Cutlerville East Christian Reformed Church
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Our Triune God
Most every explanation of the Trinity engages in some sort of heresy. The doctrine of the Trinity is truly a mystery. Theologians have studied it for centuries, with no simple explanation. Why? God is beyond human comprehension; our finit...
Zechariah: Don’t Be Afraid… God is Listening – Luke 1:5-25
How do you view angels? In the Bible, angel announcements tend to cause fear, so they have to come with assurances. This Advent we will explore how these assurances are more than simply about an angel appearance. In each one, God has some...
What’s in a Name?
What’s in a name? Names make a difference. That is especially true in the Bible, where names revealed character. Adam means “earth,” because he was formed from the dust of the ground. A change in names could also symbolize a change in character...
Mary: Don’t Be Afraid… God is Acting
How do you view angels? In the Bible, angel announcements tend to cause fear, so they have to come with assurances. This Advent we will explore how these assurances are more than simply about an angel appearance. What was Mary afraid of? How di...
Magi in the Shadow of Herod
While Luke begins his Christmas story “in those days Caesar Augustus,” Matthew narrows the focus to “during the time of King Herod.” It is helpful to be reminded that all the characters in the Christmas story fell under Herod’s long shadow, and...
Joseph: Don’t Be … God Has Plans for You
On a television show called The Fear Factor, contestants are confronted with facing their greatest fears. There is definitely a fear factor in the Christmas story. Every time an angel shows up, he does so with the assurance: do not fear! What a...
God Pitched His Tent
John’s Christmas story is very different than that of Matthew and Luke: no shepherds, angels, Magi, inn keeper, not even a baby! And no Old Testament characters to foreshadow Jesus’ coming. John gives us new parable-types, a concept and a build...
Shepherds: Don’t Be Afraid … God’s Glory Has Come
Glory is the way God reveals himself. But not too much, for we couldn’t take it. In this story, we see a few brief moments when the glory of heaven broke through. But when it broke through, to some shepherds in the fields outside Bethlehem, the...
Christmas Angels: Don’t… Spread Your Wings
Angels have always been part of Christmas. Our Christmas cards or figurines portray cute, chubby little cherubs with rosy cheeks. But if that’s the case, why does their every appearance come with the assurance: “Fear not!” The angel figurines i...
The Creator God
This morning we are going to begin looking at an overview of the book of Genesis. As we do, we look first at the creation of the world. This also happens to be where we are at in our study of the Heidelberg Catechism: the Creator God. So in the...
Adventuring with the I AM
As we being a new year, it is often an excuse, or perhaps a good reason, to make a fresh start. I’d like us to begin the new year with a reminder that the Christian life is an adventure. It’s not about how often you go to church or how much you...
God’s Special Creation
In Genesis 1 we see the creation account, so what is Genesis 2 about? Is it a second creation account? Actually it is a more focused view of God’s special creation: humanity. This account of God’s special creation shows us how we were created, ...
Our Loving Father
JB Phillips wrote about this in his book, Your God Is Too Small. He talks about a number of different images people have for God: a policeman, judge, grand old man, managing director of the universe, our projected image of the ideal father (Fre...
Rooted and Grounded
This Year’s Cadet Theme is “Rooted and Grounded,” based on Ephesians 3:17-18, “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide & long & high & deep i...
A God Who Provides
Another thing the Apostles’ Creed tells us about God revolves around his providence. It’s easy to recognize the presence of God when things are going well: the sun is shining, you have plenty of money in the bank, you’re healthy. But what about...
A Virus in the System
When a virus gets into your computer system, it spreads rapidly, re-writes code/commands, leads to crashes or total destruction or as vehicle to send to others. The only hope is an antidote to the virus. Sin is a lot like a computer virus: it g...
Who Is the Holy Spirit?
Since we looked at the Creed regarding Jesus during Advent, with more to come during Lent, we turn to the third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. In The Mystery of the Holy Spirit, RC Sproul tells the story of his conversion. But his fian...
The Virus Turns Deadly
Two weeks ago, we talked about sin as being like a virus in a computer system. Sin enters history and human life insidiously, through the tempting of Satan. It then spreads rapidly and becomes destructive. But scariest of all, it turns deadly, ...