Uncategorized

Deep down inside, most everybody wants to be radically transformed. We all know we need to be made new. We know that we’ll never be truly happy until you we are changing and growing and morphing into a better version of ourselves.

For sure, I don\'t fully understand it. But the command to go into all the world to preach the gospel AND the truths about predestination are both clearly taught in scripture.

After having our friend and guest Rabbi Eric Lakatos to CVC, a few questions have come in related to why God has allowed the Jews to suffer, especially with the Holocaust.  We thought we would get his insight as a Messianic Jew to help provide some understanding.  Here is what Rabbi Eric had to say…

Here are few resources that will help you find out your spiritual gifts and how to seek God to better understand how to best use your gifts.

He will be joining our team from September 2015-August 2016 to be mentored, to learn skills and systems, and to grow spiritually with the goal of eventually planting a church in Maple Heights. Marlon will serve as a part of the Missions team with Rick Duncan.

Being transformed is the process of actually becoming more and more like Jesus Christ.

Jacob and Esau. You can read the story about their Old Testament version of sibling rivalry in Genesis 25 and 27. Most of the time, when we deal with their story, we learn how bad it is for moms and dads to have favorite children or why we shouldn’t cheat and lie in our homes.…

I really believe that the mandate to be constant in prayer is realized in my life when I allow God to inform my circumstances with the truth of who He is and what He’s done. I wrestle with “needs” every day of my life.

  CVCers, how would summarize all the amazing truths we have been learning in the book of Romans? Can you summarize God\'s mercies as they have been revealed chapter by chapter?   I was thinking this through as I prep for a message on Romans 12:1-2. Paul writes,\"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the…

by Rachel Mowers, CVC Youth Intern This post is a continuation of Justice & Wrath (Part 1). RIGHTEOUS WRATH Zechariah also clearly communicates God’s wrath. When the people refused to show the justice God commanded, “. . . great anger came from the LORD of Hosts” (Zechariah7:12 HCSB). One author identifies God’s wrath expressed in…

by Rachel Mowers, CVCYouth intern In this New Testament age the argument is commonly made that the Old Testament is irrelevant and inapplicable. They would also argue that: Since Jesus has already come and fulfilled the Law, Christians are no longer bound by the Law. Since the Old Testament is written under the Law, it…

We are talking about this topic because we want to honor God. We want to make sure that we’re being faithful to present Him as He presents Himself.