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This upcoming Sunday, September 2, at Christ Fellowship Bible Church , we'll sing the following songs to prepare our hearts for the preaching of God's Word: 1. How Great is Our God 2. In Christ Alone  3. Show Us Christ 4. Speak, O Lord Then, after the sermon we'll have communion and sing: 5. The Power of the Cross

"Every Christian is Christ’s garden that drinks in the rain that comes upon it (Heb 6.7). As there must be frequent showers on God’s part so there must be frequent weeding on our part, or no blessing to be expected." Source: Samuel Annesley, Casuistical Morning Exercises at The Cripplegate , Sermon 1, p.177 (source here ).

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Pray for God to Save Your Children! Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church 1. Pray that God would do the saving work of regeneration. Salvation belongs to the Lord. God reconciles sinners to Himself. God alone removes the heart of stone and replaces it with a heart of flesh. God saves sinners by His grace and not by works of the Law. May we earnestly pray for our dearest children to be recipients of the unmerited and undeserved mercy of God in Christ. Be like Paul whose earnest prayer to God was for Israel’s salvation. He prayed and begged and petitioned God to save his beloved people — Israel. So may it be with parents to continually, regularly, daily, relentlessly and believingly pray that God would do the sovereign and saving work of regeneration in each of our children’s hearts. 2. Pray that God would deliver them from the damning lusts of this world. The lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life are not from God but from the

This morning we finished The Preacher's Fellowship at Christ Fellowship Bible Church — at least, round 1!  In this group, six of us wrestled through the nuts and bolts of preaching God's Word.  Here is the entire PDF packet of notes that the men received. Here is some of the info: PURPOSE: This is to help you understand what is involved in preaching, how to prepare a sermon, and how to improve at the preaching of God's Word so that we can grow in our ability to teach & preach God's truth to God's people (2 Tim 4:2 - "preach ... be ready in season & out of season"). America & the Church needs more POWERFUL, FIERY, URGENT, BIBLICAL, and ENGAGING preachers! TYPICAL FORMAT: 8:00-8:30am    TEACHING on sermon prep, delivery, construction, etc. 8:30-9:00am    SERMON 9:00-9:30am    CRITIQUE & FEEDBACK on the sermon that was preached. WHAT IS REQUIRED: You would have the opportunity to prepare & preach a 20 minute sermon befor

A Study on Psalm 119.165 — Those Who Love the Law of God Geoffrey R. Kirkland Pastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church The Text: Ps 119.165 (MT)   שָׁל֣וֹם רָ֭ב לְאֹהֲבֵ֣י תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ וְאֵֽין־לָ֥מוֹ מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃ (Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your Law; and there is no cause for stumbling for them.) The Truth: The main point centers around the nominal phrase: “those who love Your Law”  (לְאֹהֲבֵ֣י תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ). Those who are committed to the Law of God, as revealed by the context of Ps 119 at large, refers to those who cherish God’s truth, His Word, His testimonies. Those who love the Word of God commit themselves to hiding it in their hearts, obeying it, meditating on it, proclaiming its glories, and walking in obedience to its demands. And, those who truly love the Law of God have two characteristics: 1) They have abundant peace. This means that the person in love with God and His revealed Word concerning Himself has great — that is, abundant — peace. There is an interna

On Sunday night at CFBC , I received the following question during our Q&A [which I followed up with an email containing the response below] and I thought it'd be helpful for some to read it & understand this most important issue. =============== I want to take just a minute and follow up with your very good question that you asked me last Sunday night at CFBC.   You asked: what do you do if your church/a church you're attending has a woman preaching/teaching publicly? Let me seek to answer that here in writing for you: INTRO: There are many in our day that affirm & encourage churches to have BOTH men and women pastors. This way they can relate to all people, show all that men & women are equal, etc.  But does the Word of God allow for this? THE ISSUE: The issue is this: can both men & women occupy the public teaching/preaching role IN the local church when the entire assembly is gathered? Can a woman occupy that position of elder/pastor/teacher? The fem

