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CFLM SermonsDivision of LaborDiscover God's Plan for Teamwork in Ministry! Are you feeling overwhelmed trying to do it all? Join us for an inspiring sermon on "Division of Labor" from Acts 15:36-16:15, where we explore how God uses our unique gifts to multiply His Kingdom's impact! Using the relatable analogy of a crowded kitchen, Pastor Ben Walker unpacks how Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, and Lydia each played vital roles in spreading the Gospel. From navigating sharp disagreements to embracing new teams and bold hospitality, this message reveals how division of vision can lead to multiplied labor. Learn why the whole is greater than...
2025-07-2057 min
CFLM SermonsSimplicityLife is complex, life is difficult, life is cluttered... but does it have to be? This week we begin investigating the outward disciplines by looking at what the scripture has to say about simplicity, and then considering how to put this discipline into practice.
2024-04-0750 min
CFLM SermonsEmblematicChristianity is full of symbols. Emblems that bring forth ideas and instruction each time we look at them. During this year we are focusing on Christian discipleship and have brought forth three emblems (three symbols) to help us understand the role of a disciple. Join us as we process the death and resurrection of Christ by examining the crown, the nail, and the gears.
2024-03-3149 min
CFLM SermonsA Disciple StudiesWhen it comes to the spiritual disciplines; study of the Bible features prominently in most of our minds. There’s no question that Bible study bears fruit, and yet it’s so easily neglected. Join us as we discuss what’s so special about the Bible and talk about practical methods for beginning the discipline of study.
2024-03-2450 min
CFLM SermonsA Disciple BuffetsAs we consider the discipline of fasting we can liken it to the garden
tiller. It pierces. It
disrupts. It uproots. It tears apart. It exposes. It breaks up what has grown hard and
compact not to destroy, but to prepare the ground to sustain something new, something
growing, something good and fruitful. Join us as we turn ou
r attention to this often dreaded
tool.
2024-03-1750 min
CFLM SermonsA Disciple PraysLike breathing out and in functions for the flesh, so meditation and prayer function for the spirit! Join us as we address some prayer pitfalls and learn to use Jesus’ prayer prototype as a template for structuring our daily interactions with God.
2024-03-1054 min
CFLM SermonsA Disciple MeditatesAre you capable of being still, slowing down, and becoming aware of God’s presence? If you reach that state, what ought you do next? In this message we will discuss practical preparation and methods for implementing Christian meditation.
2024-03-031h 01
CFLM SermonsWhat Am I a Disciple?Imagine you’re asked the question “When am I a Disciple?” You might respond by trying to qualify the question by pinning down what a person means by “when?” Asking “when” the questioner may be seeking: “at what point? Or how often? Or how long?” This week we’ll attempt to answer all three.
2024-02-2550 min
CFLM SermonsKeep CommandsJesus makes a big to-do on numerous occasions about the importance of obeying his commands. What does this obedience entail and what does it look like in the life of a believer?
2024-02-1836 min
CFLM SermonsDeny Stuff1st John 2:15 tells us to not love the world. But doesn't "the world" mean basically everything? Who is John talking to and what is he talking about?
2024-02-1159 min
CFLM SermonsDeny SelfJesus told his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me" (Lk. 9:23) Perhaps you’ve read that and wondered, “What have I gotten myself into?” Join us to find out!
2024-02-0446 min
CFLM SermonsDisciple or ChristianIt seems like the call to discipleship is asking a lot! What if I only want to be a regular Christian? Join us as we examine the full scope of commitment-level options afforded to a follower of Jesus.
2024-01-2850 min
CFLM SermonsMaking the Appeal Through UsWhat must every Rabbi have in order to be a Rabbi? Students! Disciples! This week we continue our series “Why Discipleship” by beginning to unpack the role and function of a disciple.
2024-01-2153 min
CFLM SermonsJesus as RabbiJesus is referenced as Rabbi numerous times in the New Testament, but what does that term mean and what relevance does it have to a modern Christian? Join us as we investigate the role of itinerate Rabbi, and its relevance to our relationship to the Christ.
