CCF Sunday Messages

As we enter the Christmas season, we're looking at the lives of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in a series called "The Gift of Yes." Mary had the choice to respond to the invitation to be part of God's plan--at an inconvenient time and in an inconvenient way (possibly costing her her life). She responded with "let it be to me according to your word", and our response when God calls should be the same--this is the gift of saying "yes" to the right things!

The Christmas season can be a time of stress, anxiety, worry and everything that doesn't sound like "peace"! Pastor Steve took us through Philippians 4, a letter Paul wrote from prison no less, as he tells us to rejoice always and give everything to God in prayer as an antidote to the stress and anxiety that seeks to overtake us.

The Christmas season can be a time of stress, anxiety, worry and everything that doesn't sound like "peace"! Pastor Steve took us through Philippians 4, a letter Paul wrote from prison no less, as he tells us to rejoice always and give everything to God in prayer as an antidote to the stress and anxiety that seeks to overtake us.

Finishing up our brief study through the epistle of 2 Peter, we finish up chapter 3 and the continuing reminder of what it means that judgement is coming, and how it should affect how we live now. Peter ends with a reminder to continuing growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Finishing up our brief study through the epistle of 2 Peter, we finish up chapter 3 and the continuing reminder of what it means that judgement is coming, and how it should affect how we live now. Peter ends with a reminder to continuing growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Starting 2 Peter chapter 3 in our study of this short letter from the apostle Peter--he leaves the topic of false teachers specifically to remind them of the truth of God's future judgement. It is in these first few verses we get our theme for the book of "stirring them up" by way of reminder, and we need to be stirred up to remember what is coming to give us focus for what we need to be doing now!

Starting 2 Peter chapter 3 in our study of this short letter from the apostle Peter--he leaves the topic of false teachers specifically to remind them of the truth of God's future judgement. It is in these first few verses we get our theme for the book of "stirring them up" by way of reminder, and we need to be stirred up to remember what is coming to give us focus for what we need to be doing now!

Pastor Steve finishes up 2 Peter chapter 2 with the continuing description of the false teachers and their methods of seducing unstable and ungrounded young believers by attracting them with the desires and passions of the flesh. This was the very debauchery they had escaped from the world, and they were being enticed back into their old patterns, just as we can be enticed by the world and our old nature.

Pastor Steve finishes up 2 Peter chapter 2 with the continuing description of the false teachers and their methods of seducing unstable and ungrounded young believers by attracting them with the desires and passions of the flesh. This was the very debauchery they had escaped from the world, and they were being enticed back into their old patterns, just as we can be enticed by the world and our old nature.

Pastor Steve covers the next section of 2 Peter chapter 2 as Peter continues describing the depravity of the false teachers that were seeking to draw and entice believers away from the faith.