by ccpwebteam | Mar 7, 2017 | Monday Study Notes, Spiritual Life
Last night we looked at the root and core of a struggle common to all of us (in different ways, and at different levels)–Anxiety. Here are the notes from the study: I opened by reading two quotes. The firs was from the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, from his...
by ccpwebteam | Mar 6, 2017 | Spiritual Life
This is a second post to supplement tonight’s study. Tonight we’re going to look at some of the roots of our common battle with anxiety. Back in the beginning of 2015 we took a Monday night to look at some practical ways to fight the battle. I thought the...
by ccpwebteam | Feb 24, 2017 | Monday Study Notes, Spiritual Life
Here’s the notes from Monday Night’s study: Recently I read an article in First Things that seemed to illuminate so much of what we’re going to study here. Here’s an excerpt: Christians, it has been said, “worry about what people are doing in...
by ccpwebteam | Jan 24, 2017 | Spiritual Life
Go ahead and just read this, and then, if you want to, read on below… The Active and Passive Sides of God’s Love From a lecture by Gordon Fee, recounting the morning that he sat in his study to work on 1 Corinthians 13:4 for his commentary: I remember the...
by ccpwebteam | Jan 12, 2017 | Spiritual Life
On Monday we looked at God’s solution to the world’s problems, as it spreads from, and then affects, one person at a time. This is, of course, the Spirit empowered sharing of the message of Jesus to broken people who need it. Here’s a passage from...
by ccpwebteam | Jan 5, 2017 | Bible Study, Spiritual Life
Happy New Year! Here’s a great post from New Testament scholar Tom Schreiner: Why Doesn’t Our Faith Move Mountains? Peter tells us Paul wrote some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet. 3:16). Jesus said some difficult things, too. Twice the Lord told his...