Christ Community Church

Do We Need Revival?

Christ Community Church — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:26:23 +0000

A good friend recently sent a devotion written by Spurgeon that talks about revival. In reading it, I was reminded of more writing from Spurgeon on the topic. My heart has been stirred. What do we think of when we say, “We need revival?” What picture comes to mind? When we look at a prosperous [...]

Spurgeon on Islam

Christ Community Church — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:57:02 +0000

We discussed some weeks back how Jesus did not condone the use of force in promoting Christianity (sermon is here). As well, we have been studying the doctrines and beliefs of Islam with the teens on Sunday night. I found this quote from Charles Spurgeon, preached in 1857, to be surprisingly relevant to the intersection [...]

The pattern for discipleship at work

Christ Community Church — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:58:00 +0000

For those of you who don’t get the links through the facebook group, here is a video that exemplifies the principles we were promoting at the annual meeting in June. It is discipleship 101. Notice how the men at the end say, “We’ve never met Dr. Libby, but are thankful for the impact he has [...]

Declaration of Thanksgiving

Christ Community Church — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:56:19 +0000

Over the years I have made it a habit to read the presidential proclamation which set aside the last Thursday of October as a day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens,” as it was declared by Abraham Lincoln 148 years ago. I trust you will be blessed as [...]

The | Status | Tweet | Wall Post | Disconnected World

Christ Community Church — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:58:19 +0000

I am having difficulty explaining this in a short way, but will give it a shot. Forgive me if it is longer than the 140 character limit of a “Twitter Tweet.” Since the 1980s, there has been an onslaught of technological advances that have affected our connection with the world in which we [...]