Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Sermon Discussion

  • Falling On Our Knees

    At CrossWay on Sunday we talked about dying to our sin-riddled selves and being given new life in Christ.  We read the really strange story in Acts 20:7-12 and then walked through Romans 6:1-14. The highlight of the day for me came at the end of the second service.  When we reached our prayer time Continue reading

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  • The God of This City

    Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about the vision for our church.  We read Acts 18:5-11, in which God appears to Paul in a vision and tells him that He has many people in the city of Corinth, where Paul was preaching. God is the God of that city, and He is the God of our Continue reading

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  • Following God With Your Money

    We wrapped up the series The Almighty’s Dollar on Sunday at CrossWay Church.  After a week about loving God with our money and another week on trusting God with our money, on Sunday we talked about following God with our money. While we’re often surrounded by messages that tell us to indulge ourselves and live Continue reading

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  • Give Cheerfully? Freal?

    In response to the recent post Trusting God With Our Money, Katie left the comment below: I’m hearing ya on #1 & #2 but to be transparent it is sometimes hard to be cheerful about it. I am happy to be giving back to God what is his. I’ve been sitting here looking at the Continue reading

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  • Trusting God With Our Money

    On Sunday at CrossWay Church we talked about trusting God with our money.  It was the second week in our three-week series “The Almighty’s Dollar.” The words “trust” and “faith” are very closely related.  To have faith in God is to trust Him: to trust Him with our souls, our families, our health… and our Continue reading

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  • Loving God With Our Money

    At CrossWay on Sunday we began a three-week series about money, called The Almighty’s Dollar.  Everyone’s favorite topic to hear about in church, right? Actually, money does have great spiritual significance.  Jesus talked about it a lot.  The gist of His teaching about it is that what you do with your money reveals where your Continue reading

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  • Midway Praise

    Last night at CrossWay Church we had our first Midway Praise.  It’s something we’re just starting to do every three months.  We had 20 people come out for some celebration, music, and focused prayer (and a short devotional, which is Christianese for sermonette). It was great!  We started with four songs, then spent about 15 Continue reading

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  • The Comfort of the Vine

    Yesterday at CrossWay was the second week in a two-part series in the Book of Jonah. We read Jonah 3:1-4:11 in which God teaches us an important truth that the prophet Jonah had trouble accepting: Souls are more important than our comfort. Jonah didn’t give a rip about the 120,000 people in the city of Continue reading

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  • Jonah & CrossWay Membership Class

    At CrossWay yesterday we started a new series and also began our first membership class. The series is a two-parter about the Book of Jonah.  Yesterday we read the first two chapters and a couple verses from chapter 3.  The subject was repentance, which essentially is making a U-turn.  At some point we’re all traveling Continue reading

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  • Celebrate & Serve: A Call to Commitment

    We wrapped up the series Celebrate & Serve on Sunday at CrossWay.  We reviewed our mission, vision, values, goals and strategy.  Then we brought it to a personal level and explained how each individual can personally be involved in helping the church achieve our goals for this year and work toward fulfilling the vision. A Continue reading

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