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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

16 Sep

Wonderful

This Sunday we start a sermon series on the person, attributes, and characteristics of God. My confident hope and prayer is that God will by His grace use this time to teach us about Him. I am also confident that the practice of lifting our collective eyes off of ourselves and on to God has the power to transform how we think, feel, and live. By wrapping our minds and hearts up in the beauty and majesty and wonder of God, we slowly become more and more like Him. We imitate what we behold, and… read more

13 Apr

Operational Stewardship

I don't know whether he coined the phrase, but Ravi Zacharias has been known to say, "The Christian does not go to the temple to worship. The Christian takes the temple with him or her." (Jesus Among Other Gods p. 73) This phrase has become a staple in the missional movement as a means to disengage from regular Sunday worship in order to provide acts of service to the local community. If they borrowed this phrase from Ravi, I think they might have missed the greater context in which he uses… read more

09 Mar

Book Recommendation- The Jesus Storybook Bible

Christian publishers have done a wonderful job of filling our shelves with children’s Bibles. There are tons of em. Not all of them are great. Many simply use the stories of the Bible to teach moralistic lessons, failing to tell you the real story of the Bible. The Bible is a book that teaches morals, no doubt. But the Bible does so much more than teach morals. The Bible teaches about the perfect and mighty and loving God, from whom the world derives its moral standards. The Bible teaches… read more

03 Mar

Heart, Environment, and Action

Last Sunday, we spent some time meditating on this portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain; “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”… read more