I’m talking about the trials, the pain, and the unknown that we experience in life. Events or seasons that leave us wondering and fearful of what’s lurking in the dark shadows that seem to choke the path in front of us as we try to walk in faithfulness to God. Why would God’s path of righteousness ever travel through valleys like those? Why wouldn’t he keep that path running on high ground?
Read more "Righteousness in the Dark"Ever since the church began, it has had to hold two things in tension with one another. You could call them inward and outward. The inward community the church has with one another, and the outward reach the church has to its neighbors and to the nations.
Read more "The Tension of Inward and Outward"Earlier this year, we began sharing in our Sunday program, evidences of God’s grace and work in the life of Crosspoint and our community. Below, are the evidences (October – December) collected into one post. May these lead us to an attitude of thankfulness to and worship of our God who is at work, not […]
Read more "Evidences of God’s Grace: October – December 2017"He is able. He is wise. He is powerful. He is near. He does not forsake His children. He comforts. He provides. God’s people are to be a dependent people. Dependent upon Him for all things, in all times, and in all seasons.
Read more "Pray Without Ceasing"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 is a testimony from a Crosspoint household who is giving to God’s work in and through the ministry […]
Read more "Why We Give – ‘the blessing of seeing lives changed’"We grow in knowing so that we might grow in living. And we grow in living so that we might grow in knowing. We want to be a church that is about knowing the Lord personally and living for Him as a way of life.
Read more "Engaged in Growing"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 is a testimony from a Crosspoint household who is giving to God’s work in and through the ministry […]
Read more "Why We Give – “All In”"Have you ever felt inadequate as a follower of Christ? Maybe you couldn’t find the right words to say to comfort a grieving friend. Maybe you didn’t know how pray for something or someone. Maybe you had a hard time trusting God to provide for you and your family. Maybe you couldn’t resist a temptation. […]
Read more "You Have Been Filled"When something is ordinary, it is commonplace, customary, every day, habitual, and routine. When something is unordinary, it is rare, unusual, and uncommon. I believe if we are to increasingly reflect how the Scriptures call us to live, these actions must become ordinary among believers in Christ. Last week I listed four in a blog […]
Read more "Moving from Unordinary to Ordinary – Part 2"I believe if we are to increasingly reflect how the Scriptures call us to live, these actions must become ordinary among believers in Christ. While we could list a multitude, here are four actions that deal specifically with our mouths, words, and relationships.
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