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August 20, 2025 by Fred Greco
It may be surprising, but the Bible has a great deal to say about giving, generosity, and the stewardship of the resources that the Lord has given to us. Jesus used wealth, finances, and money to teach truths about the Kingdom of God, grace, and salvation. The Bible is not an investment manual, but God’s Word does state that our view of money is a spiritual matter. Stewardship is ultimately an act of grace (2 Cor. 8:7). This fall at Christ Church, we will spend five Lord's Days looking at what the Bible teaches us about Stewardship. It will not be exhaustive, but it will challenge and encourage us to think about one part of our lives that we are tempted to fence off from God's Word....
January 29, 2020 by | 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.”...
Keep ReadingJanuary 3, 2020 | 1 Comments 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 ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 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. ...
Keep ReadingDecember 25, 2019 | 1 Comments 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. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 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....
Keep ReadingNovember 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....
Keep ReadingNovember 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."...
Keep ReadingNovember 13, 2019 by | Category: 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....
Keep ReadingNovember 12, 2019 by David King | Tags: humility
In his time-honored, classic work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, in one of the many scenes depicted therein, John Bunyan described a conversation which took place between his central character Christian, and one of Christian’s companions in his journey, named Faithful....
Keep ReadingOctober 4, 2019 by David Morris | Tags: Worship, guest, questions
