CCC Gainesville | Blog
“The Old Testament is a book of hope, of unfulfilled expectation. From beginning to end it looks forward to Christ. Its many promises through Abraham, Moses and the prophets find their fulfilment in Christ. Its law, with its unbending demands, was man’s ‘custodian until Christ came’, keeping him confined and under restraint, even in bondage, until Christ should set him free (Gal. 3:23 – 4:7). Its sacrificial system, teaching day after day that without the shedding of blood there could be no forgiveness, prefigured the unique bloodshedding of the Lamb of God. Its kings, for all their imperfections, foreshadowed the Messiah’s perfect reign of righteousness and peace. And its prophecies are all focused upon him. Thus Jesus Christ is the seed of the woman who would bruise the serpent’s head, the posterity of Abraham through whom all the families of the earth would be blessed, the star that would come forth out of Jacob and the sceptre that would rise out of Israel. Jesus Christ is also the priest after the order of Melchizedek, the king of David’s line, the servant of the Lord God who would suffer and die for the sins of the people, the Son of God who would inherit the nations, and the Son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven, to whom would be given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations and languages should serve him for ever. Directly or indirectly Jesus Christ is the grand theme of the Old Testament. Consequently he was able to interpret to his disciples ‘in all the scriptures the things concerning himself’ (Lk. 24:27).”
–John Stott
Reggie Kidd, yes dad of our own Bob & Charlie, wrote something in his wonderful book on worship which should serve as a reminder of the power and richness of the gospel.
Yesterday subscribers* to our prayer network received an urgent request from one of our global partners. Josh Dickinson sent this from Uganda:
” The past weekend has been hectic as 60,000+ refugees have flooded into Bundibugyo due to conflict in the neighboring DRC. ”
Josh is integral in Uganda’s plan to provide for these people in need.
Josh blog www.africawaterdoc.com
*You can sign up for the prayer network today by emailing
prayer AT christcommunitychurch DOT com
and saying “Send me updates please”
Great things happening this week!
This morning we had our first day of VBS at CCC. It was a blast! We entered a wardrobe, felt the chilly winter air come through the wardrobe doors, walked through a winter path past the lamppost and into Cair Paravel. We sang worship songs, we watched a Narnia movie clip, we had a knight playing the piano, we ate Turkish Delight, ran races, painted a lamppost snow globe, learned how our speech reveals our heart, and sent encouragement to Gainesville firefighters. 
Turkish Delight
As you know our theme is based on the book by C.S. Lewis The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. We hope most of you have read it by now. We have never done a VBS based on a book before. This is new to us, and many volunteers have gotten really creative to write the curriculum, design art projects, work out games and cook up Narnian snacks. We have poured over the book and fallen even more in love with Lucy and Peter, Aslan, the Beavers, Mr. Tumnus and other creatures with noble character. We have forgiven Edmund and overlooked Susan being bossy and loved them in the end too.
It doesn’t matter if you are a child or adult these stories capture our heart, and in the clip below Sally Lloyd-Jones will tell us why these books and this author is so special.
Capturing the Heart of a Child