2024-01-1458 min
CFLM SermonsLooking Back and Looking AheadIt’s time once again for our look back at what we’ve studied during 2023 and our look ahead to what we’ll be studying in 2024. Join us as we pivot to a new year!
2024-01-0753 min
CFLM SermonsCalling the DoubterThis is the ninth and final week of our series looking at lives interrupted, people called by God or at times re-called by God. As we wrap up we turn to the book of Hebrews to consider not an individual, but a community of believers plagued by doubt, tempted to turn back to their old way of life rather than endure imminent persecution.
2023-12-3150 min
CFLM SermonsThe Calling of a NobodyWhat makes a person special in God’s sight? What makes someone worthy of calling? This week we’ll look at the calling of someone with very little in the way of ambition… a veritable nobody whose story becomes one of the most compelling in the history of the world. Join us as we discuss Mary the mother of Jesus and the calling of a “nobody.”
2023-12-2450 min
Math and Other ThingsTop 10 Math (and Other Things) in 2023 with Ryan FlessnerIn this episode Ryan Flessner and I recap our favorite math (and other things) moments of 2023. We talk about people who inspired us, products that inspired us, and it was a lovely time to sit and reflect about our year and realize how incredibly grateful we are to do the work we do and continue to learn side by side with so many different educators. It was a really good year. Tons of math and tons of other things in this jam packed episode! Special thank you to all those listed below who contributed to our incredible year!
2023-12-2145 min
CFLM SermonsCalling of an EnemySome of the greatest figures in Christian history started out as openly antagonistic to the Christian position. This week we’ll be looking at the calling of one such “enemy” as a young man named Saul hears from God and all of human history pivots (Acts 9).
2023-12-171h 01
CFLM SermonsCalling of an AcademicIf you were able to watch a dialogue between one human and God, what human would you want to see conducting that interview? In the third chapter of John, Jesus has a clandestine meeting with one of the most brilliant and well-respected leaders of the Jewish people. The perfect person to interview this person claiming to be Messiah. What follows is the calling of an academic, an elaborate tapestry of mysteries hidden and revealed, and an invitation beyond this academic: a calling for the audience that is listening in!
2023-12-1050 min
CFLM SermonsCalling an Embittered SoulWhen Jesus was asked to perform miracles (signs), he stated that no sign would be given to such a generation except the sign of Jonah. But what is the sign of Jonah? If you’ve ever said “no” to God, if you’ve ever failed to do what God said, if you’ve ever been bitter that God’s mercy is being extended to those you think deserve God’s wrath: well, this is a calling you need to hear.
2023-12-0316 min
CFLM SermonsCalling of a CowardFear is powerful. And the most powerful fear is the one that dominates your thinking and behavior. Fear might lead to cowardice, or ironically it can lead to bravery. This week we’ll examine God’s calling of a coward, and the ironic solution to cowardice: the right kind of fear.
2023-11-2650 min
CFLM SermonsCalling of an OutcastEver found yourself in a group or situation where you were hiding and longing to be seen at the same time? An outcast, out of place and without hope of connection? How many of our biggest failures and regrets were done in the name of belonging, of fitting in, of being affirmed and recognized, of finally being seen? Join us as we consider who Jesus interrupts the lives of those on the fringe of society.
2023-11-1953 min
CFLM SermonsCalling the Comfortable: FishermanFor many people the whole purpose of life is to remain as comfortable and safe as you can be for the whole of your existence. Letting Jesus into your life will mess with your ambitions of comfort. Join us as we learn this truth from some first-century fishermen who changed the world.
2023-11-1250 min
CFLM SermonsCalling a ChildAt what point is a human being ready to serve God? This week we examine a prophet of God who gets started rather early in life: Samuel. Join us as we examine the calling of a child.
2023-11-051h 02
CFLM SermonsEnd of ExileThis week we conclude the book of Jeremiah by examining the siege, the aftermath, and God’s judgment of nations. A picture that has bearing in the modern era.
