In this week’s sermon, “In the Fire,” our Youth Pastor Amanda Mackie helps us to look into a very important part that we very much often overlook when reading this so well-known story of the three Hebrew boys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. This has to do with our purpose in this life, namely to glorify...
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CORF UPDATE #55| APRIL 16, 2021
“So I will always remind you of these things. Even though you know them and even though you are firmly established in the truth you now have, I will always remind you of these things.” 2 Peter 1:12 (NIV) Good afternoon CORF, We trust that your week has been productive and glorifying to the Lord...
“We Are the People of God,” 1 Peter 2:1-12
“I will be their God and they will be my people.” This was not something God said once in passing or something he said because he got excited or got emotional. It’s not even something that was just a single prophetic promise. God said this multiple times to multiple generations, from Abraham to Jeremiah and...
CORF UPDATE #54| APRIL 09, 2021
“To God’s elect, exiles scattered…” 1 Peter 1:1a Good morning CORF, The celebration of Easter with all the activities that go along with this important event in the Christian faith is over, but we’re called to run with and from the place of transformation, joy and celebration that took place. Jesus is alive and lives...
“We Are the Stones,” Luke 19:28-40
This Sunday is what we traditionally call “Palm Sunday.” And it marks the triumphal entry into Jerusalem when Jesus made his trip there to celebrate the passover with his apostles, but to do so much more than we know in hindsight. As far as they knew, they were just on their way to Jerusalem for...
CORF UPDATE #52| MARCH 26, 2021
Good afternoon CORF, “This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalms 118:24 (NKJV) The holy is upon us. Praise be to God for setting a day in all eternity to unwrap his salvation for humankind. Join us tomorrow for our in person and online worship...
“We Belong to Each Other,” John 21:15-19
The last two weeks we’ve been talking about the role of fellowship in freedom and in healing. James says in chapter 5 verse 16 of his letter that we as believers in Jesus, as the church, we are to confess our sins to each other and pray for each other and we will be healed....
“Bear One Another’s Burdens,” Galatians 6:1-5
Last week we talked about James 5:16, what I personally believe to be the most difficult of all of the “One Another’s” of the New Testament where James gives us this command, “Confess your sins to one another.” It’s hard to be that vulnerable. It’s hard to be that honest, it’s hard to be that...
CORF UPDATE | March 12, 2021
We trust that you’re enjoying the warm weather we’ve had in the past three days. It definitely feels like spring. As we thank God for the beautiful weather, we also praise him for the Partnership between Virtua Hospital, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Christ Baptist Church and the Burlington County Health Department to make available 3,000 vaccines...
“Confess Your Sins to One Another,” James 5:13-16
How do we follow Jesus so closely that we look like him to the people who don’t yet believe in him? That’s the amazing thing that happened in Acts 4:13. It is not like looking in a room full of other believers and saying, “I see Jesus in you, in you and in you.” These...