Exodus
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Pastor Rick Duncan God’s aim for our salvation is that we actually become like Jesus (Romans 8:29). C.S Lewis wrote, “The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that. all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself are simply…
As we kick off a new year of growing in our walk with Jesus, we invite you to jump into one of our Bible Reading plans! We’re offering two options in 2024. They are both great Self-Feeder resources for you and your entire family. Option 1: The Bible Project.This option allows you to read through…
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Pastor Joe Valenti Proverbs 18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. We don’t need to own a weapon or take MMA classes to be dangerous to our fellow man. Our weapons are always readily available and we’ve gotten quite adept at using…
Pastor Josh Stone Exodus 20:15 and Matthew 6:19-24 - The Eighth Commandment Exodus 20:15 - What does the Commandment Prohibit Thou Shalt Not Steal. The prohibition of stealing – taking what is lawfully not yours - is foundational for any society to exist. New City Catechism: What does God require in the eight commandment? “That…
Pastor Rick Duncan Sin will take you further than you want to go and cost you more than you want to pay. Today, we’re examining the 7th Commandment. In the process, we’ll explore three truths… God’s design for sex is good. Our experience of sex is broken. God restores the goodness of sex through the…
Ministry Associate Josh Hamm Today\'s Main Idea: We honor God by honoring those who represent God’s authority to us, and firstly, that’s mom and dad. The 5th commandment sits at the gateway into the second half of the commandments. It causes us to examine our valuation of the most foundational human relationship: which is you…
On Self-defense https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/erik-raymond/should-christians-defend-themselves/ On Capital Punishment https://www.prisonfellowship.org/resources/advocacy/sentencing/the-death-penalty/ On Just War https://www.gotquestions.org/just-war-theory.html On Killing. Are there exceptions? https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/killing-are-there-exceptions/ On the killing of the Canaanites https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/how-could-god-command-genocide-in-the-old-testament-2/ https://www.gotquestions.org/Canaanites-extermination.html CVC’s Essential Beliefs on Cultural Issues https://cvconline.org/about-us/what-we-believe/
Pastor Rick Duncan We have to be careful how we talk about pastors and politicians, coaches and teachers, family and friends. We can be filled with pride and self-righteousness. When that happens, our attitudes and actions can become murderous. Then, we’re guilty – according to Jesus – of breaking the 6th Commandment. You shall not…
Pastor Joe Valenti What would you do with another day in the week? Do you have a hundred exciting things and restful things and restorative things that you can think of? Or....would you fill it up with the same stuff that the other days are filled with - because....well - there’s never enough time. The…
Pastor Rick Duncan God’s name. What is it? We learned it earlier in our study of Exodus. We are in Exodus 20. This one named YHWH – the LORD, the I Am – has brought the people out from slavery, and brought them through the Red Sea on dry land, and destroyed their enemies, and…
The theologian John Calvin once famously said, “The heart is an idol factory.” Something gets us out of bed in the morning and gets us going. Money, jobs, kids, hobbies, comfort, happiness, and the list goes on. Everyone is driven by something. Everyone has an idol. What are idols? Idols are anything more important to…
Pastor Rick Duncan For the next several weeks, we’re going to be looking at the 10 Commandments. We don’t have the 10 Commandments because God takes some kind of twisted pleasure in watching us struggle to obey. We don’t have the 10 Commandments because God‘s trying to make robots out of us. We have the…
Pastor Rick Duncan Introducing the Ten Commandments and covering Commandments #1 and #2 The Westminster Confession and catechisms were penned in the 1640’s. It was a dynamic and complex period of British history. King Charles I and his royalist army were at war with the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell. Amidst the bloody civil…
Pastor Joe Valenti Are you prepared to meet God? We know that nothing in God’s Word is unimportant, so even scene changes have important information in them. Let’s read with a careful eye. Exodus 19:1-2 What is important here? → WILDERNESS. Recall what God had told Moses in Exodus 3:8 - \"and I have come down…
