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Dear CrossPointe,This Sunday we're continuing in our Jonah series with a look at 1:172:10. If you were to take a poll on the street as to what stories are in the Bible, it's likely a lot of folks would mention the scene from our text for this Sunday, "Jonah and the Fish." But because of its popularity and miraculous nature it's been subjected to its fair share of misinterp...

Dear CrossPointe,I'm excited to begin our journey through the book of Jonah this Sunday! There's no doubt that this little book is one of the most famous in all of the Bible, and that's almost exclusively due to one extraordinarybut rather smalldetail: Jonah gets swallowed by a great fish. But once we step back to see the book as a whole, what's it actually about? To ask a...

Dear Church, Praise God for a wonderfulEaster Sunday! This Sunday will be a family worship Sunday witha stand-alone message from 1 Timothy 3:1415, a beautiful and short passage about the localchurch as the household of God. I'm looking forward to being encouraged by this text and hopefully reminding us what a privilegeit is to be a church family together. Then, the foll...

Dear CrossPointe, There is not a shred of tentativeness in Paul's argument in 1 Corinthians 15. Either Christ was raised from the dead, or we are still in our sins and more to be pitied than anyone. But he was raised from the dead, and subsequently the whole of our faith rests on this one central truth. So, this Sunday, we will consider the supreme significance of the R...

CrossPointe, What a joy it is to open God's Word with you this Sunday. Our text is Psalm 121, one of the "psalms of ascent" believed to be sung as pilgrims made their way to Jerusalem for various festivals and worship. As I've studied it this week, I am struck by how relevant it is to us today and especially as we approach Resurrection Sunday. The psalmist asks, "From w...

Dear CrossPointe,I'm really looking forward to our text this Sunday, Hebrews 12:1829. It's a summation of the author's argument up to this point: don't go back to the Old Covenant but hold fast to Jesus because. To do that he draws a contrast of two mountainsSinai representing the Old, and Zion representing the New. This analogy is rich with relevancefor us today!See you S...

Dear Church, What a gift it was to have Mwindula Mbewe with us last week! Praise God for his ministry among us. This week we are back in Hebrews 12:1417. It's a shorter text for us, yet it's an important one because of what is says about the Christian life and living together as a local church. In short, pursuing holiness is essential for a believer, and it is a communa...

Dear CrossPointe, We are thrilled to have Mwindula Mbewe with us again this Sunday. You'll rememberhe preached at CrossPointe precisely one year ago and thoroughly blessed us with his ministry of the Word. Pastor Mwindula is from Lusaka, Zambia, where he planted and pastors Hillview Baptist Church. This Sunday, his message will be on Ecclesiastes 1:111 and will be entit...

Dear Church, We are back in Hebrews this Sunday, specifically Hebrews 12:413. This passage is crucial for understanding how the Lord loves his people and how sanctification and the Christian life work. Getting a good grasp on these truths equips us to understand trials and hardships and God's purpose for them. See you Sunday! Brad ...

Dear CrossPointe, If you missed Tyler's helpful sermon last Sunday, be sure to catch it here. On this family worship Sunday, instead of plowing through a weighty text in Hebrews 12, we will consider one of the most explicit gospel texts in all of the Bible: Ephesians 2:110. With the children joining us in the sanctuary, I think about what we hope every child who grows u...