scripture. He had memorized the Word of God! Satan quoted… read more

19 Oct

Pastor's Note - October 19

I once sat in a class with Dr. Robert Smith Jr., an incredible preacher and professor of preaching at Beeson Divinity School. At the beginning of the class, Dr. Smith rattled off a number of different definitions of preaching, as given by various authors and preachers throughout history. He quoted these definitions at length, from memory. Then, as he continued to teach and converse, he consistently quoted various Scriptures from memory. All of us were awed by his memorization and recall.… read more

12 Oct

Pastor's Note - October 12

Like you, I have followed some of the news, and have been horrified by the brutal images and videos coming out of Israel. Days ago, the terrorist group Hamas organized a surprise attack on Israel, intentionally killing, raping, and desecrating men, women, children, and infants. War is brutal as it is, and something that should grieve the hearts of all people. But the attack on non-combatants, who have no place or bearing in any conflict, is horrific. Such evil should be condemned universally.… read more

05 Oct

Pastor's Note - October 5

On Sunday I brought up one of my favorite principles of the New Testament letters – that moral imperatives are grounded in redemptive indicatives. As I said, that’s a fancy way of saying that commands of obedience are first rooted in truths of salvation. Or, to put it another way, we obey God because of what God has already done in Christ. We love because He first loved us. The principle is important because it shows that God does not give us a list of commands in a vacuum. Rather,… read more

28 Sep

Pastor's Note - September 28

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” These are Jesus’ famous words from Matthew 9. A few weeks ago in our Wednesday Prayer Service, we took some time to meditate on these words, and do what Jesus called us to do. We prayed for more workers and laborers. Several weeks later, I am still reminded of our great need for more people to be engaged in the ministry and mission of… read more

21 Sep

Pastor's Note - September 21

I think we had a good first round of adult Sunday School. Kirk Carlson taught on a biblical approach to finances, Shaun LePage taught on church planting out of the book of Acts, and I enjoyed leading a study through the book of Esther. I wasn’t able to attend the other classes, but I heard there was lots of good discussion and encouragement. So, I’m excited for the next round, and I hope you’ll consider joining in on a class! In this round, Shaun LePage will teach another… read more