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Resources for Christian Living
We've added this page to the Christ Community website in order to help equip and encourage you in your walk with Jesus Christ. The Scriptures remind us that God provides all that we need for living and righteousness, and we are truly encouraged to see how He has gifted the Church with godly men and women, both now and from the past, to help us understand His precepts for joyful, wise and godly Christian living. Please check back often since we'll regularly add helpful resources.
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Financial Stewardship Toolbox
The following is a series of tools to help you reach financial freedom, build wealth and receive the blessing of contentment. We begin with an overview of the biblical view of money and stewardship of resources. We build on this, including practical helps in building a budget and developing biblical giving patterns in your family. We offer this to you in hopes that you may enter into the joy of the Lord in financial stewardship.
Introduction to Stewardship - from the Session of Christ Community
Ownership - Is it mine, or His?
Stewardship - It is the privilege of the steward to be found faithful
Tithing - Is it Biblical and still applicable to today's Church?
Faith Promise Giving - An overview of giving to support Kingdom work
Faith Promise Devotional - Encouragement and instruction as you consider God's faithfulness
We highly recommend Crown Financial Ministries for more Biblically-centered resources on finances
Personal and Family Worship Toolbox
Personal Worship - an extensive amount of instruction on helping you understand and benefit from regular times of personal worship
Introduction to Family Worship - making time and finding a usable format for family worship is challenging, but leading your family so that all who reside there know that Jesus is Lord of your home is rewarding.
A Discussion of Biblical Sexuality with Teens
There is a real obligation and deep need for the Church to speak and teach about relationships and
sexuality. Here, Jarrett Allebach, Christ Community's Assistant Pastor to Families and Youth, provides an overview of a half-day seminar he presented to the youth and their parents of our covenant community.
Lust: A Life and Death Matter
Ninety-five percent of men struggle with lust and the other five percent struggle with lying. All joking aside, the Bible reminds us that men and women alike wrestle with this deadly sin—and all of us bear the scars. Learn more in this must-read article by Alan Dowd from the PCA's By Faith online magazine (Sept. 2009).
