I’ve been in a lead preaching role for over 7 years now. And the longer I have gone in that role, the more certain convictions and beliefs have risen to the top of my heart. Here are five of them. The longer I go, the more I love and trust the Word. Maybe this seems […]
Read more "The longer I go…in preaching"We often heard when we were dating, ‘Oh just wait till you get married.’ As if when you get married, then all the romance is obliterated and shot to pieces. When we got engaged, we heard the same thing. Again, as if walking down the aisle was more less a walk toward the death of […]
Read more "‘Oh just wait’"1 John 2:9-11: 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the […]
Read more "Love One Another Well"Our new series called “The Promised Land” starts on March 6, and runs through May 29. This series is all part of our new 3 year journey through the Bible in a chronological way. There are some great resources to go along with this series, to help us take Sundays further into the week. In each […]
Read more "Resources for ‘The Promised Land’"Proverbs 29:25: Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. Are you a people-pleaser? Prone to say or do things just so that others will be pleased with you? Do you struggle to say the word ‘no’ to people, because you don’t want them to be disappointed with […]
Read more "The Trap of the Fear of Man"Around Crosspoint, one thing we talk about is that we desire to have a Kingdom mindset. That we’re not out to build Crosspoint’s Kingdom, but God’s Kingdom. We’re not in competition with other churches that preach the Good News and who are founded and built on Jesus and His Word, but we’re in partnership with […]
Read more "Kingdom Partnership"1 Corinthians 3:6: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. In the book of Acts, specifically chapters 18 and 19, we see that Paul initially started this church in Corinth. But then Apollos followed up the work of Paul. Paul often preached where no one had preached before. Apollos then worked in the established church, […]
Read more "But God gave the growth"Work is a four letter word, but it isn’t a bad word. Work has been around since Genesis 2, and is part of God’s design for His people. The book of Proverbs lays out for us several pieces of wisdom regarding work that we must not only live out, but pass onto the next generation. […]
Read more "Working Hard for God’s Glory"God calls us to be generous with the money He has given to us. We are to generously, faithfully, and cheerfully store up our treasure in Heaven, and invest it into God’s work in God’s Kingdom. Here are three testimonies from Crosspointers who are giving to God’s work in and through the ministry of Crosspoint. […]
Read more "Why We Give – 3 Stories"Heather and I have been married for nearly 20 years. We’re only about 3.5 years away from potentially being empty-nesters. And we would tell you that the first nearly 17 years of parenting has seemed to fly by, so I can only imagine how quickly these next few years will go. The speed seems to […]
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