February 10, 2020
by David King
| Tags: cross, redemption, savior
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. ...
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January 31, 2020
by David King
| Tags: heart, Puritans
We read in Proverbs 4:23 the following biblical directive: “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” (ESV) Perhaps the best and most extensive commentary on this verse of Scripture was written by the Puritan, John Flavel, in a treatise titled, Saint Indeed: or, The Great Work of A Christian, Opened and Pressed. ...
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January 29, 2020
by Curt Mire
| Tags: justification, righteousness, luther
On March 28, 1518, Martin Luther preached a sermon called Two Kinds of Righteousness. In this short sermon, Luther explains to us the distinction between Christ’s righteousness and our actual righteousness. Luther refers to the former as an alien righteousness. This is “the righteousness of another, instilled from without.”...
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January 3, 2020
by Fred Greco
| Tags: new year, scripture, growth, bible.reading
Once again, the calendar has come around and we are about to flip the page from December to January, and with it, a move into the new year. There is nothing magical about the change from 2019 to 2020 ...
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January 3, 2020
by Fred Greco
| Tags: judgment, mercy, sermons, Old Testament
2020 has just begun, and at Christ Church, we are embarking on a new study of the Old Testament prophet Micah. ...
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December 25, 2019
by Fred Greco
| Tags: incarnation, Jesus, Christmas
Christmas is the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. But we would do better to think about Christmas as the incarnation of God, who has come to reconcile sinners to Himself. ...
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November 28, 2019
by Fred Greco
| Tags: thanksgiving
The Lord gives me so many blessings that I take them for granted as if I was owed blessing. So we must seize every reminder to be thankful that we can....
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November 15, 2019
by Jason Wegener
| Tags: community, community groups
It has been a great blessing over the last few weeks to see the increase in interest and involvement in our Covenant Community Groups. Perhaps now would be a good time for us as a congregation to pause and consider how we might get the most out of these groups....
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November 14, 2019
by Fred Greco
| Tags: Messiah, Christmas, advent
The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ was God's provision for the redemption of sinners. It was foretold beforehand, and the Old Testament is full of references to the coming messiah. As early as Genesis 3:15, the Lord announced the defeat of sin and Satan through "the seed of the woman."...
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November 13, 2019
by Curt Mire
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Theology
There is often a moment in the Christian life where we realize that there is a whole body of theological understanding which has escaped us. A deeper level of understanding which we have not yet explored. Sometimes when we have these revelations, we develop what I call a theological itch....
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