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This week, we look at the fifth chapter of Mark, where Jesus faces the man with the unclean spirit and people are confronted by the supremacy of Jesus.

This week Jesus calms the storm in Mark 4:35-41 and we look at how our fears influence and affect our faith.

This week we look at multiple parables; the parable of the lamp, the parable of the growing seed, and the parable of the mustard seed.

This week we look at the parable of the sower and discover why knowing the secret of the kingdom of God is necessary to fully understand the parables of Jesus.

This week in Mark 3:20-35, we'll look at the relationship between Jesus and his family and what it means for a kingdom to be divided.

This week in Mark 3:7-19, Jesus appoints his twelve apostles.

This week in Mark 2:23-3:6, Jesus is once again challenged by the Pharisees, this time on the Sabbath. They begin to seek to destroy him.

This week we look at Mark 2:18-22 where Jesus is confronted on the subject of fasting.

This week in Mark 2:13-17, Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners.

Jesus moves through Galilee to preach in the synagogues and to cast out demons. He heals a man with leprosy who spread the news of his healing so that many people came to Jesus.

Jesus goes into Capernaum and begins to speak and teach with authority and the people are astonished and begin to come to him for healing.

In today's passage, John is imprisoned and Jesus enters Galilee and begins to gather his disciples.

In this series through the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is baptized by John and the Holy Spirit descends. The Spirit then sends Jesus to the desert for forty days.

This week we begin a new series in the Gospel of Mark. In the beginning of the first chapter, we will see how the Old Testament prophecies of the coming Messiah come to fruition through the proclamations of John who will “prepare the way.”

This week at CPC we will be studying Proverbs 4:20-27 with a sermon entitled Keeping a Kept Heart and seeing what it means to be attentive to God's word.

In I Samuel 26, King Saul, rejected by God for disobedience, continues his jealousy-fueled murderous pursuit of David. While hiding, David learns that Saul and 3,000 warriors have come to seize him. Identifying Saul's location, David, under the cover of the night sneaks into King Saul's tent, and while here reveals the shocking nature of a Gospel-driven life.

This week we conclude the advent series “The Thrill of Hope” as we look at Luke 1:67-80 and Zechariah's song.

This week is part two in the advent series “The Thrill of Hope” celebrating the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Zechariah and Elizabeth.

This week, we begin a brief advent series as we look to the Gospel of Luke to celebrate the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Zechariah and Elizabeth.

As we close the week of Thanksgiving, we will look at Psalm 138 to discover what it means to give thanks “wholeheartedly.”

This week, we conclude the series in the life of Abraham. As Abraham approaches the end of his life we look back to see how God demonstrated his faithfulness to Abraham and fulfilled his promise and covenant through our savior Jesus Christ.

This Sunday we look at Genesis 24. Isaac is ready for a wife. Abraham sends a servant to find a young women from amongst his kinsmen in Nahor. It was important to Abraham that Isaac's wife be one who shares the same faith and values and faithfulness towards God. We see God's fulfilling the promises made to Abraham.

In this week's sermon, we see how God tested Abraham's obedience and faithfulness by commanding him to take Isaac to the land of Moriah, build an altar, and bind and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Abraham obeys. At the last moment, an angel of the Lord stops him from killing Isaac. When Abraham proves his faithfulness, the Lord spares Isaac and provides a substitute sacrifice. The Lord then confirms the covenant He had previously made with Abraham.

In this week's sermon, we see how God tested Abraham's obedience and faithfulness by commanding him to take Isaac to the land of Moriah, build an altar, and bind and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Abraham obeys. At the last moment, an angel of the Lord stops him from killing Isaac. When Abraham proves his faithfulness, the Lord spares Isaac and provides a substitute sacrifice. The Lord then confirms the covenant He had previously made with Abraham.

In Genesis 21, the long-awaited birth of Isaac, Abraham and Sarah's son arrives. Jealous for her son, Sarah wants Hagar and Abraham's son sent away. Abraham sends them off, assured of God's provision for them. He then makes a covenant with Abimelech and sojourned in the land of the Philistines.

