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Oct 30, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
Ruth is a story about how three ordinary people living ordinary lives, choose to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord. The reason their faith, strength, and virtue stand out as extraordinary is because in the days when the judges ruled, all three were
Oct 23, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
Jonah was angry because God acted according to His character. The pouting prophet wanted God to enforce a patent on His grace. Jonah believed some things – like God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness – are too important to share—especially with one
Oct 2, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
Jonah deliberately went the wrong way in order to escape his responsibility as a prophet. But God had any other ideas. You cannot hide from God. Wherever you go, wherever you run, He will find you. He will track you down until you have nowhere left to hid
Sep 25, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
During our study we’ll see how God comes into Jonah’s life both directly and indirectly. We will also discover that Jonah is not exactly a sympathetic character. He is petulant and prickly, peevish and pouting, childish and crabby. He is passionately
Sep 4, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
To believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting, is to confess two things as true. First, we are confessing our belief that God will raise everyone from the dead both those who trusted in Jesus and those who did not. Second, we are con
Aug 21, 2016 6:35 AM America/New_York
If you follow Jesus, if you trust Him as Savior, your faith in Him is based on two things: the promise of the cross and the power of the resurrection. The promise of the cross is best captured by the title of the Puritan John Owen’s majestic study, the
Aug 14, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
The forgiveness of sins is a blessing of God upon His church. It is achieved by the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, by means of which God considers our sin, to be no sin, or, as sin not committed. God forgives our sin so that we might reflect His g
Aug 7, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
So to believe in the communion of the saints is to agree to the importance of a belonging to a community of people who are commtted to loving, serving, and sharing the good news here and around the world (see Christ Chapel’s website: www.christchapelcap
Jul 31, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
We believe the church is holy because God makes its holy by our faith in Jesus. So holiness is both our condition as well as our calling. We are a holy nation called to be holy as God is holy. And although our lives may not always reflect this holiness, w
Jul 24, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
The Holy Spirit has a particular role and a particular set of skills to help Him fulfill His mission. The mission of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. He does this by doing two things at once. The Spirit casts the appropriate amount of
Jul 10, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
Comforting words are most needed during a time of crisis. But sometimes comforting words can be spoken before the crisis happens. This is what happened in John 14. Before He was arrested, Jesus spoke comforting words to His Apostles.
Jul 3, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
The Apostle's Creed is like a map. It may be less real than the Bible, yet it does not diminish its usefulness anymore than the usefulness of a map is diminished by the reality of the terrain it depicts. On its own, the Apostle's Creed has no authority in
Jun 26, 2016 6:30 AM America/New_York
The word “community” has gained in popularity over the past twenty years. And for good reason. Community is an all-purpose word describing a broad group of people with similar interests. What makes the word Community so user-friendly (there’s a thro
Jun 5, 2016 6:45 AM America/New_York
When Fear entered his life, Paul turned to Someone greater than Fear. This is why he wrote with such resolve; why he lived with such abandon; why he lived so fearlessly. You cannot prevent fear from entering your life, but you can prevent it keeping you f
May 29, 2016 6:40 AM America/New_York
When the Bible speaks about faithfulness it’s talking about a commitment to Someone greater than ourselves. Faithfulness is a lifelong commitment to following the Lord Jesus Christ. The source of our faithfulness to Jesus is the faithfulness of God. How
May 24, 2016 5:43 AM America/New_York
When the Bible talks about repentance it refers to a change of heart leading to a change in the direction of one’s life. Repentance requires humility. Both are the result of the work of the Holy Spirit. Until we become followers of Jesus we are going in
May 15, 2016 6:40 AM America/New_York
None of us is born humble. Humility is a learned behavior. To be specific, humility is a uniquely Christian virtue. It is a behavior best learned in the context of a faith-relationship with Jesus Christ and with others who have themselves entered into a f
May 10, 2016 9:15 AM America/New_York
The apostle Paul resolved to press on for the same reason Jesus pressed on and endured the cross scorning its shame: for the joy that was set before Him. For the joy of hearing the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. For the complete, overwhelming, soul-c