LCC Sunday Messages

A 2007 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that of the 35,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 44 percent had left their childhood religious affiliation. A follow-up survey in 2009 by the Pew Forum shows the percentage had grown to between 47 and 59 percent. Reported among those who claimed no particular religious affiliation was a "disenchantment with religious leaders and institutions...

If you turn on the evening news, surf the web, or read any print media, it's easy to see that this world is broken. There seems to be chaos all around. Too often turmoil creeps into our lives as well and we often can find ourselves down and discouraged. But, in spite of our circumstance or troubles, there is hope! Jesus offers a real solution for us that goes beyond thinking "happy thoughts" or tr...

Remember when you fell in love? The sweaty palms, the lump in your throat, the butterflies in your stomach? You just couldn't stop thinking about the other person no matter how hard you tried. You were captivated, captured by love. There is a greater love than that, one that goes beyond infatuation and the flu like symptoms. It is the genuine, life changing love of Jesus Christ. It is REAL love, a...

If we had lived in the first century, it's likely we would have joined with others who believed that the men known as the Pharisees were closest to God and most worthy of His mercy and blessings because of their great religiosity. Yet, is this what really pleases God and brings us closer to Him? We invite you to join us this Sunday morning for worship and a teaching by Dave Mohler when we'll seek...

The word "church"brings many thoughts to mind, some positive and others not so much. We tend to look at "church" through the prism of our own personal life experience. Those experiences tend to skew our vision of what church really is. For instance, gathering for worship in an elementary school gymnasium instead of a building with a steeple, pews and stained glass may create a challenge for some p...

The wonderful cross. No emblem is as powerful. A symbol composed of two lines, one vertical and one horizontal. So seemingly simplistic in its design it represents an intersection that in truth is more complex than we could conceive. The wonderful cross, the place where God and humanity were brought together in Jesus Christ, was the setting where the world was forever changed. The wonderful cross,...

What does the Bible define as “The Church”? Over the years, has the meaning of church been altered? And does the world view the church as a negative, polarized community that they want no part of? The church is more than just walls, a building, pews, and a pulpit. The Bible teaches us that each of us makes up the church. That we are to serve and love one another. That we should be a unified front...