Posts from April 2016

• This may sound odd (it isn’t), but human beings like to be god over God. We have a tendency to conceive and define him in ways that fit our expectations and needs, our fears and obsessions. Think Lewis’s infamous woman in the Great Divorce, “my god is a god of love.” Well, madam, he isn’t your god. But the truth is we all do it. Whether through cherished Scripture…

• As eternal beings for whom Peter describes earthly life as “the time of your exile,” it makes sense for us take the long view of things. Whatever you might accomplish this week, or even this year, is not so important as the overall direction of your life. What are you all about? Where’s this thing going?

Women of CPC, please join us for the Women’s Day of Prayer, a day set aside to join together in corporate prayer. We will pray for our personal and church needs, our cities and nation, the missionaries we support, and the world. Our CPC sister, Susan Dix, will share with us some insights on Romans 12:12 and the importance of prayer. We will also enjoy a brunch…

Join us on Sunday evening, April 17th, for our next Global Church Night. This evening’s discussion will focus on St. Petersburg and the Slavic Reformation Society. The evening will begin at 6:30p in the sanctuary. Because of this, Sunday evening prayer will be cancelled on the 17th.

• In the west, as distractions have increased and discretionary time has decreased, people skip worship. For most of us, all sorts of things qualify as sufficient reasons to skip worship, but worship itself hardly ever qualifies as a reason to skip all those other distractions. Oddly enough, if we were under persecution, those of us who had made the decision to continue…