Examine Yourself

From Craig Swanson… You Will Be Graded On This Test In my last blog (Saving Faith) I discussed what differentiates saving faith and non-saving faith. Now I want to explore how to determine if your faith is a saving faith. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Test yourselves to see if you are in […]

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Is Jesus in your suitcase?

From Kevin Funk… How’s your summer going?  Have you had your summer vacation yet, or are you about to take off into the great unknown?  Our family vacation is approaching next week and it got me thinking about previous vacations and the ones yet to be had. We can all agree we take vacations for […]

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My Story @ Crosspoint

I love hearing stories of lives being changed by Jesus.  It is always one of the most encouraging parts of my role.  Seeing the power of the Good News of Jesus impact individuals and households never gets old.  I think this is one reason that we all love baptisms so much.  People going public with […]

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Go!

From Dan McClain… 1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV) Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. In Peoria Heights, up on Prospect there used to be a great little general store call Ben Franklin’s. In there you could buy everything from gifts, to sewing supplies, plastic swords and baseball cards. In 1986 my father took […]

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Saving Faith

From Craig Swanson… An Unthinkable Situation Imagine standing before the Lord, thinking you are a child of God, and He says, “Depart from Me, I never knew you.” According to (Matt. 7:21-23), this is going to happen to “many” people. It would be truly awful to go through life thinking you were a Christian, only […]

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Serve One Another

From Matt Wiegand… 1 Peter 4:10 –  “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” As I was talking to another Crosspointer this last week, I was reminded of a great time of challenge for our family.  I know we all have those challenges.  […]

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