Ccc Sermons

As we turn to the more mysterious second half of the book of Daniel, Pastor Marc shares about Daniel’s vision of who’s truly in charge. We see dominion taken from terrifying kings and given to Christ. But then we also see rulers continue to harm God’s people until one day, we will share dominion with Christ in a new world.

In this message from Daniel 6, Pastor Larry reminds us that we live under increasing pressure in our culture to keep our religion private, never questioning the validity of anyone else’s faith. To live out our faith in Christ alone, even in a humbly courageous way, invites pressure to conform. Sometimes we live with painful consequences for not fitting in to our current culture. We’re not the first generation to be faced with this. What can we learn from the well-known story of Daniel in the Lions’ Den?

Listen as Pastor Marc preaches from Daniel 5 – a passage that details the fall of Babylon and the judgment of King Belshazzar. Through this text, we see that it’s only in the kingdom of Christ that we will find the security, pleasures, and gifts that we long for.

In this sermon from Daniel 4, Pastor Marc preaches about one of the less commonly known stories from the book of Daniel — the humbling of King Nebuchadnezzar. This prideful king had started to become impressed with the God of the Israelites, but he was still impressed with himself. Listen to hear how God brought him low and how God can teach us the same lesson today: to be truly impressed with God, you must be thoroughly unimpressed with yourself.

In this sermon from Daniel 3, Pastor Larry McCall shares the familiar story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar’s statue. How does this story impact us today – not only to us individually, but for how we are preparing the coming generations to live as exiles in this increasingly hostile world? What are we living for? WHO are we living for?

In this sermon from Daniel 2, Jake Osborn (Director of Student Ministries) emphasizes that God does not only want to be seen as great, but he also wants us to look at the wisdom and rulers of this world and find him greater.

In this sermon from Daniel 1, Pastor Marc shares about King Nebuchadnezzar’s attempts at re-programming young Israelites and making them into loyal Babylonians. But behind Nebuchadnezzar, we can see our enemy’s tactics, and see how vital it is that we resist.

Pastor Marc concludes our “Back to Basics” series by preaching from 1 Peter 4:8-11 and calling us to use God’s gifts to serve God’s people in God’s strength for God’s glory.

In this sermon from Proverbs 27:17, Pastor Marc shares about our need for spiritual community in the church. He reminds us of our own need of sharpening by fellow Christians and also of our fellow Christians’ need for us to sharpen them.

In this sermon, Pastor Marc aims to persuade you to prioritize the weekly worship service of your local church. If you’ve found yourself either staying away from your church’s physical gathering altogether or going the route of live-streaming from home, he lovingly and humbly recommends that you listen and consider the force of Hebrews 10:19-25.

In this sermon from Galatians 6:1-10, Pastor Larry McCall emphasizes how we can and should be walking in step with the Spirit as Christians/the church, which means that we will be walking upstream in this flesh-dominated world.

In this sermon from Galatians 5:16-26, Pastor Marc Goodwin emphasizes that those united with Jesus are freed…but freed to do what? Listen to hear the apostle Paul’s answer.

In this sermon from Galatians 5:2-15, Pastor Larry McCall emphasizes the need to resist the temptation (or pressure by others) that we need Jesus + something else. It’s human tendency to think we could do/should do something to make us acceptable to God, but that determination to add a + to Jesus is eternally “fatal.” We must hang on to the gospel during our earthly journey, never getting off the gospel path even when pressured by other individuals or by society itself.

A sermon delivered by Pastor Marc Goodwin on Sunday, July 5, 2020. A tale of two sons, two strategies and two mothers. The blessing of God is granted by Him through promise, not gained by us through effort.

A sermon from Jake Osborn on Galatians 4:8-20.

In this sermon, from Galatians 3:26-29, Dr. Matt Harmon, a member of our church and a Professor of New Testament Studies at Grace College, shares about our identity as "sons of God."

After a few-month break due to COVID-19, we returned to the book of Galatians. In this sermon, from Galatians 3:15-25, Dr. Matt Harmon, a member of our church and a Professor of New Testament Studies at Grace College, shares about the promise God made to Abraham of a "seed," who we now know to be Jesus Christ.

This teaching from Pastor Marc on 1 Peter 2:17 was delivered during our outdoor service as we returned to gathering in-person for worship on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

This teaching from Pastor Rod Valentine was the fifth of our series on the Psalms of Ascent, and was part of our Worship Guide for May 17, 2020.

This teaching from Jordan Weddle was the fourth of our series on the Psalms of Ascent, and was part of our Worship Guide for May 10, 2020.