Wives, submit to your husbands

In April, Dave wrote a blog on Colossians 3:19:  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. The verse before that says, “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord”.  Since I am the wife portion in our marriage, we talked about me sharing the practical side of submission from […]

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Driven to Reach People – May 2016

As a church, we are driven to reach people, locally and globally. Compassion International On April 24, we highlighted the work of Compassion International.  Several Crosspointers responded by beginning to sponsor children!  Thank you for doing your part in impacting children around this world with the Good News and love of God! For years now, our […]

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Children, obey your parents

Colossians 3:20:  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.  This is a sweeping, all encompassing statement isn’t it?  Obey your parents in everything.  In the Greek the word everything, means everything.  You can’t escape this one students.  So ‘everything’ includes your parents’ boundaries and rules on things such as technology, friendships, […]

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Husbands, love your wives

Colossians 3:19:  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.  The word for love here in verse 19 refers to the kind of sacrificial, self-giving, I-will-lay-down-my-life kind of love.  A love that was best modeled and displayed by Jesus Himself.  Just a few verses earlier in Colossians 3, we see Paul talking […]

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