Bearing Our Cross
A very helpful article on the practical applications and meaning of bearing our cross by Chris Castaldo....
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Black Friday
Black Friday. It’s a day where marketers are vying for our attention. The promise of life-changing deals on everything, from clothing to new technology, bombard us from all directions. Companies are desperate for us to spend money on their products. It is out of control. In any case, the good news of Black Friday is that Christmas is not far away. As followers of Jesus, our hope is not based on getting the latest gadget or upon making Christmas “magical” for our children. Instead, our rock solid hope is in the baby that was born in a Jerusalem stable over 2,000 years ago. This Sunday marks the first of the Advent season. Advent means “coming,” and each year during this season we celebrate the first coming of Jesus, as we also anticipate his second coming. We have entitled this year’s advent series “The Light of the World” because we will be spending the weeks leading up to Christmas in the first chapter of John’s gospel, exalting “the true light, which gives light to everyone” (John 1:9). Join us on Sunday as Pastor Jared preaches on John 1:1-5, a truly majestic passage of Scripture. And on this Black Friday, take a moment to fight against the materialism of our age and read John 1. Dwell upon the One who came and dwelt among us. See you on Sunday, Pastor Eric...
How you can pray for Hope Fellowship
Seven things we can pray for from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 for Hope Fellowship....
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We discussed how to Talk to your Kids about the Sermon today in our Adult Community at College Church by Joe Holland. We used it as a jumping off point to talk about how to listen to and gain from the sermons we hear....
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The new song we sang last night by Mike Magnussen, "We are the Body" from Ephesians 4....
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes in Life Together about fellowship and how we must speak God's Word to one another. ...
Keep ReadingJustin Taylor Sermon on Sanctity of Life
Last week in our Sunday morning gathering we looked at Justin Taylor's chapter on Abortion from the new book, Don't Call it A Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day Listen to a sermon that Justin preached on Sanctity of Life Sunday in St. Charles IL at New Covenant Bible Church titled, How Should We Then Live? Abortion, Gospel and God....
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STARS Family services annual fundraiser....
Keep ReadingDownloadable flyers for January 22 Worship Gathering
Download flyers to give to friends and neighbors for our January 22 gathering at the Lombard Community Building....
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From the Crossway.com blog: Practicing Hospitality, Pat Ennis and Lisa Tatlock ...
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If you are like me, you are always looking for something to share with family members who will be gathering for Christmas in order to talk about Jesus and the hope we have in Him. I wrote the following story, "A Question for Christmas"for a group of 3rd grade girls' "Christmas Cocoa" that a wonderful family at College Church hosted on Saturday, December 17, 2010. My desire...
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