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03.11.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Melvyn Bragg is a noted English broadcaster, author of both fiction and non-fiction, member of the House of Lords, university chancellor, and great lover of the KJV. He was also one of the few working-class kids...
03.09.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
In his broken English, Nuno Espírito Santo, coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (yes, that kind of football), speaks from his heart to Johnny Philips about caring for his adopted...
03.05.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
You may not know this, but there are a few (that I know of) reading clubs happening at CPC. As a Literature major myself, I have been very encouraged by how up-to-date many of my fellow CPC-ers are...
03.04.21 | Shepherding | by Eric Mullinax
Wondering what good gift to give that special someone for a birthday, anniversary, or Pi Day (3-14)? The possibilities seem endless… and sometimes, so does the angst over finding just the right gift. Jesus indicates that like our earthly...
03.04.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I always appreciate the writing ministry of Kevin DeYoung of Christ Covenant Church. In case you missed the Feb. 22 issue of ByFaith Magazine, he considers the question, “Should the Church Really...
A Personal Plan for Personal Prayer
03.02.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
There are numerous ways to approach daily prayer. I’ll share mine below. First of all, ought prayer be a daily habit at all? I think the Scriptural evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of daily prayer. Prayer can...
02.26.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
None of us think about listening to a sermon as tasting a sermon, do we? I certainly do not. I had never even seen the odd expression, “sermon taster,” before reading...
02.25.21 | Shepherding | by Jeremiah Hill
At first glance, the results of this report are deeply troubling. Young people today are describing staggering levels of loneliness, living in a world saturated with connectivity but perilously lacking connection.
02.25.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Aristotle calls rhetoric the “available means of persuasion.” Is persuasion at the pulpit an appropriate goal for the preacher? Perhaps persuasion conflicts with 1 Corinthians 2.1-5? “And I, when...
02.24.21 | Discipleship | by Adam Sanders
You may have recently noticed your social media feeds full of people hash-tagging their Lent participation this past week – what they are fasting from, receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday, joking about giving up talking to their mother-in-law...