2023-10-291h 06
CFLM SermonsEscaping the ExileHow do we escape this predicament? Well, there’s God’s way forward and then there are the machinations of man. History is going somewhere, and the One who is already there has a word for those who will listen about a future exodus.
2023-10-2258 min
CFLM SermonsEnduring ExileReturning to the book of Jeremiah we shall contend with a difficult but ultimately beautiful, glorious, and encouraging truth, a timeless truth for all those chosen of God, an enduring truth in exile, in a conquered land - God has planned good for us. And that good includes suffering. Join us as we dive into Jeremiah 29.
2023-10-1552 min
CFLM SermonsEntering ExileOne of the best ways to understand the rise or fall of a nation and one of the best means of viewing your own spiritual walk, comes to us from an illustration of clay. Join us as we hear from God through Jeremiah about pottery and garbage heaps (Jer 18-20).
2023-10-0858 min
CFLM SermonsExile of GodWhat happens when a nation tries to get rid of God? What does it look like for those rebelling and what is it like for the faithful person in the midst of such a nation? Join us as we navigate this question while examining Jeremiah 13-17.
2023-10-0153 min
CFLM SermonsEscaping the ExileSo God has given a message of impending judgment to His people, but God tells Jeremiah the prophet to offer the people worshipping in the temple a way of escaping being taken into exile… they only have to do what God has been telling them to do all along. Listen to this word to the religious about sacred practices and sacred places.
2023-09-2458 min
CFLM SermonsMessage of Exile - RepentMessages that are hard to hear are often hard for the person who has to say them as well. This week we hear the painful message that Jeremiah is charged with bringing to the people: the opening arguments in why the Jewish people and Jerusalem itself are about to fall.
2023-09-1753 min
CFLM SermonsMessenger of ExileProphets receive a direct word from God and then are obliged to speak that word regardless of consequences. We often feel detached from such people, as though they were folk heroes who exhibited impossible faith. But we have far more in common with them than you might realize. This week we gather to see how the call of Jeremiah mirrors our own significant Kingdom call.
2023-09-1054 min
CFLM SermonsWho's to Blame?Corrupt leadership. Higher taxes in times of scarcity. Bodily mutilation and sexual revolutions. A misplaced hope in tradition. Foreign powers growing stronger and waiting for internal collapse. God’s word lost and forgotten. With that summary of the book of Jeremiah out of the way, join us over the next nine weeks as we walk with the weeping prophet, considering how we relate to and endure our culture.
2023-09-0350 min
CFLM SermonsThe SpiritWhat is the nature and function of the Holy Spirit? Can you describe who He his and what He’s about? Join us this week as we conclude our series on The Trinity by focusing on the person of the Holy Spirit.
2023-08-2755 min
CFLM SermonsThe SonIt has been said, “It’s now what you know, it’s who you know.” As we continue our study of the trinity we see there’s a lot of truth to that old saying. Mediators can transform strangers into friends, enemies into family. We’ve considered the doctrine of the Trinity as well as the Father, but we cannot come to the Father except through the Son. Join us as we consider how we relate to and through Jesus, the Son.
2023-08-2057 min
CFLM SermonsThe FatherChristians often think nothing of addressing God as “Father,” but do you realize how much of a privilege it is to have that sort of relationship with the King of the universe? Join us as we give thought to how the institution of “fatherhood” was enacted by God to teach us about relating to Him.
2023-08-1350 min
CFLM SermonsThe TrinityThe doctrine (teaching) of the trinity is in many ways central to Christianity, but is at the same time one of the least understood pieces of theology in Christendom. How does God relate to God? It may sound like a strange question, but you’ve been invited into that relationship! Join us as we begin our series by getting an overview of the doctrine and its Biblical foundations.
