Sermon Discussion
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Looking from Eternity
On Sunday at CrossWay Church we wrapped up the six-week series “Life On Loan” with a message called “Looking to Eternity.” The Big Idea was that our lives can have eternal significance when we invest in things that last forever. Rather than going into all the details here, let me just point you to the Continue reading
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Delivering the Goods
God wants us to share the good news as we do good deeds. That’s delivering the goods, and that’s what we talked about yesterday at CrossWay Church as the fourth installment of the series Life On Loan. The Christian life is a lot like show-and-tell. You can tell people anything, but if you can show Continue reading
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Minding the Intersections
Sunday at CrossWay was the third week of the series Life On Loan. This message was called “Minding the Intersections.” Whenever we’re driving somewhere, especially on a long road trip, intersections are very important. The final destination is important, of course, but so are the intersections along the way. It is at the intersections that the Continue reading
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Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes
Yesterday was the second week of the series “Life On Loan” at CrossWay. The subject was “Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes.” The “Big Idea” for the week is that God gives us what we need to partner with Him. Like a good fastball hit right on the sweet spot of the bat, God throws Continue reading
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Writing God’s Story
On Sunday at CrossWay Church we launched a six-week series called Life On Loan. The series is about how our lives are not our own, but are instead on loan from God. He has a plan and purpose for investing in us by loaning us everything we’ve got, including our lives. This first message was Continue reading
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Vision 2009
At CrossWay yesterday we launched the new year with a focus on our mission and vision. Our mission is to make lifelong followers of Jesus Christ throughout our community and around the world. The vision is a snapshot of what it would look like for that to happen, and that’s what we talked about. In Continue reading
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Are You Ready for Christmas?
Yesterday at CrossWay was the third week in our Christmas series, “Are You Ready for Christmas?” We’ve been in the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel, which contains several rich stories leading up to the first Christmas 20 centuries ago. Every year at this time we have things we do to prepare for Christmas. We go Continue reading
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Living in Peace
We wrapped up the Real Life series yesterday at CrossWay with a message called “Living in Peace.” We talked about several verses that help us live in peace with each other. There are things we can do to promote peace with other people, and there are ways we can restore peace once it’s been broken. Continue reading
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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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Letter of Hope
Last Sunday at the end of the sermon I gave everyone a stamped envelope and a couple sheets of paper. We had just looked at how the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Thessalonica to encourage them with a message about our hope in Jesus Christ. So I challenged everyone to write Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 