Abraham and Sarah sojourn to Gerar. Abraham again claims Sarah is merely his sister and the king, Abimelech takes her. When God intercedes in a dream, warning the king that Sarah is another man's wife, Abimelech confronts Abraham for his lie which brought condemnation upon Abimelech and his house. When the king returns Sarah to her husband, Abraham prays and God heals Abimelech and his household.

Angels come to Sodom to rescue Lot and his family. So wicked are the men of Sodom that they seek to abuse the angels. Lot and his family escape, with reluctance. His wife turns into salt for looking back as the cities are destroyed. His two daughters, over time, fear their family line will cease unless they take matters into their own hands.

This week, God tells Abraham what he expects of him and what he should command his children to keep the ways of the Lord. God tells Abraham that he will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and Abraham pleads for the lives of the righteous inhabitants of Sodom.

This week, Abraham is hospitable and God tells Abraham that Sarah will have a son within the year.

In this week's passage, God changes Abram's name to Abraham and makes His covenant with Abraham.

In this week's sermon through Genesis 16, we will look at the events surrounding Sarai and her maidservant Hagar.

In this week's sermon through Genesis 15:7-21, we will look at the covenant God made with Abram.

After Abram witnessed God's hand of protection in battle, the Lord comes to Abram in a vision to reassure him of promises made. Abram, having faith in God, feels some distress: He believes in God's promises, and yet the circumstances before him ran antithetical to what God had said would take place. God provides Abram a sign of assurance, and Abram continues in his pilgrim faith. And it is this very faith in the promise-making God Who would bless all nations through his Offspring, namely Jesus, that is reckoned as righteousness to Abram.

The Battle of the Valley of Siddim has been won and the king seizes the people and the goods, including Abram's nephew Lot and his family. This causes Abram to gather his men to rescue Lot and and run off the conquerors. Abram is blessed by the high priest Melchizedek, and takes nothing from the King of Sodom for the rescue other than food which had been eaten.

In this week's sermon, Forks in the Road, we see the beginnings of strife between Abram's and Lot's herdsmen. To prevent strife between them, Abram tells Lot to separate and gives him first choice of land. Lot chooses the well-watered Jordan Valley and settled in the area of Sodom; Abram settles in Canaan. Then the Lord reiterates his promise to Abram, who moves his tent and makes another altar to the Lord.

This Sunday, we'll look at Genesis 12:10-13:4 where Abram essentially makes a mess of things. Famine in the land drove Abram and Sarai to Egypt where her beauty captures the eye of Pharaoh, who takes her for his wife. Determined to lie that Sarai is his sister to preserve his own life, Abram fails to trust in God's promises. When plagues befall the people, Pharaoh rebukes Abram for his lie and sends him and Sarai away where later, Abram calls upon the Lord.

This week, we begin a new series in the Life of Abraham. God called the man Abram to be a great nation, to leave behind everything and to go where he called him to go. We will look at God's promises to Abraham and Abrahams's responses to God's call.

This week we will conclude the two-part series as we look at Acts 6:1-7 and consider the roles and responsibilities of leaders in the church. We will also consider what is the mission of the church and why prayer is preaching are so critical to the mission.

This week we begin a two-part series on Biblical leadership called Workers for Your Joy. In the first sermon, we will look at 1 Peter 5 as we consider the qualifications of leaders in the church and what their responsibilities are in relation to the church and to the Chief Shepherd.

As we wrap up the series in Philippians, the Apostle Paul encourages the Philippine church to be content. He also points out that he had to “learn” to be content no matter his circumstances and that is through the Lord who strengthens. He closes with the reminder that God indeed will supply for their every need “according to His riches in glory in Jesus Christ.”

These five verses in Philippians are popular memory verses for several reasons. First, Paul reminds the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord always, and then he repeats himself. Then he addresses how to deal with anxiety and letting the peace of God guard their hearts and minds instead of worry. Finally, he concludes with the reminder of where their thoughts should be and how with the practice of these things, God's peace will reign.

As we look at Philippians chapter four, we will see how conflicts can cause division and why Paul encourages the Philippians to stand firm. We will look to see how conflicts in our own lives and churches can have a negative impact on how we labor for the gospel and help to build the next generation of believers.