by ccpwebteam | Oct 19, 2020 | Monday Study Notes
Tonight we’re meeting in homes throughout the area, but during our regular Monday night meetings, we’re studying through Hebrews 11. Here are the notes for the first study, from a few Monday nights ago. We’re reading Hebrews 11 because we want help for our...
by ccpwebteam | Oct 16, 2020 | Culture
It isn’t news to say that right now there are a lot of people who are offering solutions for everything wrong with the world. Christians, of course, have their own prescriptions–what needs to change, what needs to happen. And, if you haven’t noticed,...
by ccpwebteam | Oct 9, 2020 | Bible Study, Book Recommendations
Dr. Dominick Hernandez is our speaker this year at the Philly Young Adults Conference, and I wanted to recommend his recent book, Proverbs: Pathways to Wisdom. I have several commentaries on Proverbs, but have never really ran across a book like this before. What Dr....
by ccpwebteam | Sep 25, 2020 | Bible Study, Culture, Current Events
You may have heard that, in the years when the New Testament was being written, and beyond, one of the issues Christians faced was the requirement, by the government of Rome, to offer a pinch of incense on an altar dedicated to the deity of the Roman emperor. From one...
by ccpwebteam | Sep 21, 2020 | Spiritual Life
What does it mean when we say that the church is “holy”? I encourage you to press through some of this (kind of thick) language from Thomas Oden, to get to the meat within. The basic idea is this: though the church does not willingly love, tolerate, or...