Bible Thoughts
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Celebrate & Serve: Core Values
Since I haven’t blogged about the Celebrate & Serve series, I’m playing catchup here. The second week of the series at CrossWay we talked about our church’s core values. Since we’re God’s people, what is most important to God is what should be most important to us. So we looked to the Bible and found Continue reading
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Celebrate & Serve: Mission and Vision
Yesterday at CrossWay Church we continued with our series called Celebrate & Serve. This was supposed to be our vision series that would launch the first four weeks of the year, but with the snow and vertigo, it’ll take us to the end of February. Oh well. The first week of the series we read Continue reading
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Stuff
Stuff: We’re almost halfway through the series “Revealed” at CrossWay. It’s going well, but I wish I had another two or three months to prepare for it! Guess I’ll always feel that way. Sermons are like paintings–it’s hard to reach a point where I can say, “It’s finished.” Laura Marie is eating “solid” food! Doesn’t Continue reading
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The Christ of Daniel
I never thought I would find myself sympathizing at all with the religious leaders of ancient Palestine who opposed Jesus. But today I read a study note in my Bible that really helped me to see some things from their perspective. In the Book of Daniel, the Bible teaches that the Babylonian Empire would be Continue reading
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Coaching…But At What Cost?
The apostle Paul was imprisoned in a dungeon a short time before he was to be executed. He sat down to write one last letter. He’d written many letters to many churches and individuals over his long ministry. This final letter was written to Timothy, a younger man that Paul had coached as Timothy began Continue reading
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Philemon
We concluded the Postcards series yesterday at CrossWay with a message on Philemon. This is a fascinating letter that the apostle Paul wrote to a slave owner named Philemon on behalf of the runaway slave Onesimus. It’s a masterpiece of persuasive writing, but even more than that, it gives us a clear picture of what Continue reading
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Postcards
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged! I’m going to try to get back into it, though I’m amazed that anyone with kids can ever keep up with a blog. But I’ll give it a shot. The past couple Sundays at CrossWay we’ve been in a series called “Postcards,” where we’re studying the Continue reading
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The Comeback Church
Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about the comeback church. A comeback church is an underdog congregation that is headed toward decline but turns things around to begin reaching people for Christ. A comeback church sees lives transformed by the power of the gospel. There are certain spiritual dynamics at work in a comeback church. They Continue reading
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$kittles
Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about Skittles. Pastor Ed Young from Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, tells a story about a time he was at a high school football game with his daughter. She wanted a pack of Skittles, so he bought her some. As he watched her eat them, he decided they looked pretty Continue reading
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Why It’s Good to Be a Sorry Loser
At CrossWay yesterday we wrapped up the series “i am second” with a message called “Why It’s Good to Be a Sorry Loser.” We started with a video testimony from Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, then talked about everyone’s favorite subject: repentance. Repentance doesn’t seem like a very fun word, but it’s actually the means Continue reading
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