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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and we again want to emphasize that CrossPoint is a safe place to open up, share struggles, and seek help. As part of this year’s events, we hosted Ganel-Lyn Condie, author, speaker, and media contributor. In his introductory remarks, Pastor Logan points to Moses and reminds us that though we may feel completely alone, that …
In Acts 17 the apostle Paul is in the city of Thessalonica. When the Jews in that city learn he is there, they try to stir the people up against him. They cry to the leaders, “These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also” (v. 6). The Jews had heard of Paul and what followed the …
Albert Einstein once said, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.” It’s ok to …
The writer Ramon Bautista said, “The only stupid question is the question that is never asked.” It’s ok to ask questions! In this series pastor Logan will answer questions submitted by the community from the Bible. In this second message he answers two: Can Christians use marijuana? How does one’s sexuality play into his or her Christian walk?
In Acts 17 the apostle Paul is in the city of Thessalonica. When the Jews in that city learn he is there, they try to stir the people up against him. They cry to the leaders, “These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also” (v. 6). The Jews had heard of Paul and what followed the …
It is unfortunate that the inequality women experience in the broader culture can be just as prevalent in the church. While we as a society may be guilty of downplaying the achievements and contributions of women in various fields, Christians can be equally guilty of underutilizing their spiritual gifts, marginalizing their perspective, and even stereotyping their lives by way of …
Almost half of everyone that makes New Year’s resolutions never succeed. They end up making the same resolutions again and again, year after year. But we can break that pattern of failure when our resolutions are in line with what the Holy Spirit empowers us to be as believers. When it comes to such resolutions, one of the best examples …
God has given us the perfect gift: His Son. And because of His Son, God understands us, helps us, and changes us.
God doesn’t just call you to believe, He calls you to belong.
Spiritual growth is not about the pursuit of self-sufficiency. It is about the pursuit of Christ and expressing constant dependence on Him.
The Christian faith and ministry require a pioneer spirit—courage, fortitude, hope, and faith that God is working, that He loves you, and that He is taking you someplace better.
Biblical submission enables us to experiences the full blessings of our relationships, including those in the local church.
Corporate worship allows us to encourage one another through the Word and through song.
Obedience results in sanctification and, in the local church setting, this is a group effort.
Just because you’re not perfect doesn’t mean you can ignore your responsibility to point your child to the One who is—Jesus Christ.
The birth of Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a Priest.
The birth of Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a Prophet.
Because God’s wisdom is timeless, transcending our circumstances, it is relevant for us today.
God is sovereign. He is working things out for His purposes and according to His time, moving us toward the day that Jesus Christ will come back and will reign as the perfect and final King.
You must participate in the voting process and you can do so without endorsing evil.
Elizabeth’s Spirit-filled song reminds us to think more of others, less of ourselves, and always of Jesus.
God no longer manifests His presence in a specific building but among a specific people—the Church.
With His death and resurrection, Jesus did away with the need for the physical Temple, eliminating our separation, becoming our mediation, and providing our sanctification.
With the construction of the Temple, God reaffirmed all that He had established with the Tabernacle—including His promise to send One that would “bruise [the serpent’s] head” (Genesis 3:15), defeating sin once and for all.
The tabernacle demonstrates God’s desire to dwell among His people and makes accommodations for His holiness and man’s sinfulness to coexist.
Prayer is always appropriate for the believer—when you are suffering, when you are satisfied, and when you are sick.
We are not to follow the same pattern of retaliation and vengeance we see in the world when we’re mistreated and abused. Instead, God calls us to patience.
As adopted sons and daughters, God has prepared an inheritance for us in Christ.
In the past, the mystery of God’s gift of salvation was partially revealed by symbols. In the present, this mystery is fully revealed by the Savior.
Are you climbing the cliffs of God’s Law or sitting on the summit of His grace?
Mount Calvary bridged the gap between the depths of our depravity and the heights of God’s holiness.
Jesus is God’s final revelation to mankind.
Mount Moriah teaches us that God is concerned with our spiritual development and with our spiritual deliverance.
Acceptance with God isn’t something you earn; it’s something you enjoy in Christ.
Real faith justifies you before God and results in a lifestyle that justifies you before men.
God had promised Jesus’ sacrifice and was pleased with it.
You don’t have to live in the loneness of your secrets, you can live in the love of your Savior.
You don’t have to live in the loneness of your secrets, you can live in the love of your Savior.
Today doesn’t have to be a day of disappointment, defeat, or debauchery. It can be a day of deliverance.
In God’s pronouncement of punishment on Israel and Judah, we learn three truths about our own sin.
How do you respond when a fellow believer turns away from God?
God uses Gomer’s actions to demonstrate the pursuit of sin, the punishment for sin, and the purchase from sin.
God uses Hosea’s life as a picture of rejection, a pronouncement of retribution, and a promise of reconciliation.
All things considered—the motivation of the author, the means of atonement, and the menace of apostasy—shouldn’t we “suffer the word of exhortation” (v. 22)?
Success in financial stewardship isn’t based on quantity but on faithfulness.
Why Jesus died affects how believers live.
As a believer, your lifestyle is to be shaped by your Savior, not your circumstances.
The Law of God is a mountain you cannot ascend; the grace of God is a mountain you should not descend.
We can steward the trials of our life by seeking God’s wisdom, relying on His strength, and resting in His grace.
The pursuit of peace and holiness prevents apostasy, hypocrisy, and vulgarity.
Are you fighting the wrong fight?
When preventative instruction is not heeded, corrective discipline is needed.
Changed thinking brings new freedom.
Even though the population of earth has surpassed the seven billion mark, and millions more have already come and gone before us, it is still possible to feel alone and that our circumstances are unique, or even incomprehensible, to others.
Run without encumbrance, with endurance, and with eyes on the goal.
Will I go see the Noah movie?
Old Testament believers saw only the shadow of the reality we have in Jesus.
The ultimate triumph of faith is eternal, not temporal.
Faith follows the Word of God and the way of God.
God promises the wisdom necessary to endure the trials of life to those that ask Him for it in faith.
Government and God are not synonyms.
Faith clings to God’s Word despite personal bias, public opinion, and the passing of time.
Peace comes not from knowing the “why” of your circumstances but the “Who” that controls them.
Earth is just a hotel, it’s Heaven that’s home.
You limit God in any situation you look to control.
Sometimes faith means relinquishing the map and renting the moving truck.
Your works are your witness.
Walking by faith is done one step at a time.
Worship without faith is wasted.
Full audio from New Morning Church’s very first baby dedication.
God’s faithfulness does not falter.
Rejecting Jesus results in judgment.
Does God ever condone lying?
Rituals do not produce righteousness.
Out with the old, in with the new.
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing [and the main thing is Jesus].”
You don’t need a good man; you need the God-man.
Trust in God’s strength, not your stuff.
In trials or temptation, trust the Master of Creation.
