Why does Christ Church have a missions conference every (or nearly every) year? Doesn’t the leadership of the church know that everyone is busy, tired, overcommitted, and holding out for spring break so we can vacation or just have a break from the grind of life? Most of us find ourselves unable to keep up and needing rest....
There can be no doubt to the thoughtful, serious reader of the Westminster Confession of Faith but that the framers set before us a very robust doctrine of Holy Scripture. They begin by addressing the subject of revelation in the first paragraph of the first chapter. ...
The Bible is a big book, written over a long period of time by many authors with various genres, settings, and contexts. For example, the Pauline epistles read very differently than the books of Moses, and both are very different from the prophetic writings we see in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the minor Prophets....
We read in Galatians 6:14 these words of the Apostle Paul: But God forbid that I should glory (boast) except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Central to the theme of the Bible is the theme of the cross of Christ. ...
2020 has just begun, and at Christ Church, we are embarking on a new study of the Old Testament prophet Micah. ...
2018 has been an eventful year. As often is the case, at the end of the year it is hard to imagine that time has passed so quickly! But the end of the year also means the beginning of a new year ...
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It is that time of year again, when we ring out the current year (2016) and welcome the new year (2017). For most of the world, the new year is a time when life feels fresh and new. This seems to be the one time when we can put behind us our problems and get a fresh start. Curiously, I have seen a number of people ready for 2016 to end because it has been “such a horribl...
Keep ReadingIt is that time of year again. A new year is approaching and with it a whole host of New Year’s Resolutions. For many Christians, that means another attempt to read through the entire Bible in a year....
Keep ReadingThe New Year is a great time to commit to reading the Bible....
Keep ReadingDo you wish you knew your Bible better now than you did at the beginning of the year? Have you often thought, "It would be a great thing to read the whole Bible from cover to cover, but I'm not sure I can" ? The start of a new year is the perfect time to plan to read through the Bible. There are many reading plans that are available chronological plans, Old Testament and ...
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