Evidences of God’s Grace: January – March 2017

In January, we began sharing in our Sunday program, evidences of God’s grace and work in the life of Crosspoint and our community. Below, are those evidences collected into one post. May these lead us to an attitude of thankfulness to and worship of our God who is at work, not only through us, but […]

Five Phrases That Should Describe Us

1 Peter 3:8: Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.

The Gospel According to Jesus

When we make the gospel out to be about salvation only, we are tempted to see it as something God is only doing for our personal good. The gospel becomes all about us and not about Jesus. This causes us to miss the essence of what makes the gospel so incredible. God is redeeming all of creation, not just you. He is calling us to join Him in the mission of spreading His reign on earth through the process of making disciples. When we limit the gospel to salvation only, we become people more focused on making decisions for Christ rather than being disciples of Christ (McKnight, 2011). There’s a big difference.

Reading Through the Gospels…Together

One of our prayers for 2017 is that the Lord would ‘Anchor Us.’ That He would anchor us in His unchanging Word. As our Crosspoint Culture says, “our foundation and authority is the Bible, the inspired, sufficient, true, relevant, living Word of God.” Much like growing in prayerfulness, we’d also all agree that we need […]

Growing in Prayerfulness

As Christ followers, we are seeking to grow in prayerfulness. So if that is our desire, how do we do that? I believe we need to grow in two streams, if you will, of prayer. Praying in blocks of time, and praying as we go. And when these streams come together, we’ll find the Lord […]

Send Us

As a church, we are seeking to grow in prayerfulness in the year ahead. As we move into another calendar year of ministry, we are asking the Lord to do 6 things in us as His people. This is our prayer…Wake Us. Humble Us. Change Us. Anchor Us. Unite Us. Send Us. Jesus prayed to […]