2023-08-0651 min
CFLM SermonsRaceOur world’s attempts at racial reconciliation are incomplete at best, Satanic at worst. Either the Gospel is true and every tribe, tongue and nation will bow together before Jesus or it’s not and we will remain divided and cut off from one another. There is no other way. Join us this week as we consider how we’ve been brought near in spite of all the world’s attempts to rebuild a barrier Jesus destroyed.
2023-07-3050 min
CFLM SermonsTechnologyOur world tends to speak of technology in exclusively positive terms. Progress. Growth. Development. And yet, many of the values of our technological condition are at odds with the very character of God. How is the Christian to balance the many rewards of technology with it’s many risks? Join us this week as we tackle the fortress of technology.
2023-07-2355 min
CFLM SermonsSexualityThe sexual ethics of Christianity set the church squarely at odds with the culture. Beyond culture, the individual often has sexual proclivities and commitments that are at odds with God’s prescriptive paradigm. How does a disciple of Christ wage war against such opposition? Join us as we address dividing and conquering the fortress of fornication.
2023-07-1657 min
CFLM SermonsApathyThe enemy of humanity has a goal for you: a plan that at least in part is aimed at “nothing.” More specifically a strategy that has you doing-nothing. Join us as we gather to discuss just how dangerous nothing can be.
2023-07-0954 min
CFLM SermonsSelf-SufficiencyIs self-sufficiency an impediment to a meaningful relationship with God? Depends on the degree to which it is delusional. Join us as we examine what God says regarding the issue of human dependence and how it impacts our relationship with God.
2023-07-0235 min
CFLM SermonsNo CovettingThe Tenth and final commandment reveals the kind of obedience all the commandments have been after – an obedience from the heart. Serving as a bridge between the old and new covenants, in the command not to covet we see God has always been shaping hearts that desire and obey Him. This week we consider how your response to this command is a matter of life and death.
2023-06-2557 min
CFLM SermonsNo False WitnessTell the truth at all times and in every way. Isn’t that what the commandment to bear false witness means? It turns out the commandment doesn’t really say that and for good reason. This week we consider what the command means and how a shrewd person must navigate truth telling.
2023-06-1854 min
CFLM SermonsNo StealingTaking that which you didn’t earn or which doesn’t belong to you is stealing. The eighth of the ten commandments is easily and often transgressed. Join us as we examine the practice and relationship implications of theft.
2023-06-1149 min
CFLM SermonsNo AdulteryMarriage is not a product of humanity, but a plan of God. What happens when this divine covenant is broken by infidelity? Join us for a frank discussion of adultery, it’s impact, and healing in the aftermath.
2023-06-0456 min
CFLM SermonsNo MurderIf we were to list the worst sins a person could commit, murder would likely be near the top of most people’s list. The sixth commandment strictly forbids unjust killing, and this week we gather to discuss the far reaching social, national, individual, and deeply-spiritual results of murder.
2023-05-2849 min
CFLM SermonsHonor Your Father and MotherThe fifth commandment turns our attention to the relationship between parents and children. And the directive comes not to parents, but rather to children. Join us as we examine God’s plan for the household: a plan that begins with the family’s subordinate members.
2023-05-2157 min
CFLM SermonsSabbathThe human relationship to work is a complex one. Too much or not enough is detrimental not just to an individual but to every relationship that an individual is involved in. In this week’s sermon, we study this firth directive which instructs God’s people to observe a mandatory cycle of work and rest.
2023-05-1457 min
CFLM SermonsName In VainThe third of the ten commandments comes with the most dire warning of reprimand in the whole batch. And yet it remains the most broadly misunderstood of all the commandments. This week we’ll attempt to bring clarity to this very important directive from God and why the believer must take it very seriously.
2023-05-0750 min
CFLM SermonsNo IdolsIdolatry is forbidden. Historically monotheists knew what that meant, but modern Christians sometimes have difficulty discerning what idolatry looks like in the present era. This week we set out to give clarity to the history and current incarnations of idolatry as we dive into the second of the ten commandments.
