Posts by: Sean Cordell

In preparation for my sermon today, I wanted to see how other biblical authors saw the meaning and the impact of Genesis 1-2. So I sought to look at most every Old Testament text where God is talked about as the one who created/made the heavens and the earth.  What I found was so encouraging [...]

Black Friday is not evil.  But it can be dangerous (I’m thinking spiritually, but many have found out it can be physically threatening as well. Yikes!).  Therefore we must be aware about how to redeem the days, the season and really shopping in general for the glory of God. It all begins with what is [...]

These are some thoughts stirred up from Sunday’s sermon entitled “Freed to Holiness” Legalism is a matter of the heart.  Pursuing holiness, especially obeying God’s commands, is not legalism. It is being an obedient child.  However it is doing the commands of God for the acceptance of God or to avoid the wrath of God, [...]

As we prepared our hearts for a meal with over 300 people from our immediate community after church, we were able to walk through Luke 5:27-32 on Sunday morning in the sermon entitled, “Meals are More than Food, just ask Jesus.”  The main idea was that meals are not just symbols of God’s provision and [...]

Sunday, at the end of my sermon entitled, “Freed to Slavery: the joy of total surrender”, I said that our Master, Jesus, sets us free to love others so that people might find freedom in Christ.  As an illustration I read some excerpts from a Katie Davis’s book, Kisses From Katie.  Katie is college age [...]

Post by Pastor Travis Here is the main point from Sunday’s sermon: Fasting humbles us to experience God and his greatness in Christ. My main points were as follows: Jesus clearly saw the connection between fasting with humility and the experience of God as he warned his followers against prideful fasting in Matt 6:16-18. Elsewhere [...]

Prayer is a discipline that connects us to God, expresses our need, deepens our faith, protects us from evil, molds us to be like Christ, and fuels us for mission.  This week, in our series on “The Delight of Discipline” we took some time to stir up one another to be a joyful, faith-filled, and [...]

As we seek to honor the sanctity of human life this weekend on the 38th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade decision, tomorrow’s message will be on “Being a Culture of Rescue and Redemption from 1 John 3:1.   The text calls the readers to stand amazed that His immeasurable love has rescued us from our helpless state [...]

As a precursor to the Adoption Open House tomorrow at church I turned this letter into a blog.  We look forward to being with many of you to discuss God’s heart for the orphan and how to join Him in caring for them. In November of last year Dana and I were able to share our story [...]

Whenever I get up to preach on a Sunday, I have to remind myself of the gospel and why I am doing what I am doing.  As I walk you through my process of preparation I pray that it serves as a grid through which you can prepare yourself for any opportunity to serve someone [...]

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving (check my previous post as one way to prepare for tomorrow). Here are the quotes from last week’s sermon.  I hope this provides us an opportunity to dwell on the gospel and prepare our hearts for tomorrow where we will be meditating on 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:5. The gospel is not [...]

Remember Jesus Christ over the Holidays. I am so tempted personally to get selfish over the holidays. The time that is meant for thanksgiving to God, I make about me. I am tempted to want to serve less, think about my needs more, and to associate rest with gorging myself with food and TV.  I [...]

I woke up this morning with words bombarding my head from the accuser (Zech. 3:1-5). You know it is the accuser when he is reminding you about your mistakes and failures rather than of Christ and His righteousness. You know the accuser is throwing darts at you when you’re focused more on yourself and your [...]

Here are some quotes and scriptures from Sunday’s sermon in 1 Cor 3:1-15 that will hopefully fuel us as we pray for our vision of God to grow and our love for others to get larger.  (cf. 2 Cor. 5:17-20; James 3:14-16) Robert Murray McCheyne, “It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness [...]

Last week a dear brother shared with me how much a new practice for him of praying God’s word had really strengthened him as he had recently lost his job.  I was encouraged and wanted to encourage others to do this very thing- pray God’s word. Paul commands us to do this in Ephesians 6:17-18 [...]

As I preached on Sunday from 2 Timothy 3:14-17, the Bible is God’s breathed word.  It is truth. It’s powerful.  It teaches (instructing our minds). It reproves (convincing, persuading our hearts). It corrects (admonishes us to repent and exposes our sin). It trains in righteousness (shows us how to live righteously in Christ’s righteousness).  It equips [...]

I have awakened from my sleep…that is my blog sleep.  This is the first post in quite a while.  However Sunday’s message and the importance of “continuing in God’s word so that we might continue in God’s ways” especially in the midst of suffering, merits an awakening- not just from blog writing but in our souls.  [...]

As I think about TCC, my heart is filled with love.  Treasuring Christ Church is my family and I enjoy caring for them with Pastor Travis and the many other humble, gifted leaders in our church.  Even if one person reads my blog it is worth communicating to them my love for Christ’s church and [...]