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This Sunday we conclude our Malachi series with one of the great promises of the Old Testament. It is a promise of the great and awesome day of the Lord when he will come to judge the wicked and heal and save those who fear his name. Clearly, Malachi is pointing God’s people to the coming Messiah who will come first as a Lamb and again as a Lion. This text gives us the opportunity to think about judgment, salvation, and Christ’s return. These are essential truths, and I pray the Lord will use them to help make us all more ready for eternity. Also, on this first Sunday of October, we’ll receive the Lord’s Supper together as a church family. I hope that’s how you view CrossPointe...
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Dear CrossPointe,C.S. Lewis once said that in order to understand the cure of the gospel, we must understand the disease of sin. The great English preacher J.C. Ryle wrote, "Dim or indistinct views of sin are the origin of most of the errors, heresies, and false doctrines of the present day."Our text this week, Romans 5:1214, is one of the most pivotal texts in the whole B...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, Our text this week, Romans 5:68, contains some of the sweetest words in the entire Bible. While we were still weak sinners, completely powerless and unable to do anything to change our situation, Christ died for usthe ungodly. What wonderful news. Embedded in these few verses is the very heart of the gospel. After our time in the Word, we'll come to the ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, This Sunday we will zero in on Romans 5:5, in which Paul explains that the basis of a Christian's assurance is the indwelling Holy Spirit, who has been poured into our hearts. In other words, we can bank on our future as sure and certain because God has given us the down payment of his Spirit in us. The implications for the Christian life are enormous...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, I'm really looking forward to this Sunday! We'll be in Joshua 2 (and a bit of chapter 6 as well) studying a pivotal moment in the history of God's people, when they finally put into motion plans to conquer the Promised Land. "Conquer" is probably a strong term, because the Israelites barely do anything. Rather, the Lord gives them the land by defeating t...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, Where is God when life hurts? How does his sovereignty intersect with our suffering? These questions have been around since Genesis 3, and our text this Sunday, Romans 5:35, helps us answer them. My hope is that our time together in this passage will help us build a better theology of suffering so that we can actually rejoice in it when it inevitably com...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, This Sunday we begin Romans 5 which serves as a transition in the Apostle Paul's line of thinking. Up to this point, he's been arguing forcefully that we are made right with God by the gift of faith and not by works. Now, at the beginning of chapter five, he lays out some of the results that truth brings about in the life of a believer. This Sunday we'll...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, This Sunday we'll finish Romans 4 as we consider verses 2225. It's a short text, but power packed. Verse 25, in particular, is a kind of summary of the gospel in just a few words. It says that Jesus "was delivered up for our transgressions and raised for our justification." Nearly every word is packed with theological significance and has much to do with...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe, Up to now, Paul's point in Romans has been that we are saved by faith, not works. As an example of this truth, he zooms in on the patriarch Abraham. If we are made right with God only because we have faith like Abraham, then it's really important for us to understand the nature of Abraham's faith. And that's the point of our text this Sunday, Romans 4:18...
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Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe This Sunday our text is Colossians 1:1520 in which the apostle Paul refutes some of the heretical teachings about Jesus Christ that were going on at the church of the Colossians. These false teachings were undermining the truth of Christ and the gospel. Like the first century audience, we are also threatened by some untrue philosophies and teachings in o...
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