Captivate & Conform

What would you like on your tombstone once you have left this world? Glenn Felty begins his sermon with this provocative question and asks us to consider a man named Enoch for the answer. Be on the lookout for a full tribute episode to the life and legacy of Glenn Felty (1942 - 2025), former pastor of Cedar Crest. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with...

The death of a child is perhaps the hardest trial a person can ever face. This grief is often compounded with a question almost too difficult to ask: “Is my child in heaven?” As we’ll discuss, the three constants that should inform a Christian’s thinking on this matter are 1) no one is innocent, 2) no person is ever saved apart from God’s grace, and 3) the Judge of the earth will always do what is...

🎉  WE’RE BACK! 🎉  To kick off a new season of Captivate and Conform, Pastor Jason and Nathan Trommler, Director of Outreach, recap their recent tour of South Asia with the ministry of S & K. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Confor...

Pastor Chris and Pastor Jason reflect on the direct and indirect influence of John MacArthur, whose life and ministry touched millions of souls. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about Cedar...

This special sermon rewind episode comes to you from the archives. In 2012 former CCBFC senior pastor Cliff Boone preached through the Book of Job. Here is his introductory message. GOD IS ENOUGH! Sermon Series Episode 2 , Episode 3 , Episode 4 , Episode 5 , Episode 6 , Episode 7 , Episode 8 , Episode 9 , Episode 10 , Episode 11 , Episode 12 , Episode 13 , Episode 14 , Episode 15 , Episode 16 ---...

📣 Captivate & Conform is taking a break during the month of July. Keep an eye out for some big projects in the works 👀  Catch ya in August 👋  --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about C...

Nelson Randolph recounts his unlikely story of how a country boy turned metropolitan businessman wound up on scores of missions trips to some of the most dangerous parts of the globe including Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Venezuela. Nelson currently serves as a deacon at Cedar Crest and previously sat on the Elder Board. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it...

After nearly 8 years, Adam Crain has stepped down as Shepherding Pastor at Cedar Crest BFC. He reflects on his time serving here and shares about his future. Adam is the founder and executive director of ShepherdingCare , a ministry helping weary pastors renew their passion, lead with clarity, and find balance in ministry. LEARN MORE , GIVE , SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTER --- If you enjoyed this episode,...

In his famous teaching, Jesus using money as the alternative master to God was a deliberate choice. Money matters. It can grow into a vice for greed or a virtue for generosity. Our guests on this episode, Jay Reinhard and Benjamin Schleicher, are financial professionals. They discuss a biblical theology of money as well as practical advice on specific topics including debt, budgeting, and giving....

Who did Jesus die for? At first glance, the answer to this classic Sunday school question seems like it would come straight from John 3:16. However, the whole of Scripture gives an answer that is less broad, though far more enriching to one’s faith and assurance. The doctrine of Limited Atonement is the “L” in the Calvinist acronym TULIP. While not the most popular teaching, it seeks to protect th...

In this first show-and-tell video format episode, the pastors share their five favorite Christian books, along with some honorable mentions. Put a few on your reading list this summer! Watch this episode. Pastor Chris’s List 📚 Desiring God by John Piper Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof * God Is by Mark Jones * Ordinary by Michael Horton God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants by Peter Gentry &a...

You’ve likely heard the adage, “Do good things and good things will happen to you,” or karma. Although Christians reject karma, we can still fall prey to a karmic way of thinking and living. Dr. Burns shares that believers can be tempted to treat the Christian life as an equation, that the current circumstances in one’s life, good or bad, can be traced back to a simple chain of spiritual causes-an...

Pastor Jason and Pastor Chris tackle the news cycle, discussing top stories and how the church should respond to them. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Ch...

Pastor Chris and Pastor Jason share three significant updates from the recent 142nd BFC Annual Conference. Watch the full conference livestream here. Study Committee reports on mode of baptism and eschatology. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate...

Is all quieting down on the sexual revolution front? Dr. Sam Andreades, a former pastor and current scholar on gender, warns that the battle over gender and sexual identity is far from over. He also shares how the church can prepare herself to minister to those struggling with gender dysphoria and how to welcome and learn from “trans refugees.” Resource Recommendations Across the Kitchen Table by...

Food, drink, and sex are often considered as the objects for sins of indulgence. Rightfully much ink has been spilled, many sermons preached and even podcasts recorded on the dangers of sins like drunkenness and sexual immorality. But recently the first object has not received nearly the same level of scrutiny. To put it bluntly, the sin of gluttony and its effects has been largely ignored by the...

📣 IMPORTANT PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣  Release date change: Starting next week, April 28, Captivate & Conform will release episodes every Monday instead of Wednesday. Follow us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Learn more at cedarcrest.church/podcast. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at po...

Using the book Gentle and Lowly, we reflect on Christ's heart for sinners and what led him to the cross. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Church | ce...

With the Trinity being central to the Christian faith, one shouldn't be surprised by the litany of heresies that have been lobbed at it over the centuries and millenniums. On this episode, we explain and dismantle different errors and heresies, and give ample time to dispute an error called EFS (Eternal Functional Subordination), which has become popular even among reputable, reformed theolog...

Mankind is commanded to subdue the earth and have dominion over it (Genesis 1:28). But the prevailing cultural attitude seems to be divided into two camps: a harmful aloofness of creation or a radical, no-holds-barred obsession with saving “Mother Nature,” even to the detriment of image-bearers. How is the Christian to navigate these obstacles? And how does rejoicing in creation—from the tallest m...

We walk through a basic introduction of the Trinity: definitions, doctrinal origins, and how each of the divine persons relates to one another. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about Cedar...

Statistics indicate that men of Generation Z, as opposed to their female counterparts, are disproportionally reclaiming conservative perspectives on marriage and sexuality—perspectives that have their basis in Scripture. What is the reason for this? And, just as important, who is influencing them to do so? Resource Recommendations What Can We Learn from the Growing Conservatism of Gen Z Men? | Har...

We drill deeper into some of the themes from Pastor Jason’s latest sermon (Matt. 16:13-20): The Messiah’s Identity & Mission . --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about Cedar Crest Bible F...

Scripture commands unswervingly that parents are to raise their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, but what about children who aren’t saved? Are Christian parents to treat them just as they would any other unregenerate child of the world, or as a kid who belongs to the New Covenant? As always, let’s look to Scripture for guidance. Further reading Christ Over All article. --- I...

At Christian Ethics in a Post-Christian World, a panel of experts were asked tough questions on a variety of moral issues. Here are their responses. --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a positive review and share it with a friend! If you have any questions for the show, email us at podcast@cedarcrest.church . Visit Captivate & Conform | cedarcrest.church/podcast Learn more about C...