Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church Sermons
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Esther and God's Sovereignty Over the Nations
Are things out of control? Does chaos reign? Sometimes it feels that way. Look at the financial markets. Look at the political headlines. But don’t forget to look at the Bible and Esther. Things look one way, but are they really as they seem? The headlines suggest one thing. The Scriptures suggest another. As we have seen, Scripture has a lot to say about the nations. Today in the Word we will consider the book of Esther and its message in light of the prophets of Israel and the storyline of the entire Bible. It is our hope that God will use its message to inform our fears.
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Muslims, Christians and Jesus
Carl established and led several ministries around the Arab world for 13 years, while living with his family in Beirut, Lebanon. The focus has been sharing the good news and life changing message of Jesus with Muslim university students, business professionals and political leaders. He has also been used by God to help send many who have dedicated their lives to Jesus Christ to reach the nations. He is the author of “Muslims, Christians and Jesus” published by Bethany House. This book gives every western Christian all they need to engage in productive conversations about faith in a way that’s natural and Christ-centered. Carl now lives in Denver and spends much of his time traveling throughout the Middle East encouraging these friends and others. His goal is to see a total transformation of the Arab Muslim Middle East through the discipling of nations.
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How God Reveals Himself
Why do you ask my name?, the Angel of the Lord replied, it is too wonderful for you to understand. Judges 13:16 As we mentioned last week, the Bible is not simply a book, it is a sacred library with a God-designed unity. Its 66 books were written over 60 generations by 40 authors from all walks of life, and it presents a unified picture of God’s plan and purpose for our world. As we read through the Bible in 90 Days we have that rare privilege of overview. We began by looking at paradise and paradise lost. Last week we looked at the promise of a paradise restored which God made through His covenants. Today in the Word we will focus on the self revelation of God especially as he reveals his name to his people. Who is he? How does He reveal himself over time? What shall we do with His name?
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Paradise Promised - Covenants in the Scriptures
Teachers of Bible study and reading repeatedly stress three things crucial to the art of mining the Scriptures--context, context, and context. Among other things, context involves getting into the heads (the way of life, the thinking patterns, the culture) of the original author and intended recipients of the Scriptural text. Twenty-first century America is a far cry from the ancient Near East of Abraham's day, and for that reason one of the Bible's major unifying themes may elude us. That theme is "covenant." Unlike today, where the idea of covenant is relegated to a few cultural practices (such as marriage), covenant was a central component of society, both on individual and global levels. Therefore, when the early Hebrews read and heard of "covenant" in their Scriptures, they would have given it more than a passing nod (as we so often do). If you search for the term "covenant" throughout the Scriptures, you won't find all that many instances. Yet today we'll learn that this concept is one of the best ways to understand the Bible as one book--a single story, an over-arching meta-narrative. In fact, God's whole plan of fixing this broken world can rightly be summed up in that one word. Today's message may very well reorient your whole perspective of the Bible!
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Paradise Lost: The Drift of People and Nations
The Bible is not simply a book, it is a library - a sacred library, with a stunning God-designed unity. While its 66 books were written over 60 generations by 40 authors on 3 continents from all walks of life, it presents a unified picture of God’s plan and purpose for our world. Its story-line extends from creation to the recreation of a new heaven and earth.  It’s a story that impresses us with its diversity, but also with its unity. As we read through the Bible in 90 Days we have that rare privilege of overview. But we also have questions. How were people saved under the old covenant? What is a covenant? How are we to understand the law? What is the deal with sacrifice? Is God in control? How does he reveal himself?  For some of us this reading is pulling things together, for others it is challenging our view of God. Today in the Word we begin a series of messages focused on some of those big themes of the Bible that tie it all together and take us to Revelation 22. We begin with the beginning - paradise and paradise lost.
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Care for the Community
Today is pledge Sunday. It is a special day when we ask our members and attenders to make a pledge for their giving for the entire year. This pledge is for His glory and the for the Lord’s vision for this church. We have some exciting opportunities before us and have set some ambitious goals. We have asked our congregation to pray about this and make a sacrificial commitment before God for the entire year. May God guide you as you turn in your pledge card. CCPC’s vision is to be an Evangelical Presbyterian Church with an Acts 1.8 impact. We have now completed chapter one of Vision 1.8 and are beginning chapter two based on Acts 2. Our theme for 2009 is also taken from Acts 2, and is Jesus is Lord, as we reflected in our Stewardship Challenge brochure. This sets out the direction for CCPC in the days ahead. After prayer, and much input from the congregation, we have set some new God-sized goals: Grow in Grace and Truth, Build the Body, Raise Kingdom Resources and Care for our Community. We have covered the first three goals and what they mean for us as a church. Today in the Word we come to the last, Care for our Community, and we will be looking at the Great Commandment and the Great Commission
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Raising Kingdom Resources
We are very thankful for the Lord's faithfulness and work at CCPC, especially during the past few years. When we embarked on Vision 1.8 in 2003 we had a hope, but only a hint of what the Lord would do among us. Many of us (600+) are participating in reading The Bible in 90 Days. We just read the account of God's calling Moses to lead His people out of bondage and into the Promised Land. The "vision" was clear, but there were many obstacles to overcome. Some were personal to Moses- As an unproven leader, he was not a good communicator and he had little confidence that he was up to the task. Some of the obstacles were attitudes among the people of Israel - they were very reluctant to undertake what was required to attain a new life. Some of the obstacles were circumstantial. Politically, they were trapped in a system they were powerless to leave. Economically, there was no visible hope of attaining their dreams. God’s plans were not to take the obstacles out of their lives, but to lead them through the obstacles to a better life. As we consider our goal of Raising Kingdom Resources, the Biblical account of God's faithfulness to a people much like us gives us encouragement!
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Body Builder’s
The Apostle Paul makes it very clear in Ephesians 4:11 - 16 that God’s mandate for all believers is to build up the Body of Christ and to equip the saints for the work of ministry. As we will discover in this morning’s message, however, God’s method for accomplishing this is through community - a community that is evidenced in the Trinity and was perpetuated by man being created in God’s image. The force of evil around us is determined to either destroy this community or to offer unsatisfying counterfeits. We see the manifestations of this in the rate of divorce and the breakup of families. We see it on an even larger scale in civil strife and war around the world because Satan hates unity! Today’s message will take us back to God’s original blueprint for personal and corporate growth among His people. You will also be challenged to become part of a small group where, in a large church, you can know and be known by others; where you can be authentic and have some of your deepest needs met through love and prayer; and where you can be accountable together according to God’s standard.
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Grow in Grace and Truth
Our underlying theme for 2009 is “Jesus is Lordâ€. The goal is to be an Evangelical Presbyterian Church with an Acts 1.8 impact. We have now completed chapter one of Vision 1.8. What is involved in chapter two? Today we begin discussing the second act of Vision 1.8, from Acts chapter two, of this very important vision. There are four parts to this vision, the first to be addressed in today’s sermon entitled, Grow in Grace and Truth. The next three parts, Build the Body, Raise Kingdom Resources and Care for our Community will be addressed in the next three weeks by our pastors, and they will share what these mean for us as a church. Pick up a Vision 1:8, Act(s) II brochure to read about where we want to go. After much input from the congregation and spending time in prayer we have set some new God-sized goals for 2009.
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