This Sunday we will be studying 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 where Paul is stressing Cultivating Healthy Church Relationships. In the center of the passage Paul states that these relationships are to be governed by true and abounding love. In his commentary on First Thessalonians Richard Mayhue shares an overview of what this love is to be like....

The theme we have been following in 1 Thessalonians is “Living in the Light of Jesus’ Return.” Last Sunday and this our topics will be very specific. Last Sunday we looked at the Rapture; this Sunday we will look at “The Day of the Lord’ (1 Thess. 5:1-11).  I have been reminded this week that there are...

Consider the disciple-making that would naturally take place in the life of a local church if every believer would practice the loving, one-another ministry that the early churches first read about in the instructions they received from the apostles.

Last Sunday, following the sermon, a couple of our CBC families asked me for the list I shared...

What is the essence of living the Christian life? I know that question can be answered on MANY different levels with different nuances. But I  would like to take a shot at answering that question very simply. What is the essence of living the Christian life? Not, what does it mean to become a Christian? But rather, once a person has by...

Over the last several weeks we have been looking at 1 Thessalonians 2-3 and talking about “Why we Love the Church.” We have love for the church because we walk together, because we sacrifice together and because we suffer together. This Sunday we are going to look at the fourth reason we love the church … we pray...

Some Awesome New Resources in Church Library for this Sanctity of Life Sunday!

UNPLANNED - All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she was involved in more than 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women to end their pregnancy. Her own past abortions, and...

This past week Word of Life Camp and Bible Institute suffered a fire in one of their buildings that serve as staff housing and a dormitory. Gratefully, there was no loss of life. The local fire department was on the scene quickly and handled the situation with great skill. There was, however, fire and water damage to the building. 

As many...

A number of years ago a friend gave me a copy of a book entitled “Love Jesus, Hate Church: How to Survive in Church or Die Trying” by Steve McCranie. The book examines honestly some of the things that most trouble us about the church. Another book that came out, around the same time, was titled “They Like Jesus but Not the...

2020 Bible Reading

Every Christian I know would acknowledge how important regular bible reading is to the Christian life. But, in reality, most of us struggle to put that fact into practice. There are numerous reasons we don’t read our bible’s, some are valid and some are just excuses. We want to help you with one of the major...