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29/08/2010Fully Known and Loved
Psalm 139 says God is thinking about every one of us all the time and that he is intimately acquainted with all of our ways. He knows everything about us yet loves us fully and unconditionally. To be known and loved for who we really are -including the good, bad, and ugly bits - is liberating and life giving. To God, no person, and no circumstance is wasted. All of life matters and has a meaning and purpose. No wonder the psalmist exclaimed "such knowledge is too wonderful for me".
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22/08/2010Psalm 130: Pilgrimage to hope
The Psalms give a voice to every human emotion, even difficult ones like fear and anger. In the midst of difficulties and struggles, the psalmists cry out to God, and express their hope that he will hear them and answer. So we who read their writings are encouraged to have hope in the midst of our own trials. And we are challenged to be an answer to prayer for those who cry out in the world around us.
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15/08/2010The Psalm Experience
The Psalms give a voice to every human emotion, even difficult ones like fear and anger. In the midst of difficulties and struggles, the psalmists cry out to God, and express their hope that he will hear them and answer. So we who read their writings are encouraged to have hope in the midst of our own trials. And we are challenged to be an answer to prayer for those who cry out in the world around us.
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08/08/2010Psalm 51 - Encounter with Grace
We often think of grace as a New Testament concept, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Old Testament is one continuous story of God's never ending efforts to bring His people back into proper relationship with Himself. This Sunday we will discuss how one familiar Old Testament story (David's affair with Bathsheba) can be useful in shaping our views of sin, repentance, and restoration. Come join us as we listen to David sing about his Encounter with Grace.
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01/08/2010Bringing God’s Love down to Earth
When we consider God's majesty revealed in creation, it's a wonder He takes note of us at all. And yet He loves us and has given us a place of honor and responsibility as keepers of the earth.
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25/07/2010Praying the Psalms: Psalm 23
The Psalms are a great tool for learning or enhancing your prayer life. For centuries people have read, meditated and identified with the Psalms. We will look specifically at Psalm 23 unpacking the depth of this particular Psalm, but also showing how to pray through a Psalm. We will also engage in praying through Psalm 23. At the end we should all have a better idea how to use the Psalms in our own prayer life.
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18/07/2010The Psalms Experience
The Psalms give a voice to every human emotion, even difficult ones like fear and anger. In the midst of difficulties and struggles, the psalmists cry out to God, and express their hope that he will hear them and answer. So we who read their writings are encouraged to have hope in the midst of our own trials. And we are challenged to be an answer to prayer for those who cry out in the world around us.
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11/07/2010Psalm 42
Christians are supposed to have life sorted, right? So why do I feel so down? Should I pretend that everything's OK if anyone asks? Is it alright to feel blue?
Whether you are feeling up or down this Sunday, join us as we read Psalm 42, and take an honest look at our emotions.
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04/07/2010Experiencing God in Mission
A short prayer that will change the whole earth. That sums up Psalm 72 in a few words. How can such a prayer change the whole world? That is what we want to look at when we study this Psalm. In the end each one of us will be involved in this change.
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27/06/2010A really Old, New Song
Over 3000 years ago, as King David brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, he appointed priests to regularly sing songs of petition, thanks and praise before the presence of God. Come and join us this Sunday as we start our new series: “The Psalm Experience”, where we will open up that old song book and discover that these songs are not only relevant today, but for all eternity. Come and join us as we sing together a really old, new song.
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13/06/2010Don't Buy Stuff You Can't Afford
In learning to live and work in God’s economy, we should recognize that debt is a major hindrance to enjoying Gods provision. Changes in life’s circumstances can have serious financial consequences and leave us in a situation in which we cannot meet our obligations, causing internal stress, and straining inter-personal relationships. The Bible portrays an apparently hopeless situation in which a woman cannot repay her debts, until God steps in and shows her what it means to be introduced to His economy.
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06/06/2010God's Pie
In 1717, as ‘Master of the Mint’, Isaac Newton fixed the price of one ounce of gold at £3 17s 10 ½ d. This Gold Standard dominated economics for over 200 years. The value of paper money was fixed to this standard. Britain abandoned the standard after the depression in 1931 and its last remains were interred in 1971 by President Nixon. Our day-to-day use of money is decoupled from anything which has intrinsic worth. Money is worth only promises, and these are often very empty! Christians should get back on the spiritual “Gold Standard”! There is something of intrinsic and eternal worth which measures everything we think, feel and do about money. It is a rich, timeless biblical perspective on money that measures and tests our spending and saving, giving and borrowing, our financial planning and our lifestyle. This standard is defined by God’s ownership of everything we have. God’s goals are our ultimate standard.
