At CBC, we understand that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. However, God has designed spiritual growth (Sanctification) to necessitate daily spiritual disciplines. The Apostle Paul commanded Timothy to “train yourself for godliness” and Jesus taught his disciples to “take up your cross daily and follow me.” One vital aspect […]
Does Christmas move your heart to worship? We love the traditions, the carols, the time with family and friends, the giving and receiving gifts, and the reading of the Christmas story. But is your heart moved to worship? It is hard to speak of any of the works of God as being more amazing than […]
In Jerry Bridges’ book, The Discipline of Grace, he writes of the necessity to “preach the gospel to yourself.” This has become common vernacular for many Christians as they grow to understand that the gospel is not simply the entrance into the Christian life and the escape from judgment, but the gospel is the very […]
We all recognize that we need to change. Indeed, the Christian life is a life of change. But yet what needs to change, how we change, and how God is working in our lives to bring about that change all gets a bit lost on us. In How People Change, you will be pointed back […]
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 […]