The Family Series: The Wife—A Helper Suitable
Two million couples a year try their hand at marriage! About half—if not more—will fail. It's even less likely those couples will find fulfilling and enjoyable marriages. Why is this picture so bleak? Is there hope for your marriage? Listen.
The Family Series: Walk Carefully
The commands and standards in the Bible for wives, husbands and families is overwhelming! How can we possibly obey all these commands? How can wives possibly submit to sinful, imperfect husbands? How can husbands possibly love sinful, imperfect wives? How can children possibly obey and honor sinful, imperfect parents? How can parents possibly rear sinful, disobedient children? We all need something crucial that only God can provide.
Four Evidences of Your Love for God
A message preached by CBC Member Paul Lavery from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22. How is love demonstrated? How should it be demonstrated? How does love for God relate to our love for people? And what is the evidences of your love for God? Listen.
The Family Series: A Distinctive Way of Life
In a time when the family is under attack from every conceivable angle and the family seems to be going the way of the dinosaur and the dodo, it is vital for us to have strong families. The family was God's idea so it is best. The family was God's idea so His plan is best. In this series, we'll look at the original blueprint for the family and how it can impact everything from your personal happiness to entire generations.
Great Reward—Practical Benefits from the Old Testament
We've spent more than 40 weeks exploring the Old Testament together and now it's time for us to explore the New Testament. But before we do, let's take one last look at the Old Testament together—to remind ourselves of how important it is for us to know and love the Old Testament.
Five Reasons to Be Encouraged—Romans 8:28-39
A message preached by CBC Member Paul Lavery. Are you going through problems right now? Are you discouraged by the trials you're facing? If you are a Christian, you should be encouraged! Listen to find out why and how.
Easter Sunday—Remove the Stone!
Easter is not just a religious holiday. It's a celebration of the most important past event in human history. And, it's the most relevant event for our present and future as well. There is so much to say about Easter or Resurrection Sunday. In this message, the focus is on three words that capture the heart and soul of what we should know about—and how we should respond to—Easter.
Good Friday—The Darkness of the Cross
Around the world on Good Friday, millions of people remember the brutal execution of Jesus Christ. Many will use some form of the Tenabrae service. Tenabrae is a Latin word that means “darkness”. Typically, seven candles are snuffed out one by one until the room is dark to symbolize the darkness of sin that had apparently won the day when the Christ was executed. The darkness that reigned over Jesus’ followers for three days until He stepped out of the grave and changed everything. Yes, we know what happened at sunrise on Easter Sunday morning. We know this story ends with an empty tomb, but we must not forget where it begins—at the Cross. Listen as we celebrated in a similar way. Nothing mystical. Just symbolism—but hopefully it will remind you of the great sacrifice of Jesus that set us free from sin and delivered us from hell. Listen and remember.
Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi—Behold Your King!
The temple lay in ruins. Of course, people can worship God anywhere with or without a temple, but at that time in history, the temple was the symbol of God's connection with His people. Did a destroyed temple mean a destroyed relationship? No! God told the people to rebuild! Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi—the last three prophets of the Old Testament (the post-exilic prophets)—filled the ears and hearts of the people with God's promises to fill the temple with His glory once again! He also promised that their King would come to them "humble and riding on a donkey"!
Zephaniah, Habakkuk and Joel—Day of the Lord
Think about all the religious noise out there: chanting and praying to dead ancestors or dead "saints". Singing to lifeless idols or created beings. Beating drums in ancient, pagan rituals. Even the screaming at concerts can often be classified as worship—worship of men and women who mezmorize fans with their musical abilities and become the center of the universe for multitudes of people. Cable and satellite television, radio airwaves and internet streaming fill the ears of billions of people with ideas and teachings which question, contradict and even mock the ideas and teachings of the true God of the universe. But, there's nothing new under the sun. Satellite television and internet streaming may be new, but religious noise has always been with us. The prophet Zephaniah—600 years before Christ—commanded the idolaters of his day, "Be silent before the Lord God!" In this message from the series His Story—From Genesis to Revelation, we find that the three 7th Century B.C. prophets, Zephaniah, Habakkuk and Joel provide us with timeless principles and challenges that are relevant to every people, of every religion, in every culture, of every age.
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