CSM’s worship night, ROOTED, took place last Friday night… and was pretty darn awesome! For those of you unable to attend… check out these videos that were shown during the evening. Look out for photos from the evening as well as a recap video, coming soon!
Sometimes in the bible you can learn a great lesson from a secondary person or even the third. One of these comes from the famous parable of the Prodigal son(Luke15:11-32). As so many of us do I’ve read this many times and thought about the relation between the dads love and forgiveness for his jacked [...]
In August of last year, CSM held Devotion: A Night of Worship. Students and adults alike experienced an evening filled with intimate worship through music, challenging messages, and heartfelt responses to questions like, “Who or what are you devoted to?” and “How will you be devoted to God?” This year, we have selected ROOTED for [...]
On his own I was thinking about how amazing and mysterious God is. Sometimes we think we know what the best scenario for our life is. Usually because it’s easy or because we think it makes sense in our “finite” minds. Tim spoke on Monday at college group about how we all go through tough [...]
Today’s message in high school was on idols that we have in our lives. We focused on a phrase found in 1 Samuel 12:20, “empty things”, as well as the story of the golden calf in Exodus 32. So, as promised, here are some resources for further study. First of all, go read Exodus 32. [...]
My message today, although covering a variety of topics, focuses on the relationship between free will, God’s will, wisdom, and worship. Here are a few resources for you to follow up with. First of all, please read the entire book of Ruth. As you do, consider how the phrase “as it turned out” points to [...]
On Sunday, April 25, we tackled the topic of pride and humility. To see John Piper’s take on humility, click here. For those of you who want to study further on the topic, here are a few ideas. Listen to some sermons. You can click here to find many sermons from John Piper, or click [...]
I’m watching Gladiator right now and it stirs something in the heart of a man. For those of you that haven’t seen it, it’s the story of a man who is wrongly punished, and fights to avenge the death of his family and change a crooked government. It’s the story of how one man can [...]
Today we launch the third service. I’m excited. We’re about an hour and 15 minutes out and I’m excited to see how the service goes! A lot of people have put in a lot of work to get this service off the ground, and I’m hoping that we see this service become yet another place [...]
I’ve been doing much conferencing lately. I’ve heard a lot of speakers, and a lot of ideas, and according to my calendar, we’re still early in conference season. I’ve got a few more coming, but I wanted to share some thoughts that I had from today. I attended a men’s conference in Lodi called “No [...]
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