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Recommended Sermons, Lectures, and Interviews:
The following sermons, lectures, and interviews were
made available through the ministries of well-respected
pastors and teachers from around the country. We
encourage you to listen to them as we are confident
their content will serve helpful to you as they have to
us.
Further below is a list of recommended links and writings you may
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Biblical
Church Life
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The
Importance of a Local Church.
Dr. Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill
Baptist Church in Washington DC, delivers a
foundational message on the centrality of the local
church in our pursuit of God and fellowship with his
people. This message was recorded during the 2002
New Attitude conference in Louisville, KY.
² Commitment
to the Dearest Place on Earth.
Joshua Harris, senior pastor of Covenant Life Church
in Gaithersburg, MD, explores a believer's God-given
responsibility to wholeheartedly commit him or
herself to a healthy local church. It is
Joshua's conviction (and apparently the
conviction of Holy Scripture!) that God's master
plan to advance the gospel on a global level is
directly connected to the church's role of living
the gospel on a local level.
² The
Happiest Place on Earth.
CJ Mahaney, president of Sovereign Grace Ministries
and former senior pastor of Covenant Life Church in
Gaithersburg, MD, provides an outstanding message on
the roles of leaders, the responsibility of church
members, and the relationship between both leaders
and church members. "When leaders and members
are fulfilling their purpose, church really can be
the happiest place on earth."
Biblical Leadership
² Elders and Deacons.
Dr. Mark
Dever begins a two
part sermon series on church polity by outlining a
biblical view of Elders and Deacons in the local
church.
Biblical Membership
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Membership
and Congregationalism. Dr. Mark Dever concludes a two part sermon series on
church polity by outlining a biblical view of
membership and congregationalism in the local
church. |
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Crystal Valley Baptist Sermon Archive
With a heavy
conviction to "teach what accords with
sound doctrine" (Titus 2:1), our pastors
are committed to verse-by-verse exposition
of the Bible as a primary means of
congregational instruction.
CLICK HERE
for an an online archive of our past
sermons, free for the downloading. |
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Preferred Links and Networks: |
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 Crystal
Valley Baptist Community Forum
Interested in
discussing hard points of theology? Do you desire to have a
portion of Sunday Morning's sermon clarified? Do you have a
prayer request you'd like to share with someone? Are you simply
looking for a place to build stronger friendships?
CLICK
HERE to join the
conversation. For full access to this forum, you need to register and
be confirmed by our administrator. |
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Recommended Articles, Notes, and Writings |
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A
Display of God's Glory.
Dr. Mark Dever unfolds the biblical blueprint to find a
leadership structure that blesses churches with peace,
but doesn't buckle under the pressures of corporate
life.
Contents Include:
Deacons; Elders; Congregationalism; and Membership.
9
Marks of a Healthy Church.
Dr. Mark Dever challenges the church to be a
corporate display of God's glory by issuing a
clarion call for biblical fidelity in an age of
increasing pragmatism.
Contents Include:
Expositional Preaching; Biblical Theology; A
Biblical Understanding of the Good News; ...of
Conversion; ...of Evangelism; ...of Church
Membership; Biblical Church Discipline; A Concern
for Promoting Christian Discipleship and Growth; and
Biblical Church Leadership.
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Crystal Valley Baptist Resource Table
One of
the long-range goals our pastors have is to
supply all of our members and guests with an
adequate collection of useful books and
media to help aid in personal Bible study
and research. Currently, Crystal
Valley Baptist benefits from a small table
of materials, personally recommended by the
pastors, in the foyer of the sanctuary.
We encourage you
to make use of these resources, and to help
support and await this collection's
expansion. |
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