The Cure of Souls

Beginning in a few weeks, we are going to shift in Sunday School from working our way through the Psalms to a focus on what we call Biblical Theology. This approach to theology is focused on interpreting Scripture as it unfolds from beginning to end, keeping Christ's person and work at the center of the unfolding narrative.In a way, this is lifting the hood to show you wha...

Beginning Sunday, June 7, we will resume worshiping together in person. We will also continue to live stream our worship services for those who are not comfortable returning to in-person worship. All the information you need to worship with us, both in person and via live stream, can be found below. IMPORTANT: If you haven't already done so, please make sure to read the g...

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (temporarily at Christ Community Church in Franklin) and via live stream at 9am. Our Adult Sunday School Class will meet on Zoom at 6pm. Please click here for important details, including a campus map of Christ Community Church. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Sunday, Sep...

This question and how you answer it are of utmost importance. In fact, your eternal destiny depends upon you answering it well.Over the next few Sundays, as we work through Matthew 11 and 12, we will be confronted with the identity of Jesus and the response of the people to his claims. This section of Matthew opens with John that Baptist, of all people, wondering if Jesus ...

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (temporarily at Christ Community Church in Franklin) and via live stream at 9am. Our Adult Sunday School Class will meet on Zoom at 6pm. Please click here for important details, including a campus map of Christ Community Church. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Sunday, Sep...

I want to close this series out with one last reminder abouthowthe Session needs to go about its work in church discipline.Because the Session is motivated by lovelove for Christ, love for the Church, and love for the sinnerlove must punctuate all that the Session says and does. Paul teaches us in 1 Corinthians 13that"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; ...

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (temporarily at Christ Community Church in Franklin) and via live stream at 9am. Our Adult Sunday School Class will meet on Zoom at 6pm. Please click here for important details, including a campus map of Christ Community Church. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Sunday, Sep...

Last week I introduced the three acts of discipline a Session can take with an unrepentant member: Admonition, Suspension from the Sacraments, and Excommunication. This week we'll consider these in more detail.Admonition is simply a formal statement from the Sessioncalling you to repent and turn from your sin. This is sometimes administered to one who has already repented ...

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (temporarily at Christ Community Church in Franklin) and via live stream at 9am. Our Adult Sunday School Class will meet on Zoom at 6pm. Please click here for important details, including a campus map of Christ Community Church. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Sunday, Aug...

When it comes to administering church discipline, a Session can do everything else right, but if they don't act out of love for the sinner and in a loving fashion, they can hardly expect the discipline to bear much godly fruit.The "how" of church discipline involves two aspects. One is the more formal and technical rules of discipline. These can seem cold and perhaps too f...