Sermon Discussion
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Celebrate & Serve: Goals & Strategy
This past Sunday was the third part of the Celebrate & Serve series at CrossWay. We talked about our goals and our strategies for achieving them. Yesterday I wrote about our five core values: Community, Reverence, Outreach, Service, and Spiritual Growth. For each one of these values, we have a goal for 2010–and only one, Continue reading
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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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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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Mother’s Day
Yesterday at CrossWay we celebrated Mother’s Day with a special message from Steve Doherty. He shared a little about the history of this holiday. Then he took some statements made by Training Station preschoolers about their moms and skillfully brought out the spiritual truths they contain. Very interesting sermon! The podcast will be up soon. 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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Running With a Crowd of One
Yesterday at CrossWay was the third week in the “i am second” series with a message called “Running With a Crowd of One.” We talked about how to have a vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If I hadn’t gotten up at 5:00 to be here for preschool registration, I would’ve been happy to tell Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 