CFC Articles

*Please note that our weekly service will take place at 5:00pm at Rosewood Hall. There will be no morning worship service.* Sermon Title: The Lord's Supper Preaching Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 "Church Matters" is a sermon series in which we will explore five important aspects of our church's worship and practice. Those five topics are worship, baptism, the Lord's...

Sermon Title: Baptism Preaching Passage: Colossians 2:8-15 "Church Matters" is a sermon series in which we will explore five important aspects of our church's worship and practice. Those five topics are worship, baptism, the Lord's Supper, church discipline, and giving. As we explore each of these important subjects, we will go to Scripture to ask ourselves some questi...

Sermon Title: Worship Preaching Passage: John 4:16-26 "Church Matters" is a sermon series in which we will explore five important aspects of our church's worship and practice. Those five topics are worship, baptism, the Lord's Supper, church discipline, and giving. As we explore each of these important subjects, we will go to Scripture to ask ourselves some questions a...

Sermon: "Follow Me" The preaching passage: John 1:35-51 This Sunday we will be completing our study of John 1. Contained in this lengthy chapter are powerful, eternal truths that reveal the glory and the grace of our salvation and, moreover, the glory and grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Our desire is to once more come and behold the wondrous mystery of God coming to...

Sermon: "Sin Bearer, Spirit Baptizer" The preaching passage: John 1:29-34 Though the Advent season is completed, we are continuing our study of the first chapter of John's Gospel for the next two Sundays. Contained in this lengthy chapter are powerful, eternal truths that reveal the glory and the grace of our salvation and, moreover, the glory and grace of our Savior, ...

Sermon: "From His Fullness" The preaching passage: John 1:14-18 During this Advent season and through the new year, we'll be examining the first chapter of John's Gospel. Contained in this lengthy chapter are powerful, eternal truths that reveal the glory and the grace of our salvation and, moreover, the glory and grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Our desire is to onc...

"Come, Thou long expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free / From our fears and sins release us / Let us find our rest in Thee" -Come Thou Long Expected Jesus Rest is a significant idea that is portrayed in both the Old and New Testaments. There are examples of rest from war, rest from work, and so forth. But all of that rest, though in some ways manifested in physica...

"Mild He lays His glory by / Born that man no more may die / Born to raise the sons of earth / Born to give them second birth / Hark! The herald angels sing / 'Glory to the newborn King!'" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing In the above lyrics, it is tempting to speed past that first line without even thinking. After all, this is Christmas, right? Let's get to the birth part, ...

"Truly He taught us to love one another / His law is love and His gospel is peace" -O Holy Night A favorite for Christians around the world, "O Holy Night," derived from the French poem "Cantique De Nol," places the hearer in the setting of Christ's birth as described in the gospel of Luke. The first two stanzas illustrate not only the physical scene, but also the unprec...

"O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
 / Our spirits by Thine advent here
 / Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
 / And death's dark shadows put to flight" -O Come, O Come, Emmanuel The power of sin lies precisely in that it affects the whole person. Sin not only creates an infinite gap between God and man, it also dominates our very way of living. B...