2023-04-3050 min
CFLM SermonsNo Other GodsWhat makes a law binding? What makes law more than words and instead moves it into the realm of being a regulation that cannot be ignored? The ten commandments begins with a statement that performs this very function. Join us this week as we begin studying the first of the ten commandments. (Exo 20:1-3)
2023-04-2350 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the VineOf all Jesus’ I AM statements, this one is the most intimate, the most exclusive; Jesus can only be known as the true vine by true disciples. This week we’ll join Jesus and the disciples on their walk from the upper room to the garden of Gethsemane to hear Jesus’ final I AM statement, taught hours before His death (John 15).
2023-04-1654 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the ResurrectionYou have a problem known as mortality: you and everyone you know will die. This week we’ll listen as Jesus forces this problem out into the open, so that he can introduce himself as the solution to our mortality problem. Jesus wants us to relate to him as “The Resurrection and The Life” (John 11).
2023-04-0951 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the Way, the Truth, and the LifeIn John chapter 14 Jesus is speaking to his disciples at one of the most dejected and grief-filled moments of their lives. Join us as we see how the name he gives his disciples can transform the trajectory of the most despondent of us even to this day.
2023-04-0242 min
CFLM SermonsZimbabwe UpdateDenford from African Development Mission trust gives a fantastic update of work in Zimbabwe.
2023-03-2650 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the Door and the Good ShepherdWe continue our series on the “I Am” statements of Jesus by focusing on a singularly vital portal… a gate: and this gate, strangely enough, has everything to do with sheep. This week we will again let Jesus instruct us on how to relate to him, by hearing his self-identification as “the gate” and “the good shepherd.”
2023-03-1950 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the Light of the WorldAt the Feast of Booths Jesus illuminated the masses who were present that all the festivities were all about HIM. How do we relate with the “Light of the World?” Join us as we delve into that and more of Jesus’ teachings at the Temple mount in John 7-9.
2023-03-1252 min
CFLM SermonsI Am the Bread of LifeWhat is bread? And why is it relevant as a metaphor for how we relate to Jesus? Join us as we investigate Jesus’ claim to the “The Bread of Life” in John chapter 6.
2023-03-0550 min
CFLM SermonsChristian to NonWhen it comes to relating to non-believers, Christians often have radically different ideas about how those relationships are supposed to go. Do we blend in or stand out? Freely engage with them, or insulate ourselves from them? Should we try to make them comfortable, or uncomfortable? Join us as we seek to answer the question of how a Christ follower ought to be relating to those outside of the faith?
2023-02-2651 min
CFLM SermonsHusband and WifeMarriage has always contained elements of beauty and mystery for it’s not about the husband and wife but whom they represent. Agur, son of Jakeh, reflects, “There are three things which are too wonderful for me, four which I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid” (Prov. 30:18-19). Join us this week as the ponder the mystery of marriage and the divine directives our God has given to all...
2023-02-1954 min
CFLM SermonsChildren and ParentsWhether brought up in a home centered on Christ or in a family apart from God all have been shaped and impacted by parent-child relationships. From parenting principles to the duties of children Scripture provides both practical pointers as well as rich and challenging truths. Whether you view family with dread or delight, join us as we discuss the parent-child relationship and how it applies to everyone in the church.
2023-02-1250 min
CFLM SermonsYou and the ChurchThe relationship between you and the church is eternal, it is commanded by God, and this relationship will inform and direct all other human relationships you have in this life. Your relationship to the church of Jesus Christ is extremely important and without getting this one right, all other relationships you have will suffer. Join us as we discuss “You and the Church.”
2023-02-0554 min
CFLM SermonsLong SufferingEveryone experiences suffering, trials, stress, and turmoil. It’s how we respond to these ordinary events that really demonstrates whether our beliefs are more than mere concepts. God has demonstrated in His character a response to trials that should define every Christian relationship: Long-suffering. Join us this week as we explain and work to embody this relationship virtue.
