Have you been baptized in water since you came to faith in Christ? 
Do you have friends or family members who need to be water-baptized?
If the answer is ‘yes’ to either question, please call our office or click here to be included in the baptisms at CLC (all campuses) these next two Sundays.
I believe we’ll see more [...]

What a day!  Where do I start…

First off, the obvious: winter’s last hurrah!  Seems the storm hit at precisely the right time to hinder attendance in Tinley Park, especially in the first two services.  At least we know it can’t last much longer, right?
Speaking of the Tinley campus, I can recall when I’ve seen so [...]

That’s the title of a new book by Steven K. Scott.  I haven’t had a chance to dive into my review copy yet (that’s a story in itself; the ‘unread’ pile is starting to look as big as my desk), but I sure enjoyed his earlier release, “The Richest Man Who Ever Lived”.
Here’s a summary [...]

No one submitted a question this week for my normal Friday feature, ‘Ask the Pastor’, so I decided to ask a couple of my own:

Do you know how YOUR worship can be a powerful weapon against your enemies?  (I’m talking all week long, not just on Sunday mornings!)

Do you know what is one of the [...]

I read Psalm 41 several days ago as part of my morning devotions, and I haven’t been able to get away from it since.  It especially spoke to me about my response (and CLC’s response) to these tough times – because I know the temptation for all of us to ‘circle the wagons’ and cut [...]

Random thoughts from my Bible reading the last few days:

Deuteronomy 12:4-8 > makes me think the American church-hopping custom is not what God intended.  I was struck with how God chooses a place of worship for us; that He intends us to support that place with our attendance and our finances (notice it was ‘bring’, [...]

Doing my usual Bible reading this morning, when one verse jumped off the page at me – Deuteronomy 10:11.  By the way, one of the reasons I use a different translation each year for my devotional reading is to keep it fresh, or rather, to keep me from auto-pilot that can happen when you think you’ve [...]

Well, the ‘March Madness’ continued today at each campus, and it was pretty crazy all right:

In Tinley Park at the first service, just as my wife ended her teaching to begin the ministry time at the altar (literally), the fire alarm went off!  Thankfully, it was a false alarm, and after we endured the ear-splitting [...]

A lot of us have trouble pronouncing it, and it doesn’t seem the likeliest of places to receive from, but I’ve sure been enjoying my devotional reading the past few days!  Take a look at these and see if it doesn’t lift your spirits:
What He says about us: Deuteronomy 7:6-9
What He promises to do for us: [...]

Last night’s celebration and tribute to Bishop Joseph Garlington was definitely a night to remember.  There must have been almost 500 people from literally all over the United States and even South Africa and Mexico – all gathered to honor a man who has touched each of our lives in a significant way during his [...]