A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by […]
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. And he established them forever […]
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!Praise befits the upright.Psalm 33:1 Portions of Psalm 33 will serve as our call to worship this week. The call to worship is designed so that we hear God call us to respond to who he is and what he has done. Psalm 33 explicitly says that […]
Perhaps you’ve had them knock on your door (those sharply dressed young people with name tags identifying them as elder or sister) to tell you about the true gospel. If so, you’ve encountered missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). With an ever growing LDS population in Grand Junction, we need to understand […]
The book of Hebrews was more than likely a sermon preached, and then written down to be distributed among churches. We don’t know who the author is, but the book is a word of exhortation (13:22), which is what a sermon is. The main argument the preacher is making is for the supremacy of Jesus […]
Our book of the month for July is Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord. Throughout the scriptures we read of the fear of the Lord. Israel was told to fear the Lord and walk in his commandments. We read throughout the wisdom literature that the fear of the […]
At CBC, we emphasize reading and knowing our Bibles. However, could we answer the question, “How did we get the Bibl?” In this book, the authors John Meade and Peter Gurry, retrace the history of both the Old and New Testaments as well as the first English translations. The Lord has promised to preserve His […]
Our book of the month for April is a book of prayers called, The Valley of Vision. This book is a collection of prayers from the English Puritans. Now almost fifty years old, The Valley of Vision has been a treasure to many Christians. In it we find a breadth of language and thought that […]
The doctrine of union with Christ is one of the warmest doctrines a Christian can understand. Union with Christ teaches that all that belongs to Christ, is mine. I am so united to him, that I am united in his death, burial and resurrection (Rom. 6:3-6). My union with Christ means that my life is […]
Forgiveness is at the heart of Christianity, and is to be an essential part of the Christian community, and yet, forgiveness can be very challenging. Too often, we withhold forgiveness and harbor bitterness, wrath, anger and resentment. We fail to see our sin and go to seek forgiveness. In the church and the culture, forgiveness […]