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Dear Family at Christ Community, We will conclude our Sacraments Series this Sunday with 1 Corinthians 6:9-20. Fittingly, we will celebrate the Lord's Table as the capstone. In preparation for coming to the table, I want to remind us of the various things we've emphasized to help orient us to Christ. Remember, you have the liberty to emphasize different aspects at diffe...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community,This Sunday we will be in Matthew 5:21-26 where Jesus challenges us to recognize the heart of all religious rites to be reconciliation with both God and one another. In the Sermon on the Mount, He calls for us to recognize that sin not only occurs in our actions but in our heart towards one another; He also calls for us to recognize that ou...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will be in Matthew 26:26-30 where Jesus institutes the Lord's Supper. Cornelis P. Venema captures the heart of the Supper in Children at the Lord's Table? Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion: "The (Lord's Table), which as a visible sign of an invisible grace confirms and strengthens faith in the promises of the gospel, also...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will gather to celebrate Jesus as our King inaugurated in His baptism from Luke 3:15-22 along with God's faithfulness to our church in providing Robby and Matt to serve as Associate Pastors under Christ. As part of our celebration, we will be offered the Lord's Table to help nourish us in offering ourselves up to the service...
Keep ReadingDear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will have the privilege of partaking of the Lord's Table. Because Jesus has given us this means of grace to sustain our faith in Him, it will be a fitting complement to our sermon text from Matthew 28:16-20, which will teach us about the initiatory rite of baptism. While Jesus once-for-all marks us as His own in baptism, He continues...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, We will begin our new series, The Sacraments: Divine Invitations, this Sunday. Through Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 161, 1 Corinthians 3, and the Lord's Table, we will see that the sacraments are made effectual by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. The earthen vessels by which He wisely chooses to declare this Gosp...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will celebrate the Lord's Supper as we conclude our series in Romans with Paul's doxology in 16:25-27. He praises God for being able to use the preaching of the Gospel that appears to so many to be a foolish waste of time to strengthen the Roman saints as they share their faith in word and deed with their diverse neighbors....
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will gather together for worship to celebrate Jesus's Gospel as a beloved community that contributes to one another's growth and service in Christ. Paul details in Romans 16:1-16 many of those in the beloved community in Rome that have contributed to the Gospel's flourishing there and beyond. For each of us, I'm sure we c...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we have been given the Divine invitation to participate in worship which will focus on Romans 15:1-7. As part of our worship, the Lord will offer us nourishment in the Spirit from His table. Consider Charles Spurgeon's description of our condition as we initially came to Jesus by grace alone through faith alone in his Notes...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we are invited to grow in our understanding and experience of God's love for us and our ability to love our siblings in Jesus as we have been loved through His death and resurrection. This invitation includes the opportunity to be nourished by the Lord's Table in this endeavor. As part of our worship, Romans 14:13-19 will en...
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