Dear CBC Family, I would ask for your prayers regarding a unique opportunity that came my way a couple of days ago. I was contacted by a television producer that is filming a series called “Twist of Faith.” This new series, on PBS, is designed to highlight faith in tragic...
Luke 11:13 “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Dear CBC Family, This is a very busy time around the church so I want to mention some things to you so...
Romans 12:18 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” Dear CBC Family, A gathering of fish together is called a school. A group of sheep is called a flock. An assembly of cattle is called a herd. We've got a pack of wolves, a gaggle of geese and a colony...
1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." Dear CBC Family, Encouragement is a decision. Yes, you heard me correctly - we choose to be encouraged or not. Before you throw tomatoes think that through. Discouragement is an emotion...
Matt 9:12 “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” Dear CBC Family, Flu season is in full swing. We have a couple of months left until it begins to subside so be careful out there. The Center for Disease Control estimated that the flu hospitalized hundreds of...
Hebrews 5:9 “Jesus is the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” Dear CBC Family, Imagine, if you will, a ship at sea that needs to be brought safely into harbor. The fog is thick, the seas are rough and the tide is strong. The crew is getting nervous so the captain gets...
Rom 6:22 “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.” Dear CBC friends & family, I often have occasion to discuss the Bible and the historic Christian faith when someone finds...
Romans 6:11 "In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus." Dear CBC family & friends, “Dead to sin and alive to God” Romans 6:11. I have repeated this seven-word phrase in my mind many times since last weekend when it was the text we studied. I...
James 1:17 "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. " Dear CBC family, As I look back on 2019 one thing keeps coming into my mind which is how grateful I am to be a part of such a wonderful church...
Romans 6:1-3 “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?” Dear CBC...