Snapshots from Week 4 of The Adventure

Here are some excerpts from week 4 of ‘The Adventure’ (The Honeymoon). Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1. Listen to the full message audio here. God’s design is not for you to either idolize sex, making it the basis of your relationship, nor to have a sexless, joyless marriage or to avoid the subject like the plague. Rather, […]

Shifting Blame

As I look back on my life, I can see how I tried to shift the blame or point the finger at someone or something else. I see it in my kids sometimes, how they are quick to blame the other person for their own wrong doing instead of owning up to it. “Well she […]

Snapshots from Week 3 of The Adventure

Here are some excerpts from week 3 of ‘The Adventure’ (The Wedding). Song of Solomon 3:6-11. Listen to the full message audio here. One of the current thoughts on marriage, if you were to ask culture, or the family or friends maybe around you, is that a husband and wife get married, and then they spend […]

Tree House

From Kevin Funk… Right now my wife and I are attending the Grace Based Parenting class at Crosspoint. It started about 3 weeks ago and already I feel like I’ve learned a lot. Since parenting is up close and personal on a weekly basis, I felt like I should pass on some info I recently […]

He Works in the Mess

I’m grateful that our God works in the midst of, and despite the mess of our lives. Do you have a spotless, blameless, and clean background and history? Yeah, neither do I. In our current study of the Song of Solomon and ‘The Adventure’ series, you might get the idea or impression that God only […]

Fellowship

From Craig Swanson… In Acts 2:42 it tells us that the early church was, “continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” The “apostles teaching” was the written down words of the apostles that we now know as the New Testament. In January I wrote […]

Snapshots from Week 2 of The Adventure

Here are some excerpts from week 2 of ‘The Adventure’ (The Courtship). Song of Solomon 1:12-3:5. Listen to the full message audio here. Here in the Song of Solomon, we see this attraction happening for one another, and you see a deep friendship beginning. If you’re single, especially if you are a student in here, focus […]

Finish the Work

The following letter was mailed to Crosspointers on Monday, February 24. *If you did not receive a letter in the mail, but call Crosspoint your church home, please email info@crosspointcc.org, or call 309-467-4968, so we can update and correct our database. February 24, 2014 Hello Crosspointers – The Lord is forever faithful! He […]

Snapshots from Week 1 of The Adventure

Here are some excerpts from week 1 of ‘The Adventure’ (The Connection). Song of Solomon 1:1-11. Listen to the full message audio here. Genesis…in the beginning. The world is created, man and woman are created, and marriage between that man and woman is created. Everything is good, perfect, and beautiful. Husband and wife are in […]

Let’s talk about…

In the midst of ‘The Adventure’ series, our study through the Song of Solomon, one question that might have come up is ‘How do I talk to my children about sex?’ I’ve heard that question from parents of elementary aged children to those who have teenagers. Many of us didn’t have a great experience with […]