COV LIFE BLOG

1 Peter 1:10-12 – Longing for The Great Salvation That Was Prophesied

Salvation was the theme of the prophets’ study, it was the theme of the Spirit’s inspiration, it was the theme of the apostles’ testimony, and it was the theme of the angels’ interest.  This is so rich, so rich.  And the very fact that the Old Testament prophets were so interested in it, that the […]

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Posted on: September 29, 2016 - 10:00PM

Stand: 1st Peter Sermon Series

All across the world, believers in Jesus Christ are living amid challenges that are confronting both their claims of truthfulness and their willingness to stand against the cultural stream. This hostility which has been prevalent across the globe is now sweeping through our country, and the church finds herself asking complicated, multi-faceted, and difficult questions. […]

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1 Peter 1:6-9 – Reason to Rejoice in the Midst of Suffering

As he opens his letter, Peter gives us a past-present-future summary of God’s redemptive plan, but his interest is really in what God is doing right here, right now between Christ’s first and second comings. Of all of the words that he could use to describe what God is doing now, he selects these three: […]

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Posted on: September 22, 2016 - 10:00PM

1 Peter 1:3-5 – A Living Hope Through the Gospel

For some of you things have been hard and in God’s kindness they will get better. They’ll get a little easier. And for some of you things have been bad and they’ll improve. But for others of us, they may get worse. But no matter where we are in those three categories that’s not where […]

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Posted on: September 15, 2016 - 10:00PM

1 Peter 1:1-2 – Strangers and Exiles On Earth

All those who really have faith in Jesus Christ are ‘strangers’; scattered throughout the world, and dwelling dispersedly in an order of things to which they do not belong, ‘seeking a city which hath foundations.’ The word ‘strangers’ means, originally, persons for a time living in an alien city. And that is the idea that […]

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Posted on: September 8, 2016 - 10:00PM

Ephesians – The Mission of CLC

Seven years ago, two families packed up all their belongings and made the journey from Wake Forest, NC down to Tampa. They moved to Tampa to pour themselves out serving this city for the praise of God’s name until their dying breath. With that singular purpose, it was their desire to start a church in […]

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Posted on: September 1, 2016 - 10:00PM