2023-01-2954 min
CFLM SermonsForgivenessWhen it comes to the world’s solutions to conflict the tool of choice is the sledgehammer, an implement of destruction. Meanwhile, the Scriptures present an entirely different way to address pain and conflict. We continue our series on relationship tools by discussing forgiveness – what it is (and is not) as well as how to practice it on a daily basis.
2023-01-1557 min
CFLM SermonsIdentityWhat’s the one thing which is present in all your bad relationships? That’s right! You are! We begin our series on relationship tools by discussing how your identity (who you are) needs to be addressed before any other relationship can be fixed.
2023-01-0844 min
CFLM SermonsLooking Back and Looking AheadThis week we begin a new year, and I wanted to try something novel with our message this week. I want to re-member 2022: I’d like for us to revisit some of what we studied over the course of the year, and then I’d like to look ahead to what we’re going to be studying in 2023. We’ll also be discussing some exciting plans for this year, so you’ll want to join us for this gathering as we start the year with remembrance and anticipation: Looking back and looking ahead!
2023-01-0153 min
CFLM SermonsThe Silence of GodWhy doesn’t God make Himself more obvious? If He genuinely wants us to believe, then why remain hidden? Join us as we address this final message of the year on dealing with common objection to the existence of God.
2022-12-2550 min
CFLM SermonsThe Problem of EvilIf anyone could object to God because of evil and suffering it was Job. In a single day he not only lost his possessions, but his honor, dignity, and children. Friends came to comfort but were of no help – how would God vindicate Job? How would God make sense of Job’s suffering? Why did God let such evil come upon a “blameless, righteous man?” Pain, evil, and suffering prompt the same questions in our own hearts. As we shall see, our God does not shy away from this subject. He enters into it.
2022-12-1851 min
CFLM SermonsMorality of Hell“A loving God wouldn’t send someone to hell, would he?” “Eternal punishment for a finite crime is unjust!” “Hell is just a scare tactic Christians use to control others.” Join us as we tackle these objections and more as we consider the morality of hell and the character of God.
2022-12-1156 min
CFLM SermonsBelief in God is IrrationalMany people dismiss belief in God as unreasonable or irrational, but what do they mean when they say that? Is this a valid criticism? Join us as we dissect the criticism and give some answers as well as scriptural perspective.
2022-12-0450 min
CFLM SermonsPrayer of FaithScripture encourages us to pray boldly, knowing, “the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.” And yet, each of us could bold prayers that have gone unanswered. This week we’ll gather to wrestle with prayer of faith, considering how to have faith in God even when we don’t see answers to our cries.
2022-11-2755 min
CFLM SermonsPrayers of ThanksGratitude is becoming a rare commodity. We sometimes view such thanklessness as simply being rude, but the scriptures seem to indicate that it often rises to the level of sin. How much more so when our interactions with God lack gratitude? This week we’ll gather to focus on making certain that prayers of gratitude are a regular part of our daily regimen.
2022-11-2050 min
CFLM SermonsCorporate PrayerWe know that the scriptures have us frequently in prayer, but have you noticed how often those prayers happen in groups? Why might God want us to pray collectively? Join us this week as we discuss the Biblical imperative to pray together.
2022-11-1350 min
CFLM SermonsPrayer IntercessionWhen we think prayer, we generally understand it as “asking God for something”. And when we ask God for things we generally assume the answer is “nope”. Why is this? Could it be that we’re doing it wrong? Join us this week as we consider what it means to intercede in prayer.
2022-11-0656 min
CFLM SermonsSpurning LiesWhen the majority of a culture including media and governmental institutions are all bent on speaking falsehood and mandating that everyone else join in; how is a Christian to respond? Join us as we conclude our series on Christianity and politics by discussing the Christian’s responsibility to “spurn lies”
2022-10-3050 min
CFLM SermonsPrioritizing Genuine JusticeWhat is a government supposed to do? Seems like a pretty basic question, right? According to God’s description, the prime directive of a government is to institute justice (By justice we mean giving people what they deserve… but what do people deserve?) Join us as we discuss “Prioritizing Genuine Justice.”
