http://www.cfan.net Living Our Faith Out Loud! Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:01:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As Christians we believe that the Lord speaks to us. We pray, we speak to the Lord and as we read the word he speaks to us. But we believe that the Lord speaks to us in other ways as well. Why would we pray and ask for things if ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/speak-lord-i%e2%80%99m-listening-1-samuel-31-10.html We are saved by grace alone. It was the battle cry of the Reformation. Paul has spent the beginning chapters of Romans making this case. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Every person is without excuse when it comes to the knowledge of God and ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/to-sin-or-not-romans-61-11.html One simple verse, one statement that gives meaning to the gospel story. At the end of eight day, according to Jewish law and tradition Jesus was circumcised. With this first act of obedience he was sealed with the mark of the covenant and was one numbered with the people of ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/he-was-called-jesus-luke-221.html The day has finally come, its Christmas. The hustle and bustle is at its end. It started before Thanksgiving. We call it the holiday season. There are parties through out the season. Plans are made to visit loved ones or to accommodate their visiting you. Houses and apartments are given ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/how-beautiful-upon-the-mountains%e2%80%a6-isaiah-527-10.html We all have the desire to build something. I don’t know about you but I want to be remembered when I am gone. I don’t want to pass through this life only to be forgotten. I don’t want it to be as if I never existed. We are eternal beings. We ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/he-is-among-us-luke-126-38.html This is Advent and we look for the coming of the Savior. Years before the prophet Isaiah wrote, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” And ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/prepare-the-way-mark-11-8.html The king is coming. Mark has no birth narrative. His jumps right into the ministry of Jesus and move rapidly from event to event until he reaches the cross. Yet the anticipation is that the kingdom of God has come among us. As Mark unfolds his gospel story what is ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/the-king-is-coming-mark-111-10.html “The words of this Gospel are in themselves clear and lucid. They have been given both for the comfort and encouragement of believing Christians, and for the warning and terror of others. If perchance, they might be of help to them. While most lessons almost exclusively teach and inculcate faith, ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/does-it-matter-matthew-2531-46.html In today’s text Jesus approaches a subject that no one every wants to address because it is considered off limits and personal: money. We confuse talents here with abilities but Jesus is speaking money. It is believed that what you earn is yours to do with as you please. Your ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/what-are-you-doing-with-god%e2%80%99s-money-matthew-2514-30.html Seeing the crowds Jesus went up on the mountain and when his disciples came to him he taught them. The Beatitudes are a teaching for the disciples. Jesus gathers those closest to him and teaches them what it means to be a disciple. The blessed are those who exemplify what ... http://www.cfan.net/pastors-blog/he-taught-his-disciples-saying%e2%80%a6-matthew-51-12.html