Cutlerville East Christian Reformed Church
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Jesus, Son of Commandments
Over the next couple of months, we will focus on an exploration of “Jesus our Jewish Messiah,” with the underlying premise that to understand Jesus and his teaching more fully, we need to understand who he was within culture of day. One of the ...
Living By Faith
One survey found that 86% of Americans call themselves Christians, but less than half go to church. Even fewer exhibited knowledge of basic Bible facts and stories, and they found very little difference between Christians and non-Christians in ...
The Baptism of Jesus
Around thirty years old, Jesus is finally ready to begin his ministry, and his first action is baptism. Why? That was John the Baptizer’s question. He recognized as the sinless Lamb of God who would take away sins of world and baptize with the ...
Faith in Worship
Hebrews 11 gives us a number of Old Testament examples of faith. The example of Abel deals with our attitude in worship. While the Genesis 4 story emphasizes his murder and the spread of sin (and that certainly plays into God’s evaluation of Ca...
The Temptation of Jesus
Imagine you are Gospel writer with the task of convincing people that Jesus is not just another claiming to be Messiah; he really is! Thankfully God has given you a lot to work with. He has shown how his birth and childhood fulfill prophe...
Faith within an Evil Society
Noah and his society faced lived in a dry land, with very little rainfall. Yet Noah announces that God is sending a flood and he begins building an ark! It had to soundridiculous. Today, this may be the way people respond to talk of God’s f...
Hi God, It’s Me
On Cadet Sunday we’ll look at their theme: coming to God in prayer, especially coming in confidence that God is listening to us. Jeremiah 29:12 says: “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.” Is that sometime...
Faith: Journey on a Promise
Genesis 12 is a peak in the Bible on which we can stand and survey all that is significant. As we look back, we see the creation, then see it fractured by sin. That eventually leads to the downward spiral of sin, which results in murder, the fl...
Jesus the Faith Healer
There are two issues that might get in the way of people’s reading of this story. One is the impossibility of the miraculous, given the scientific understandings of the modern era. Such stories are easily written off as the expectations and fau...
Faith in Testing
If we want God’s best, we must sometimes go through the furnace of testing until we fully display God’s intended design in our life. Perhaps no one understood this better than Abraham. Genesis 22 is a haunting story about what it means to do Go...
Jesus Our Jewish Rabbi
In Matthew 21-22, we see Jesus at the Temple, overthrowing the moneychangers’ tables, and his authority is questioned. Then he tells some parables, some Pharisees & Sadducees try to trip him up with questions, which causes Jesus to ask ...
Faith in the God of the Future
Hebrews 11:20-22 talks about three patriarchs dying in their faith. But these were not death-bed conversions (like the thief beside Jesus on the cross); they had an active faith throughout their lives. These three patriarchs, who serve as links...
Jesus the Parable Teller
Christian polls comparing the behaviors of those who claim they are “born again” Christians with those who say they are not Christians generally find that the behaviors of the two groups are remarkably similar! Why do those professing to be bor...
Faith over Insecurity
Moses lived a life that was characterized by faith. He fled Egypt at one point, but eventually returned to lead Israel out of their captivity. He could easily be called a “hero of faith.” But Exodus 3-4 reminds us that so-called “heroes” are ju...
Jesus the Disciplemaker
We’ve been looking at Jesus through the eyes of the culture of his day as a Rabbi and a parable teller. In that capacity, his goal would have been to make many disciples, who would not only learn his teaching but be prepared to carry on his mis...
Faith in God’s Guidance
In life we cannot see beyond the obstacle in front of us. We are short on perspective. God, who sees all, wants to guide us through life He gives us His Word, invites us to pray, wants us to listen and be open to his leading. But we don’t alway...
Jesus of Nazareth
Ever since I preached at my home church as a seminarian, I’ve been heartened by Jesus’ visit to his hometown, where he commented that no prophet was accepted in his hometown. But there is more going on here than simply bad memories of a hometow...
Faith against the World
I like to visit sites and read books about American history and those who stood up for our freedoms, people like Washington, Jefferson, Paul Revere, and so on. But we don’t celebrate Benedict Arnold, who would have been a hero if he hadn’t turn...
Listen and You Will Find Life
Doug Higby examines God's invitation to the Israelites to listen and live. This passage in Isaiah invites "all you who are thirsty" to receive God's grace and blessings.Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-7
“Go”
Pastor Disselkoen leads us in worship tonight by exploring the Great Commission and Jesus' command to "Go".Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20
Jesus and His Own Town
Jesus actually changed his hometown from Nazareth to Capernaum. Why? Especially at a time when that wasn’t the norm? Any time you move, it is a conscious decision that comes with reasons. In fact, we could all ask that of ourselves: Why has God...
Running with Faith
The Hebrew Christians were greatly persecuted by Rome. They were tempted to drop out of the race of the Christian life (in fact, many did), because it was too hard and unrewarding. Here the author of this letter to those Hebrew Christians encou...