The Things That Matter – Notes from the CLC Internship
If you were to ask, “What are you most grateful for?” Covenant Life Church would hover at the top of my list. A while ago, I told one of the pastors it was not his preaching (although very edifying) that drew me to the church. It was more subtle things that caught my attention. To […]
Accumulation vs. Distribution – Using Possessions Generously
Christ teaches us in Matthew 6, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” The lure of materialism is blinding. Chasing comfort through a greater income or fancier […]
Ephesians 2:11-12 The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation
Noted international evangelist Billy Graham stated: “Racial and ethnic hostility is the foremost social problem facing our world today.” This startling observation suggests that racism is more than just one of many problems in the world. Rather, it is a major issue and one of global proportions. Such a recognition calls for deliberate and responsible […]
Resource Highlight – Dug Down Deep
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. – 2 Timothy 2:14 Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe and Why It Matters is a book by Joshua Harris, chronicling his own journey towards a deeper understanding and […]
Matthew 6:19-21 The Gospel and My Possessions
The way to die daily, practically, is to hold this world with a very loose hand. Birdlime so much abounds. When a man wins a little gain in this world it sticks to him, holds him, prevents his aspiring to heavenly things and holds him bound to earth. Our dear friends, and our beloved children […]
Member Update – Josh and Kaleigh Bowman
Through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texasssssssss, New Mexico and finally to Arizona we arrived! After 2,100 miles driven and 33 hours in a car conquered, we were ready for Spring Training 2014. It was God’s grace to us, to get us here safely, car-trouble free and marriage intact! We were able to see family and […]
Philippians 4:11-13 – Contentment
Indeed, our afflictions may be heavy, and we cry out, Oh, we cannot bear them, we cannot bear such an affliction. Though you cannot tell how to bear it with your own strength, yet how can you tell what you will do with the strength of Jesus Christ? You say you cannot bear it? So […]
Thoughts on Christian Community
If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another. – 1 John 1:7 How great a joy it is to walk among our fellow Christian brothers and sisters. This is not just a hopeful ideal to consider in our minds, but a reality we must carry […]
Acts 20:1-16 Cooperation in Fulfilling God’s Mission
It is noteworthy that Paul hardly ever travelled alone, and that when he was alone, he expressed his longing for human companionship, for example in Athens and in his final Roman imprisonment. That he favoured team work is specially clear during his missionary journeys. On his first we was accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark […]