Recently a dear brother asked me an excellent question at CFBC . I want to post my answer to this very good & important question. Here's what I said: THE QUESTION: I want to take a minute and respond to your question you asked me about Christ dying for the "WORLD" in the book of 1 John. John 3.17; 4:42; 6:33; 6:51; 12:47; cp. 17:9. See 1 John 2.2. All these references speak of Christ in some way "saving" or "dying for" the WORLD. The issue is this: what does John mean when he says that Christ died for 'the world' or 'for all'. THE ISSUE: We need to be careful of what these texts do NOT mean. 1. They do NOT say that Christ died for ALL so that ALL men are saved. This is the error and heresy of Universalism --- all people everywhere are saved because Christ died for all & thus saves ALL. 2. This does NOT mean that Christ died for ALL men equally & as a result all men would be saved. THE DEFINITIONS OF "WOR

The Use of Isaiah 59.17 in 1 Thessalonians 5.8 By: Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church The Texts: MT — Isa 59.17:   וַיִּלְבַּ֤שׁ צְדָקָה֙ כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן וְכ֥וֹבַע יְשׁוּעָ֖ה בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיִּלְבַּ֞שׁ בִּגְדֵ֤י נָקָם֙ תִּלְבֹּ֔שֶׁת וַיַּ֥עַט כַּמְעִ֖יל קִנְאָֽה׃ (And He clothed Himself with righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head. And he clothed Himself with garments of vengeance as clothing. And he wrapped himself with zeal as with a cloak.) LXX — Isa 59.17: καὶ ἐνεδύσατο δικαιοσύνην ὡς θώρακα καὶ περιέθετο περικεφαλαίαν σωτηρίου ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ περιεβάλετο ἱμάτιον ἐκδικήσεως καὶ τὸ περιβόλαιον (And He clothed himself with righteousness as a breastplate, and he put on a helmet of salvation upon His head and he put a garment of vengeance on himself even as a cloak.) NT — 1 Thess 5.8: ἡμεῖς δὲ ἡμέρας ὄντες νήφωμεν ἐνδυσάμενοι θώρακα πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης καὶ περικεφαλαίαν ἐλπίδα σωτηρίας· (But as for us, we are of the day, so let us be

This prayer enhanced my worship this morning: Thou God of my end, T hou hast given me a fixed disposition          to go forth and spend my life for thee; If it be thy will let me proceed in it;    if not, then revoke my intentions. All I want in life is such circumstances    as may best enable me to serve thee in the world; To this end I leave all my concerns in thy hand,    but let me not be discouraged,      for this hinders my spiritual fervency; Enable me to undertake some task for thee,    for this refreshes and animates my soul,      so that I could endure all hardships and labours,      and willingly suffer for thy name. But, O what a death it is to strive and labour,    to be always in a hurry and yet do nothing! Alas, time flies and I am of little use. O that I could be a flame of fire in thy service,    always burning out in one continual blaze. Fit me for singular usefulness in this world. Fit me to exult in distresses of ever

Join us this Sunday at Christ Fellowship Bible Church for worship at 5pm & then immediately after the service we'll have an all-church POTLUCK dinner.  During this time we'll have a Q&A where you can ask questions about CFBC, its vision/mission/goals/theological beliefs, a particular question on a Bible text, and a question concerning the recent end-times study we had. Here's the info on the POTLUCK: WHAT: We will be having a potluck appetizer meal with dessert in the courtyard. WHEN: This Sunday, August 12th TIME: Immediately following the worship service WHAT YOU CAN BRING: We would request that everyone bring an appetizer to share with all.  This should be more meal-like than dessert. WHAT CFBC WILL PROVIDE: We will be providing dessert (brownies and ice cream) and drinks. See you this Sunday night!

This Sunday night, CFBC is hosting an ice-cream fellowship immediately following the worship service. The truck is scheduled to be at CFBC waiting for us after the service so we can fellowship together & eat ice cream together (it's OK if you haven't had dinner yet — just one additional ice cream sandwich should suffice!). When: Immediately following the CFBC service (service begins at 5pm) Where: CFBC 2501 Rockford Ave. St Louis, MO 63144 Cost: Buy however much ice cream you want Payment Methods: All major credit cards accepted! See you there! Excellent opportunities for fellowship & getting to know new folks that you haven't met yet!!