Category Archives: Messages
Sunday, July 26, 2009: What Does America Need from the Church? – Part 3/3
CRCF””7-26-09 What Does America Need from the Church? (Part 3) Introduction: “Susie is a good nurse. She is professional, skilled, and tough. If something can take place within the constricted space of a hospital room, she has probably seen it, … Continue reading →
Sunday, July 19, 2009: What does America need from the Church? – Part 2/3
CRCF””7-19-09 What does America need from the Church? Introduction””Adolphus was “a young black man with a wild, angry look in his eye” who began to attend LaSalle Street Church in Chicago. “He had spend some time in Vietnam, and most … Continue reading →
Sunday, July 12, 2009: What Does America Need from the Church? – Part 1/3
CRCF-7-12-09 What Does America Need from the Church? Introduction– Tony Campolo was invited to speak in Honolulu one time and had trouble adjusting to the five-hour time change from Philadelphia. “He wound up wide awake at three o’clock in the … Continue reading →
Sunday, July 5, 2009: “Will we have no special relationships with our family members in heaven?â€
CRCF””7/5/09 Questions of the Heart #8 Introduction– In one of his books, A.M. Hunter, the New Testament scholar, relates the story of a dying man who asked his Christian doctor to tell him something about the place to which he … Continue reading →
Sunday, June 28, 2009: Taking the Treasure to Your World
CRCF””6-28-09 Commissioning Service for Hannah Kelly Taking the Treasure to Your World 2 Corinthians 3:16-4:15 Introduction– Many years ago in St. Louis, a lawyer visited a Christian to transact some business. Before the two parted, his client said to him, … Continue reading →
Sunday, June 21, 2009 Father’s Day
CRCF””6-21-09 Father”™s Day How to Be a Powerhouse to Your Kids Introduction””[Superman Dad slide] When our kids are small, they just naturally think we”™re superman. But it doesn”™t last! It is easier for a father to have children than for … Continue reading →
Sunday, June 14, 2009: “Was Jesus ever temped by sexual sin?”
CRCF””6-14-09 Questions of the Heart #7 Introduction””Video Clip from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man”™s Chest” about temptation”” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc-oDIUU8RY Did you feel the powerful tension of temptation? Captain Jack captures well the essence of temptation and our propensity to give … Continue reading →
Sunday June 7, 2009: “Can a person be a homosexual and a Christian?”
CRCF””6/5/09 Questions of the Heart #6 Introduction VIDEO–(John 8:1ff) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laPFkFnHGlM&feature=player_embedded] Yancey: “ . . . in a brilliant stroke Jesus replaces the two assumed categories, righteous and guilty, with two different categories: sinners who admit and sinners who deny. The … Continue reading →
Sunday, May 31, 2009: “Is there a physical hell right now?”
CRCF””5/31/09 Questions of the Heart #5 Introduction””Clark Pinnock, a Canadian theologian who still calls himself an evangelical, wrote, “I was led to question the traditional belief in everlasting conscious torment because of moral revulsion and broader theological considerations, not first … Continue reading →
Sunday, may 24, 2009: “What do we do with anger practically?â€
CRCF””5-24-09 Questions of the Heart #4 Introduction””We all know what anger is, and we”™ve all felt it. Anger has many different faces. And I don”™t know which of these two are funnier! (Angry Man and Angry Monkey slides). The truth … Continue reading →