Bible Thoughts
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Real Life: Living With Leadership
At CrossWay on Sunday we picked up again with the Real Life series in a message called “Living with Leadership.” We spent some time looking at 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13a and Hebrews 13:17. These passages talk about the importance of supporting our leaders. Leaders are not only those who hold a position of authority over us. Continue reading
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CrossWay: Celebrating 25 Years
Church was awesome yesterday at CrossWay! We celebrated our 25th anniversary as a church. It was the biggest crowd we’ve had since I’ve been pastor here, even bigger than Easter. Two of our former pastors were here, as well as some of the interim pastors and a number of former members and other people who Continue reading
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A Third Way
With the big national election tomorrow, we talked yesterday at CrossWay about the political scene and how we should respond. Conclusion: rather than placing our faith in McCain and the Republicans or Obama and the Democrats, we should choose a Leader who really is the answer for the messes we’ve created. His name is Jesus, Continue reading
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Living Stones
We had some last-minute changes in our worship service yesterday at CrossWay. Fortunately God has placed some gifted people in our congregation to stand in when needed. Our worship leader, Josh, had to be out of town for a funeral. I was unable to preach due to sickness. But the music in the worship service Continue reading
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Real Life: Living in Holiness
At CrossWay yesterday we talked about “Living in Holiness” in week 6 of the Real Life series. Our Scripture passages were 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 5:23-24. When we hear the word “holiness,” it might bring to mind some stuffy guys with their neckties too tight, who look down on everyone else for not being as good Continue reading
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Real Life: Living in Love
At CrossWay Church yesterday we reached the halfway point in our study of 1 Thessalonians. For week 5 of the Real Life series, we talked about Living in Love. If you watch TV or read the paper, you might get the idea that loving someone is about taking what you can get from them. But Continue reading
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Sorry to State the Obvious, But….
Has anyone noticed that our terribly underfunded education system has been in crisis for years? How ’bout a stinkin’ 700 billion dollar bailout? In the Bible, when David wrote, “All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one” (Psalm 14:3), I think he’d been reading Continue reading
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Living as Witnesses
At CrossWay yesterday we continued with the Real Life series. This third week was “Living as Witnesses.” We read 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12, 17-20; 4:11-12 and talked about what it means to live as witnesses for Jesus Christ. To be a witness simply means to truthfully share with others what we have seen and heard. This Continue reading
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Real Life: Living in Christ
Yesterday at CrossWay Church was the second week of the Real Life series, where we’re studying 1 Thessalonians. We looked at the whole first chapter, which explains the growth cycle of the gospel message and how we can participate in it. First, the gospel comes not only with words, but with power, the Holy Spirit, Continue reading
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I Think I Know Some of These Guys
Last night in our small group we were studying the ministry of Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Thessalonica. As we were reading Acts 17:1-10, one of our readers read from the King James Version. In the New International Version, Acts 17:5 says that some Jews who were jealous of Paul “rounded up some bad characters Continue reading
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