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30/05/2010God Doesn't Waste our Pain
One of the great things about God is that He never wastes a hurt. And He doesn't want to waste ours. As we yield ourselves to God, He can work through us to bring good news to others, through our example and our words. We can become "wounded healers", like Jesus. When we learn to "recycle" our weaknesses and our pain we can make a difference for good in the lives of other people.
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23/05/2010Keep the Flame Burning
Our series so far has been looking at Life's Healing Choices.
And maybe you have made a choice- to come clean, to forgive, to make a change…
How do you keep it up?
What's to stop you slipping straight back into your old ways?
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16/05/2010Restoring Relationships
Anger, hurt feelings, and even betrayel can emotionally and spiritually tie us in knots. For those of us who have been genuinely wounded, the prospect of forgiving those who have caused us pain often seems impossible. Yet, through Christ all things are possible, including full forgiveness. No matter what you've done or what's been done to you, Jesus offers us a freedom and joy that comes from accepting and extending God's outrageous grace.
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09/05/2010Making Changes
I voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask him to remove my character defects.
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02/05/2010Coming Clean
We are continuing to explore choices that help us move toward healing and spiritual maturity. This week, in the season of “Spring cleaning” we focus in on the “Housecleaning Choice”: the decision to openly examine ourselves and confess our faults to ourselves, to God and to someone we trust. This is a difficult choice to make, but one that makes a significant impact in our health and growth.
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25/04/2010Crossing the Line
Stepping across the line, letting go. From the cycle of despair to the full life in Christ.
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18/04/2010The Struggle and the Hope
After coming to Christ, many of us are surprised to find that our new lives are still full of our old issues. We struggle with the fact that we can't quite get them under control. We struggle with our apparent lack of faith. We even struggle with the fact that we're struggling. Join us this Sunday as we discuss the comfort that can be ours through the Spirit of Christ... as we discuss the "Hope choice".
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11/04/2010Admitting Need
Part of our human nature is to refuse change until our pain exceeds our fear – fear of change, that is. We simply deny the pain until it gets so bad that we are crushed and finally realize we need some help. Why don’t we save ourselves a bit of misery and admit now what we’re inevitably going to have to admit later? We are not God, and we desperately need God because our lives are unmanageable without Him.
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04/04/2010The Way
As we celebrate Easter Sunday, we celebrate that God has made a way to break through everything that holds us back from him. And this way is not a doctrine, or a set of rules. It is the person of Jesus Christ himself. He is the true way to find real life.
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28/03/2010I Am the Resurrection and the Life
The center point of Christianity is Christ. But who is this Jesus anyway? Jesus himself said that knowing him was eternal life. So it is crucial that we get to know him. Exploring the claims that Jesus made about himself can help us answer this vital question.
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21/03/2010The Bread of Life
When Jesus fed five thousand people in the wilderness, he was doing something more than providing a supernatural catering service. He was telling a story - in fact, two stories - about the profound need of the people for a bread from heaven that would give them life.
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14/03/2010Good News About Injustice
Not only does injustice confront us with the horror of human suffering and the terror of human and demonic evil, it also raises many troubling questions. Where is God? Why doesn’t God act? Where are good people? Why don’t we act? What can be done about these horrible situations? The good news about injustice is that God is against it and that He is in the business of using ordinary people to accomplish justice and mercy.
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07/03/2010The Good Shepherd
Jesus said "I am the Good Shepherd". This Sunday we remind ourselves how much Jesus loves us and cares about each one of us.
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28/02/2010The ‘Sine Qua Non’ of Our Faith
For over two thousand years, people have been talking about Jesus of Nazareth. The world's 3 major monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, & Islam) have definite views on who he was and who he wasn't. The Jewish population of his day also had many theories ranging from him being a demon possessed Samaritan (ouch!) to the Messiah of the Jewish nation who would rescue them from the oppression of the Roman empire. Join us this Sunday as we start a new series addressing the most central question of our Christian faith: "Who was Jesus?"
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21/02/2010Fixing Our Gaze
One of the things that is important to us at Crossroads is being “extro-spective”: looking outside of ourselves. God calls us to not only look out for our own interests, but also to care about, meet the needs of, and reach out to those around us. The early church lived that out with a passion. But what does missional living look like in the 21st century?
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14/02/2010Missional Pathways
Missional living is more than just a philosophy; it’s an active component of the life of a Christian. But what does it look like? How do we live it out in the 21st century? And how has God wired each of us to be able to walk our own missional pathway?
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07/02/2010The Community that Translates the Gospel
One of the things that is important to us at Crossroads is being “extro-spective”: looking outside of ourselves. God calls us to not only look out for our own interests, but also to care about, meet the needs of, and reach out to those around us. The early church lived that out with a passion. But what does missional living look like in the 21st century?
