Matthew 23:37-3937 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. 38 And now, look, your house is abandoned and desolate. 39 For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the na...  Read More

At CFC, we believe that Marriage Matters because marriage is important to God. We see God instituting marriage as early as Genesis 2, and that theme continues to show up throughout Scripture and reaches its zenith in Revelation 21, the second-to-last chapter in the Bible. Marriage is intended by God to be a place of sacrificial love, covenantal commitment, safety, intimacy, and a relationship that...  Read More

Matthew 24:36-44 describes the suddenness of Christ’s return, comparing it to the days of Noah. Using your knowledge of the flood (Genesis 7), how does God spare Noah and his family from judgment?  How might this account, or the accounts of Lot's family leaving Sodom, the Israelites leaving Egypt, or Rahab's family being secure in Jericho speak to the nature of the rapture of believers?1 Thessalon...  Read More

Why should we consider the "end times?”Effective preaching about 'the last things' may be one of the best ways to help Christians internalize a worldview that puts eternity and this world in their right proportion. -Douglas Moo, Commentary: 2 Peter and Jude, Zondervan, p. 219.If Jesus's resurrection compels us to move forward from His death, the hopeful promise of His return helps us persevere to ...  Read More

We pray that the time we spent in Mark’s Gospel was edifying and led you closer to Jesus –  the Messiah, the Son of God. Dale concluded our series in Mark last Sunday, and he wants you to hear a vision for the series we will begin this Sunday:Many of us have seen the street preacher’s sign: “The End Is Near!” Growing up, I encountered numerous predictions about the world’s end and Christ’s return,...  Read More

Read Mark 16:1-8Compare the way Mark ends his gospel from the way he begins it in chapter 1. Does this help you make sense of the abrupt ending to the gospel?Most of the older Greek manuscripts and early church writings do not list the verses that follow verse eight. Take some time to research this.1.  In verse 1, why do you think Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices...  Read More

Dale did a wonderful job preaching on the crucifixion of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark this past weekend. Here we are, a few days later, remembering our Savior’s death on Good Friday. Friday is “GOOD” because we stand in awe before the cross of Christ—not as a tragic accident of history but as the sovereignly ordained centerpiece of God’s redemptive plan.  We know through God's Word that this didn...  Read More

Mark 15:40-4140 Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph), and Salome. 41 They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there.Mark 15:47-16:1-247 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was l...  Read More

Read Mark 13:1-39We tend to skip over the death of Jesus and rush to the resurrection. Is it essential for you to take this week and sit in the sadness and darkness of this event? How do you mingle the specifics of this event with hope?  Consider that in light of Mark 10:45 and 2 Corinthians 5:21.In verses 1-15, Pilate questions Jesus and offers to release either Jesus or Barabbas. What do you thi...  Read More

1 Corinthians 1:23-2523 So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense. 24 But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.1 Corinthians 1...  Read More

There is a 4-5 year wait list, and we had to cancel in 2020, so you will want to be here for the unique and amazing opportunity we have next Thursday (Maundy Thursday) at 7:00PM in the Worship Center. CFC will be hosting “Christ in the Passover,” a powerful presentation shared by "Jews for Jesus." We will see a demonstration of the link between the Jewish feast of Passover and the Last Supper that...  Read More

Read Mark 13:1-14:26Notice how Jesus is training the apostles for the future. Mark 13:1-13 – Jesus predicts the temple’s destruction and warns of persecution. How do Jesus’ words about the temple’s destruction and the coming trials challenge or reshape the disciples’ expectations about the future? How might these teachings encourage us to trust God in uncertain times? Mark 13:14-23 – The ‘abominat...  Read More