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by CVC Founding Pastor Rick Duncan Last Sunday, I spoke about coming to Christ to get food for the famished. I had to cut big chunks out of my sermon prep. So, for those of you who might have wanted to hear a little more, here you go! *** We are living in a world…

by CVC Founding Pastor Rick Duncan  Note: This story is also found in Matthew 8:28-34 and Mark 5:1-20. What are the main points of this story? Jesus has authority over oppressive demonic powers that wreak havoc in people’s lives. He frees people from the debilitating effects of demonic activity so they can function in life…

by Ron Dick, CVC Elder As Christians, God calls us to be good managers of all that He has entrusted to us. To describe this calling, we often use one of those words you only hear at church…“stewardship.” But what does that really mean?  The concept in the New Testament that describes and defines what…

by Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan Since last Sunday’s message - the message dealing with the gospel-sowing, leadership-multiplication, and geographic-saturation strategy of Jesus - I’ve had two questions from faithful CVC members regarding assurance of salvation. In the message, I quoted my former pastor, Adrian Rogers, \"It doesn’t matter how much money you give or how…

by CVC Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan The late Charles Shultz, in his Peanuts comic script, created a character, Linus, who is known for always carrying his security blanket. In spite of the grief he gets from his sister, Lucy, he takes great comfort from his blanket. Most of us have our own versions of security…

by CVC Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan Fear not… though the mountains be moved One of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture about overcoming our fear in life is found in Psalm 46. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present[b] help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be…

by Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan \"Fear not!\" \"Do not fear!\" \"Don\'t be afraid!\" You may have heard that \"fear not\" occurs 365 times in the Bible - one for each day of the year. But that\'s just not true. In the New American Standard Bible \"fear not\" occurs 4 times, \"do not fear\" occurs 57…

by CVC Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan A way to remind yourself to fear not... It’s tempting, isn’t it, to take our cues from the news.  These days, the news feeds fear. What we hear from the media is more and more bad news about job losses, cuts in pay, stock market downturns. Sadly, God\'s people…

“And Moses said to the people, ‘Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today... The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent’” (Exodus 14:13a, 14a). The people of God had seen God perform 10 amazing miracles to deliver them from…

by CVC Founding Pastor, Rick Duncan In this past week’s message, Pastor Chad challenged us to not only hear what Jesus says, but to actually do what Jesus says. The one who hears and does not obey is building his house in a wadi. When the floods – trials and troubles in life – come,…

This past Sunday, Pastor Chad asked us to consider several questions to determine whether or not we love money.  Take some time to reflect, talk to God, and consider if this is an area where you need to surrender to the Lord in a greater way. Some personal reflection/assessment questions: Do I have a hard…

by Founding Pastor Rick Duncan As we have been studying the parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke this summer, it’s been eye-opening to me in a new and fresh way that these parables were Jesus’ way of confronting the self-assured, self-righteous, holier-than-thou Pharisees. These stories of Jesus in the book of Luke were…