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When Suffering Doesn't Make Sense: "I Don't Get It"
David denHartog teaches from Job 8:1–10:22. Job does not understand why he is suffering so deeply. His friend Bildad assumes that Job’s troubles are the result of sin, but Bildad fails to recognize the incomprehensible wisdom and sovereignty of...
When Suffering Doesn't Make Sense: When Logic Fails...
Kevin Bentley teaches from Job 4–7. Job has been expressing his pain to his friend and to God. His friend Eliphaz responds with cold logic, which cannot heal a broken heart. We will examine the four ways Eliphaz responds to Job in chapters 4–5....
When Suffering Doesn't Make Sense: Why Bother?
Dean Elliott covers Chapters 2 and 3 of Job, answering the question, “Why bother” staying true to God in difficult circumstances. Job’s testing reveals the importance of our testimony to God’s faithfulness in our trials, showing that even if He...
When Suffering Doesn't Make Sense: "Regardless"
David denHartog begins a new series in the book of Job. Job’s suffering made no sense to him, and he never learned why he had to endure it in this life. This life includes both deserved and undeserved suffering that many must endure. The book o...
The Anatomy of a Godly Decision
Kevin Bentley teaches from Proverbs 3:5–6, where Solomon instructs his son to trust in the Lord with a surrendered heart. This sermon explores godly decision-making, the danger of self-reliance, full surrender to God, and the promise of a life ...
Side By Side?
Dean Elliott teaches from Judges 6:25–8 that idolatry—worshiping God alongside Baal—was causing the people pain. God calls us to worship Him alone, not side by side with anything else, whether it be another god, a person, an object, or anything...
Before You Speak: Heart Check
Kevin Bentley teaches from Luke 6:43–45. Bad communication is an overflow of what’s in one’s heart. This cannot be fixed through behavior modification, because the issue lies within the heart. We’ll see how honest self-examination, guarding you...
Slaves, Companions, Partners?
Dean Elliott teaches from Judges 6. Those who conform to evil become enslaved by it. But God graciously responds when we misplace our worship, using pain to get our attention, refocus us on Him, and restore companionship with Him—the purpose fo...
Standing In The Gap
David denHartog teaches from James 5:16–20 and 1 Kings 18:41–45a. In today’s message, we see that God invites believers to stand in the gap through intercessory prayer for loved ones who are not walking with Jesus or are blinded to the truth. U...
Transformed Lives means Transformed Talk
Kevin Bentley teaches from Ephesians 4:29 in a topical message on how believers are called to communicate with one another. In Ephesians 4, Paul first calls believers to live a transformed life in Christ and then to let that transformed life sh...
Cultivating Joy
Dean Elliott teaches from Philippians 3. In the New Testament, Jesus commands us to have joy, but joy doesn't just happen on its own, one must cultivate it. In this passage, we learn how believers can grow in joy by cleansing their hearts and s...
When God Always Says "Yes"
David denHartog teaches from 1 John 5:11–15, exploring God’s promise to always say “yes” to certain prayers. In this message, we learn who receives this promise, why God grants it, what kinds of prayers He answers in this way, and how we can pr...
The Anatomy of Healing
Kevin Bentley teaches a topical message on physical healing from Romans 8 and James 5. He lays foundational truths about God’s heart behind healing and also explains how to pray in faith for healing—both for yourself and for others.
You Have Options.
Dean Elliott teaches from 2 Timothy 2:8–19. In contrast to last week’s stand-alone message on hell and the Great White Throne judgment for non-believers, he explains that believers will be resurrected and appear before the Judgment Seat of Chri...
When Hades Gets Cast Into Hell
Teaching from Luke 16:19–26 and Revelation 20:11–15, David den Hartog explains what the Bible reveals about hell and the eternal judgment awaiting those who reject Jesus Christ for salvation. This message contrasts two lives, two deaths, and tw...
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: The Truth about Grace...Resumed
Dean Elliott continues teaching through the book of Jude, explaining that apostates are not simply mistaken but intentionally distort the truth and lead others astray. This message warns how they infiltrate the church and influence sincere beli...
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: The Truth about Grace...Interrupted
Dean Elliott presents the first of two sermons on the book of Jude. This message warns against excusing sin by presuming on the grace of God and instead calls us to a healthy fear of God’s holiness and the real consequences of sin in this life....
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: The Good, The Bad, and The Faithful
Kevin Bentley teaches from 3 John 1:1–14. In today’s passage, we'll look at three key figures, Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius, and see how walking in truth and love shapes faithful leadership and service in the church. We’ll also hear about J...
Remember Your Leaders
Kevin Sale leads a panel for Youth Sunday that offers a real-life example of what discipleship looks like in the Cleburne Bible Student Ministry.
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: Big Things Come in Small Packages
Kevin Bentley teaches from 2 John 1:1–13, highlighting the theme of walking in truth and love, with a special emphasis on truth. This message explores how knowing the truth enables us to walk in it, identifies four dangers of false teaching, an...
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: When You Need to Forgive
David denHartog teaches from the book of Philemon, emphasizing the biblical call to forgiveness and reconciliation. In this passage, Paul appeals to Philemon to restore his relationship with Onesimus, showing that reconciliation goes beyond sim...
Grace and Truth DO Make a Difference: When You Need Forgiveness
David DenHartog launches a new sermon series focused on the CBC motto, “Grace and Truth Do Make a Difference.” He begins in Philemon, a book centered on forgiveness. We are reminded that all of us have experienced hurt and have also caused hurt...
Discipleship in a Hostile World: Changes to the White House and God's House
Kevin Bentley teaches from Mark 11:1–25. In today’s passage, Jesus enters Jerusalem as a humble servant, and the events that follow reveal His mission and authority. The judgment of the fig tree points to the judgment of the temple system, whil...
