Winter Conference 2012
Join us on Sunday evenings at 5PM from January 29 through April 1 as we welcome visiting pastors and Bible scholars to encourage and challenge our hearts from the Word.
Studying the Book of Matthew
Join us Sunday morning at 11:00 AM as we continue our study of the Gospel of Matthew with Pastor David Crabb.
Join us for Awana!
Join us for AWANA every Wednesday night at 6:30. We have classes for all ages, from kindergarten through high school!
From the Pastor's Blog:
- I can remember being confused by preaching I heard growing up. On one hand, I would hear appeals to trust Christ and exp...
- The issue of race and the church has received a good deal of attention recently, when a church in Kentucky voted to ban ...
- "For this I was born and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth" (John 18:37). "The ...
- Last Sunday we began a series in the Book of Ruth using the English Standard Version (ESV) as our main translation. For ...
- Last Sunday I gave away ten books to anyone that wanted to pick one up under the condition that they would simply get to...
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- Great answer from David Powlison of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. 18685696 ...
- This Friday, a couple from our church - Nathan and Carrie Woods - will fly to Ethiopia to begin the final stages of t...
- Paul David Tripp's parenting seminar "Getting to the Heart of Parenting" is a DVD series (with study guide) that is desi...
- Robbie Low, writing in Touchstone (June 2003), points to an interesting 1994 study in Switzerland about the connection b...
- As we have studied through Colossians 2 together in our Sunday morning services we have seen the reality of our sufficie...
- On Sunday evenings in the month of January I'll be preaching on the topic of texts and translations, answering the quest...
- We are looking forward to a group of men from our church attending the Men's Heart Conference at Northland International...
- In his recent sermon entitled "The Church," Pastor Kevin DeYoung (East Lansing, MI) gives some really helpful suggestion...
- At the heart of the problems in our relationships is self-centeredness. The engine that runs Christ-like relationships i...
- In our study of the book of James we have reached James 4:1-4 which deals with the topic of worldliness. Over the last s...
- Dear Church Family, Yesterday morning we finished our seven week Newcomers Class with a time of question and answer. O...
- In last Sunday's sermon (AM), I mentioned some recent attacks on the deity of Christ, including attacks even on the popu...
- I ran across this article today by Thom Rainer, a long-time pastor who is known for his emphasis on evangelism. It was a...
- This Sunday I will be preaching from James 1:26-27. In verse 26 James says that some people seem to be "religious," but ...
- This Sunday, during the SS hour, I will begin teaching a Newcomers Class. The class is designed to give a grounding in t...
- Christopher Hitchens, perhaps the most famous atheist in the public sphere and best-selling author of the book God is N...
- During this week in which we consider Christ's death and ultimately His resurrection, this is an especially encouraging ...
- But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us Romans 5:8 “I would conclude t...
- I recently read the book Adopted for Life by Russell Moore. I was surprised by how moving and challenging the book was--...
- Someone asked me this question just two weeks ago. It's an important question and we must go to Scripture if we are to h...
- For many years the MacArthur Study Bible has been a wonderful resource for countless Christians. It was the first study ...
- Each month Christian Audio gives away an audio book for free. This month they are giving away two really great books: T...
- I came across these questions yesterday and found them perceptive and challenging: 1. If our church would cease t...
- In our Sunday evening services we have been studying together through the book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism by Mar...
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2010
In our study of the book of James we have reached James 4:1-4 which deals with the topic of worldliness. Over the last several weeks we have done a study of the Scripture's teaching on worldliness looking at the definition of worldliness, what worldliness looks like, and finally how we can overcome worldliness. Yesterday morning I promised to post these questions which are based off the passages we considered together and are designed to help us discern what is worldly.
- Does this activity, thing, or pursuit take my heart away from God?
- Does it sabotage my communion with God and my walk in the Spirit? (Note: this will often differ from person to person depending on our circumstances, past experiences, and particular sin struggles)
- Does it undermine or seek to displace my relationship to Christ as the power of my life? (e.g. a moralistic, external code as opposed to a true-heartfelt worship)
- Does it attempt (is it designed) to do so?
- Does it feed the self-centered, appetite-driven, God-hating part of me called the flesh?
- Does it inflame my desire to disobey God's commands?
- Does it produce pride, contention, immorality, or any other behavior contrary to the love of God and the love of others?
- Does it lure me into obsession with what is earthbound and temporal versus what is heavenly and eternal?
