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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,What a privilege it is to gather together every week to praise the Lord and build one another up in the faith. In the last week I'm sure we've all experienced the highs and lows of life in a fallen world, but there's always Sunday and the great blessing we have of hearing from God's Word together. Would you pray with me that the Lord would use our time tog...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,As I mentioned last week, we are taking a short summer break from our series through Romans. Last Sunday we looked at Hebrews 10:1925 and our responsibility as a church family to stir one another up to love and good deeds. If you missed it, I encourage you tolisten to it here.This week we are going to look at water baptismwhat it is, what it portrays, and ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,As I mentioned last week, we're going to take a brief summer break from Romans. This Sunday we'll look at Hebrews 10:19-25, especially zooming in on v24, "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works." My plan is to examine what this text has to say about living together as a local church and share my heart pastorally about where w...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,This Sundaywe'll finish up Romans 8 as we work through verses 35-39. The truthcontained in this text is breathtakingly marvelous. Romans 8 began with the promise of "no condemnation" for those in Christ and ends with the assurance of "no separation" for those whom God has loved in Christ Jesus. Our plan will be to consider the text, then zoom out and exami...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,We're back in Romans this Sunday with a look at Romans 8:31-34. Martyn Lloyd-Jones called Romans 8:31-39 a "grand staircase" which takes us higher and higher until it culminates with no separation for those who are in Christ. I think he's right! Paul's argument in this text is really just a string of consequences that flow from the gospel that he's establi...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,What a joy it was to host our dear friends, Gareth Keri Franks, from the United Arab Emirates (via South Africa and India!) last week. The Lord has been so gracious to make us partners in the gospel with like-minded churches and families around the world. If you missed Gareth's message last week on the "Useless Church" from Revelation 3:1422, take some ti...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,I'm really looking forward tothis Sunday. Our dear friends, Gareth and Keri Franks, will be with us from the United Arab Emirates. Originally from South Africa, the Franks were missionary church-planters in India for 15 years before recently moving to Abu Dhabi in the UAE where Gareth pastors a Bible-believing, gospel-preaching church in the middle of the ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,This SundayTyler Kirkpatrickwill be preaching from Matthew 19:1630 on Jesus' encounter with a rich young man. This is a striking scene that has much to teach us about the gospel and the Christian life. In addition to dwelling on this rich passage, I'm very excited for you to hear from Tyler. He joined our staff this January and primarily oversees our stude...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,We've said for a few weeks that Romans 8 is all about assurance: God will bring his people safely home. For those who are in Christ Jesus, there is no condemnation and there will be no separation. In our text this week, Romans 8:2830, we see the grounds for that rock-solid assurancethe unconditional, electing love of God for those whom he has called.Admitt...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,I hope you've noticed how full of the Holy Spirit Romans 8 has been. He sets us free, indwells us, leads us, gives us life, enables us to fight sin, and adopts us. And in our text this week, Romans 8:2627, we read that the Spirit helps us when we are weak and intercedes for us according to the will of God.I'm very thankful for this text because I'm so ofte...
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