2022-10-2349 min
CFLM SermonsPrioritizing LifeWhat is a human life worth? It’s a big question that has tremendous implications in terms of how a government creates policies. Does God’s existence change how we would answer that question? Join us this week as we discuss prioritizing and valuing life.
2022-10-1652 min
CFLM SermonsPrioritizing DialogueWhen it comes to how humans communicate what should be the most important governing principle? Should it be kindness? Should it be inoffensiveness? Perhaps adhering to cultural and governmentally mandated norms? Or should a Disciples of Jesus Christ be willing to toss all of that stuff in favor of truth? Join us this week as we again talk God and politics by discussing Freedom of Speech.
2022-10-0954 min
CFLM SermonsTwo KingdomsScripture presents us with an uncomfortable reality – On the one hand, God hates evil. On the other hand, God uses evil people in wicked governments to accomplish His purposes. Government is His servant, God’s chosen instrument. This week we embark upon a series on faith and politics, pondering the call to be citizens of heaven while also being citizens of the U.S.
2022-10-0245 min
CFLM SermonsRansom and RestorationHosea paints a bleak picture of what happens to humans who defy and rebel against God. It is history and it is warning, but it is also a map to restoration. Hidden in the thick of the prophecy of Hosea is a forecast of redemption and a description of How God will ultimately ransom a rebellious people. This week we close out this series by looking at Hosea 11-14 and discussing God’s prophetic plan to redeem His peo
2022-09-2549 min
CFLM SermonsPunishment PronouncedWhat is the purpose of punishment? Humans certainly have their reasons, but when God punishes a nation what is the purpose? In Hosea chapters 8-10 we’ll read about the punishments that God is going to inflict on the Northern Kingdom and our goal this week is to consider what God’s intends to accomplish.
2022-09-1852 min
CFLM SermonsTransgression RevealedIn our first foray into Hosea we saw how God compared Israel to an adulteress. This week we’ll move ahead in Hosea, as we examine chapters 4-7 where the prophet spells out the transgressions that God finds so repugnant: sins and mindsets that may look all too familiar.
2022-09-1148 min
CFLM SermonsFrom God's PerspectiveWhat does it feel like to be God? A question like that generally focuses on power and knowledge, but how about when it comes to God’s relationship with humans? What is it like for God to experience rejection, ungratefulness, and outright rebellion? Join us as we begin our study of the prophecy of Hosea by seeing ourselves “From God’s Perspective.”
2022-09-041h 00
CFLM SermonsHomecomingKeeping your head in the fight involves remembering that the fight is temporal and that there is something that comes after the fighting. Join us as we wrap up our discussion of spiritual warfare by discussing what we’re fighting for; what we’re hoping for; what we’re heading for: HOME!
2022-08-2847 min
CFLM SermonsDefensive Strategy: Armor of GodIn sending us out to battle God does not send us empty handed. He has given us His own armor as a defense against the Adversary. And yet, when we consider many of those dressed for battle they ended up beheaded, stoned, or crucified. Join us as we consider the armor of God and how it equips us for defense.
2022-08-1444 min
CFLM SermonsOffensive Strategy III: Plans & ProceduresIf spiritual warfare is the work of the church, then we should expect to see it occurring in the book of Acts (the story of the early church). Not only is this battle presented in the book of Acts, but it gives us excellent insight on how to conduct the battle. Join us as we look to the plans and procedures for spiritual battle described in the book of Acts.
2022-08-0749 min
CFLM SermonsOffensive Strategy II: The WordHow does a person conduct spiritual warfare? The unconventional nature of this combat is proven again this week as we discuss our primary weapon in this battle: a living, powerful, decisive, and dangerous text. Join us as we discuss wielding the weapon that is “The Word!”
2022-07-3148 min
CFLM SermonsOffensive Strategy I: Declaring Victory!So what’s the best way to begin a long drawn-out conflict with a powerful and exceedingly dangerous adversary? How about switching sides, then proclaiming victory over your former allegiances? Sound strange? This is precisely what the scriptures describe as our opening offensive strategy in this invisible war.