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31/01/2010Contentment in any Circumstance
As winter sets in, with concerns about epidemics and economics, we need more than a flu shot. We need a joy injection. Joy is an essential part of the Christian life, and it is available to us no matter what the circumstances of our lives may be. The Apostle Paul wrote a lot about joy in his letter to the Philippians. Exploring that letter can help us experience a dose of joy even in the midst of the winter blues.
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24/01/2010The Peace of God
The world is a troubled place. From Haiti to Afghanistan everything can seem in turmoil. The small worlds of our private lives can seem just as chaotic. Where can we go to find peace? Paul assures the Philippians in the midst of their troubles that 'the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus'. How does that work? How can a community like Crossroads become a place of peace?
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10/01/2010Looking for a Hero?
Our heroes excite us, inspire us, fire our imaginations- we want to be like them. Join us on Sunday as we read about Paul's hero in Philippians 2, and ask if He could be our hero too?
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03/01/2010Getting God’s Perspective
Paul was in prison in Rome, but his heart was free. He saw the bigger picture and had an eternal perspective on his life and circumstances. In the difficulties of life we too are able to taste joy by seeing life through God’s eyes.
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27/12/2009Looking back and ahead - Marcel van Dam
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13/12/2009Caring for God’s Creation - Jack LoMonaco
God has given us a pretty amazing planet on which to live, but over time, the effects of progress and man’s desire for convenience have begun to wear negatively on our Father’s World. What does God expect from his children in the care of this planet – his planet – and what are some ways we can start making a difference in caring for what remains of what we’ve been given.
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06/12/2009People of Good Will - Scott Curley
"On the first Christmas night, the angels proclaimed to the shepherds in the fields: 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace to everyone on whom his favor rests' ". What does it mean that God's favor rests on us? How is his good will expressed to everyone? And what part do we play in all this?
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29/11/2009Peace and Justice - Jason Cutshall
What difference does it make that Jesus was born? The angels announced: “Good news, of great joy, for all people: born this day is a Saviour, Christ the Lord…Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, among people with whom he is well pleased” (other translation: “people of goodwill.”) This is a global pronouncement, dealing with global issues. Why is Jesus’ coming good news of great joy for all people? What is his legacy? And how do we as “Christ-ians”carry on Jesus’ work of bringing peace on earth and expressing God’s good will to the whole world?
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15/11/2009Sex and the City….or Love, Actually
Should you sleep with your boyfriend on your first date? Not at Crossroads- we have waited until the third week of our series on relationships to think about sex! Sex can be exciting, powerful, personal, embarrassing or even damaging- but can it be biblical? Join us this Sunday to explore what God thinks about our most intimate relationships.
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08/11/2009Hammers, Guitars, Bitterballen and Friends - Charlie Allmon
We are designed for relationships. We will be sharing some thoughts on how we can approach our friendships in a way that brings out the best in ourselves as well as in those around us.
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01/11/2009Family Ties - Jack LoMonaco
Every family has a different emotional climate with different patterns of relating. And while no family is perfect, some are more harmonious and well-functioning than others. No matter what type of family system one grew up in, God wants to empower us to experience life-giving relationships with our parents, spouse, siblings, children, and friends.
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25/10/2009Building with Living Stones - Scott Curley
In the New Testament the people of God are compared to a spiritual house, a new temple built with living stones. What does that mean for our lives today?
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18/10/2009The Jounrey Continues - Helma Aniceta
We are traveling together as a people of God. We are all called to serve Him and serve each other. God designed us all for this purpose, giving us different talents, passions, abilities, personalities and experience. What is your unique contribution to the journey?
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11/10/2009Living Together - Andrew Perriman
The foundation of community is shared values. At Mt. Sinai God gave the Israelites his law, which outlined how to live together with God and other people. How do we navigate living in community today?
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28/12/2008David - Al Dyck
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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21/12/2008Joseph
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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14/12/2008Zechariah
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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07/12/2008Samuel
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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30/11/2008Prayer of Jesus - Jack LoMonaco
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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23/11/2008Prayer of David - Kevin Johnson
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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16/11/2008Prayer of Habakkuk - Scott Curley
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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09/11/2008Daring to Draw Near - Kevin Johnson
The life that God invites us into involves a relational connection with God himself. What does that look like? How can we experience that in all its fullness? Join us as we dive into Biblical portraits of people who dared to connect with the God who invites all of us to draw near.
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02/11/2008Expanding Your Influence - Kevin Johnson
True life in Christ is anything but ordinary. When a radical God moves into the core of our being he nudges us out of our comfort zone. Join us for this series that explores embracing a life of impact.
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26/10/2008Living missionally - Andrew Perriman
True life in Christ is anything but ordinary. When a radical God moves into the core of our being he nudges us out of our comfort zone. Join us for this series that explores embracing a life of impact.
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