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Sermon and Songs posted

CBF Family This week’s sermon and songs have been posted.  Sorry for the delay! Please check in  this site regularly for updates for Service times and Bible Studies. Eldership is praying.  Your fellowship is missed.        

March 15 Sermon and songs posted

Dear Church Family, We regret to inform everyone CBF will be taking a one week break and not having Service this Sunday March 15th.    The sermon and songs have been posted.   Eldership feels we should “take a breather” as some membership and staff heal from other illnesses unrelated to the virus threat.  We also want to be good stewards to our community and follow regional health guidelines about limiting gatherings. We pray this will pass quickly and we…

Bible Studies

Working on Virtual Bible Studies!  Please check in soon!

Bible Basics (What Every Christian Ought to Know)

Bible Basics by Deaconess Pat Haynes This blog is about Bible Basics ~ what every Christian Believer ought to know.  I am writing this blog to the women of our church family who may not be attending our ongoing Women Bible Study (WBS).  I am aware that there may be several reasons not to attend a WBS.  It may be time, or you may feel you don’t know your bible well enough or maybe you had a negative experience with…

The Power of Praise

“The Power of Praise” Elder Jim Shedd 9/15/18   Acts 16 covers a part of Paul’s second missionary journey (with Luke, Timothy, and Silas) when they are directed by the Holy Spirit  to leave Asia and go into Macedonia. Acts 16:6-10 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to…

God’s Ways

GOD’S WAYS   GOD’S WAYS: The biblical God is one who insists He will be seen in nature, and also is one who gives leave to chance (randomness) – he allows free will and injustice.  So is He in control?  The greatest point of contention between science and religion arises when believers insist God directly controls nature (like a puppeteer) while scientists insist that nature can run “on its own”.  Which is right?  According to the Bible, that divine control…

Who is Jesus…..Really??

Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, writes in response to some false and destructive teachings on the gospel message being spread in the early years of Christianity.  These were not unique to that time, however, for we are faced with similar distortions today. Interestingly Paul never specifically identifies or confronts the actual false messages, but simply presents  Christ as the CENTER of our faith; the very image of God, the Creator, the sustainer of all things, the fullness of…

Matthew 6:12 Devotion

CBF Elder Devotion Matthew 6:12   “Forgive us our trespasses as forgive those who have trespassed against us. As part of the “Lord’s Prayer”, many of us may mention this passage almost automatically and not give much thought to what it actually says.  If we pay some attention on what we are really asking God here, however, at best it is puzzling and at worst is frightening.  Consider; I Jn 1:8-9  “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves…

Ramblings about the Lord’s Prayer

ELDER DEVOTIONAL… As I mature in Christ, the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4 increases in impact to my daily life. For example, I was taught the Lord’s Prayer in Sunday school as a little boy. I learned to blast through the prayer in record time, proud of the accomplishment. Nonetheless, I didn’t know that the Lord’s Prayer was part of scripture, located in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4. When I joined the Catholic Church, the prayer’s relationship…

“We Were Made in God’s Image”

 ELDER DEVOTION   “We Were Made in God’s Image”  Malachi 3:3  The Setting:  Malachi was written about 100 years after the Jews had  been restored to their homeland as part of the Persian Empire, and  was probably the last prophet of the OT era.  Although the Jews had been allowed to return from exile and rebuild the temple, several discouraging factors brought about a general religious malaise in their nation: (1) their land remained but a small province in the backwaters…

Loving God Together In An Ungodly World

  The church in Corinth was really hurting.  The Christians of Corinth were surrounded by temptation and immorality, just like we are today.  Corinth was the, Las Vegas of its day.  Pleasure and philosophy were worshiped above all. Instead of impacting this lost city with the gospel of Jesus Christ, the city was influencing the church. Do you ever look around and feel discouraged by the direction of our culture and its influence on the church?  Do you experience shame…

Christmas Day Service

The Church will be open at 11:00 Am Christmas Day and all are invited to spend some time with our church family; singing, praying and sharing a meal.  If you have some open time during Christmas Day plan to stop by!  A short message will be presented by Elder Glenn Blue.  If you can, bring something to share!  See you there!

The Time Between The Testaments

The Maccabees, Rome, and Herod By James Shedd – Community Bible Fellowship   The time between the Testaments was one of ferment and change; a realignment of traditional power blocs and the passing of Near Eastern cultural traditions that had lasted for almost 3,000 years.  The approximately 400 years between Malachi and the birth of Christ is known as the inter-testamental period (c430-4 BC). Sometimes called the “silent” years, they were anything but silent, as events, literature and social forces…

Stop Living In the Past

Why do we struggle with the same old things?  Why do we find ourselves breaking that vows we made to God and ourselves?  Are we destined to go round and round, living in the fear of our future and the shame of our past?  Is living in a constant state of recovery all there is, or is there something more?  Over the next three weeks we will be looking through the lens of John 8:31-36 at three different people who…

Coach of Men

We have all learned of Don James passing recently.  He was one of the most honored men that have coached University of Washington football since the school’s inception.  Many do not know how he continued to coach men in his later years. Kathryn and I visited four years ago a community next door to where we were vacationing in the Coachella Valley in California.  It was an open house of a large community and after the “tour” we were invited…

Nearness is Likeness

  I borrowed this title from A.W. Tozer, but the subject on my heart is somewhat different. I have been reflecting on why we should study our Bible. The title of this post was one of the first things that came to mind. I suppose there are many reasons people study the Word of God, but for me the core reason is to know God. In knowing God we draw near to his heart and consequently become more like Him.…