2022-07-2449 min
CFLM SermonsParticipant Powers - The Angel of the LORDIn the Old Testament we frequently encounter a striking figure – the Angel of the LORD, the malak YHWH. At times he appears as a man and yet as often as he appears those who see him cower in terror in recognition that they have seen God face to face and somehow survived. Is this the pre-incarnate Christ? Is he just an angel? We shall scour the Scriptures together this week in an effort to identify this perplexing participant power in spiritual warfare.
2022-07-1752 min
CFLM SermonsParticipant Powers - DemonsSo what are demons and what do they do? What have the scriptures indicated about these beings and their impact on our lives? These are the questions among many others that we’ll seek to answer in our time together this week as we continue our discussion of the supernatural realm by examining what the scripture teaches regarding “Demons”.
2022-07-101h 03
CFLM SermonsBFFWhen you hear BFF, what do you think of? Best Friends Forever? Well, Jesus actually had a better meaning for BFF - Bring Friends to Faith!
2022-07-0351 min
CFLM SermonsParticipant Powers - Human BeingsThroughout the Scriptures we encounter a spiritual war being waged by awe inspiring and terrifying spiritual entities – angels and watchers, powers and principalities. Behind the material veil there is an adversary, the devil, and God Almighty who reigns on high. This week we gather to consider how human beings – a place where the spiritual and physical worlds intersect – are called to participate in the clash of cosmic warfare.
2022-06-2651 min
CFLM SermonsParticipant Powers - Angels and WatchersWhat do you picture when you think of the word “angel?” Cultural misconceptions and artistic enterprises have typically only muddied the waters regarding what the Bible actually teaches about these entities. Join us as we look at Biblical depictions and mind-bending descriptions of the entities known as The Watchers.
2022-06-1958 min
CFLM SermonsParticipant Powers - The Devil and His AngelsEver heard the phrase: “What you don’t know cannot hurt you”? It’s broadly untrue, as lack of understanding results in a lot of harm. But that phrase is particularly untrue with applied to an entity that has specific designs on destroying your immortal soul. When it comes to the Devil, what you don’t know can cause great harm. This week we gather to learn about what the Bible teaches about the Devil.
2022-06-121h 00CFLM SermonsThe Unseen ArenaWhat is really real, really matters. The question of prime reality is one of the most important questions you will ever answer. All of us answer that question and the answer determines how we think, function, and how we make sense of our world: whether we are perceiving things as they actually-are or whether we are deluded. Are you certain you know what’s really real? Join us as we begin our investigation into the unseen world described in the scriptures.
2022-06-0542 min
CFLM SermonsDependable in DominanceWhat happens when you emerge from a series of disappointments and trials to a place of achievement? How does the testing of the bad times prepare you for faithfulness in the good times? Join us this week we again examine the life of Joseph, and see what it looks like to be ardent in achievement!
2022-05-2955 min
CFLM SermonsArdent in AchievementWhat happens when you emerge from a series of disappointments and trials to a place of achievement? How does the testing of the bad times prepare you for faithfulness in the good times? Join us this week we again examine the life of Joseph, and see what it looks like to be ardent in achievement!
2022-05-2244 min
Solving Temporary Staffing ProblemsA Winning Strategy: Cross Functional Labor Management (CFLM) | Ep. #6Use this strategy to fill all your orders and cut costs. In our sixth episode, learn how to execute CFLM, why to explore this, and the values you should expect from it. We’ve seen companies struggle with dealing with peaks and valleys of fulfillment because there are a lack of skilled individuals and will tell you, IT’S NOT NECESSARY. Train the force you have, backfill the lower positions, and see INCREDIBLE RESULTS.[01:36] – What is CFLM? [04:01] – What this strategy will do for you? Ensure good fulfillment rates, decrease accidents, re...
2020-04-2719 min