Measuring the Messiah

Today is Reformation Sunday, the day we remember Martin Luther's act of nailing his 95 theses to the church door, kicking off the Protestant Reformation. The church, as it sails through history, tends to accumulate accretions from the culture through which it sails, and when it does, it gets less responsive to the will of God. At times like this, someone has to come along and scrape the barnacles off its bottom. The question is: if Jesus returned to us now with a word of correction, would we know Him?

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Measuring the Messiah by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

The Coin of the Realm

If God chose to speak to the whole world through a 17 year old Muslim girl, would you listen? What are your ideas about the solution to the violence in the Middle East? What do you imagine God's solutions would entail? Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Coin of the Realm by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Strong Leader, Wrong Leader

The fear of the Lord is a phrase that has passed its prime. We don't think that way much any more, but maybe we should. Our world is filled with churches offering the oddest sorts of theologies! The church leader is the one caught in the middle when the church wants one thing and the congregation would much prefer a more comfortable interpretation. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Strong Leader, Wrong Leader by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Too Righteous for her Own Good

I think that we have forgotten over the past two thousand years what an annoyance and a thorn in the side Jesus was to the "nice" people of Palestine -- the law followers, the get-me-through-the-day people, those who had made a career of their religion. Certainly, today's Christianity rarely seems to be an annoyance to the business-as-usual types of our day. We have come to a comfortable faith that demands that the church Elders be careful to monitor the heating and air conditioning settings so all are comfortable.

Often we substitute our own comfort levels for righteousness and come to worship them idolatrously. We are so satisfied by the way we meet our needs so perfectly that we get too righteous for our own good. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Too Righteous for Her Own Good by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.


Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org