Welcome to Chapel City Church! During this third week of Advent, we light the candle of joy. Just like hope and peace that we have looked at over the past couple of weeks, joy can be a hard thing to come by. Usually, we settle for happiness that’s based on circumstances that are going the way that we think they should. But we know that real joy means more than that. Joy is the heart’s delighted response to the work […]

This is the second week of Advent, and today we light the candle of peace. We sing songs about peace on earth and goodwill toward men, but we know that real peace is hard to come by. Nations are in conflict, and always have been. There is significant division along so many lines, even within our own country. And, if that wasn’t enough, we are often a people with restless hearts. Peace seems like a distant dream on just about every front. […]

This is the first week of advent, the time when we prepare our hearts to rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. Our lives are pressed and packed. Rest is hard to come by in any season, let alone around the holidays. That’s one reason that these times of worship together are so precious. They are places where we can pause and rejoice in what God has done. Truths that give us eternal life, and transform the way that we live […]

Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we finished the second major warning passage in the Book of Hebrews. The author reminds us that there was a generation that God led out of Egypt that had every proof of his power and love. And yet, they didn’t really know him at all. We were reminded that the same tendency toward unbelief lies in us, and that we should take care to evaluate our hearts. God has promised rest for his […]

Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we began to work through the second warning passage of the book. The author loves the people that he writes to, and wants to make sure that they don’t miss out on the precious promises of God. The generation that left slavery in Egypt headed toward a land of promise, but died in the wilderness because of their hardened, unbelieving hearts. That same warning needs to be heard by every generation. This week […]

Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week Charlie opened up chapter three inviting us to consider Christ. Jesus was presented as being better than Moses, as the builder of the house is worthy of more honor than a servant in the house. But that reference to Moses would immediately move the audience to thinking about a particular time in their shared history. And that consideration of the people who God moved from slavery into the Promised Land forms the background for […]

This week we continue our study through the book of Hebrews. In the first two chapters we have seen Jesus described as “better”… the better prophet, the heir of all things, the very radiance of God’s glory, the One who upholds all things, better than angels, the exact representation of God’s nature. We have been encouraged to pay close attention to the truth of salvation Jesus brings; He humbled Himself and made a way for us to be free from […]

In John 6:63, Jesus proclaims one of the most challenging truths in all of Scripture: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all.” The crowds followed Him because they had eaten the bread that filled their stomachs, but Jesus offered something greater, the true bread from heaven that gives eternal life. In this passage we see the difference between those who seek Him for earthly gain and those who are taught by God, drawn […]

Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we looked at the destiny of humanity. Although we were created to be in fellowship with God and to exercise dominion over His creation, sin marred that design. Instead of dominion, we see death. But while we don’t see victory in being children of Adam, we do see Him. We see Jesus Christ whose death didn’t bring failure and dishonor. His death brought glory and victory. And this week we are going to […]

Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we worked through the first warning passage in the Book of Hebrews. In a general and gentle way, the author reminds us not to drift from the truth that we have heard. The law was good. It accomplished a divine purpose. But you can’t go back to it because something better has come. This week, we pick up with the thought that closed off chapter one. Jesus is better than anything, including angels. […]