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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,The truths we've been dwelling on in Romans 8 are breathtaking.We've been freed from the law of sin and death.God's Spirit now resides in us if we are believers.We've been adopted by God who is not only our Savior but also our Father.And, stunningly, we're called joint heirs with Christ.The question may be then, how is it that we still suffer and struggle ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,This ResurrectionSundaywe'll take a break from Romans and look at just one verse, Mark10:45, in which Jesus says ofhimself, "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Realizing that on Easter we will have more than the usual number of visitors, and realizing that many likely may not be believers...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,We believe fiercely in the TrinityFather, Son, and Holy Spirit. But we sometimes struggle understanding the role of the Spirit in the Godhead. What does the Spirit do and what is His role in our lives? Our text this week, Romans 8:1417, zooms in on that question. While not an exhaustive explanation of the role of the Holy Spirit, this text is essential for...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,Brad will be guest-preaching this Sunday at a friend's church in Atlanta (Mt. Vernon Baptist). While he's up the road, we'll take a break from Romans and look at a key episode in the life of the early church.Acts 6:17 recounts the story of how the growing church neglected a group of Greek-speaking widows. When the oversight was brought to everyone's attent...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,We're going to look at just two verses this week, Romans 8:1213. This text is so critical to a right understanding of the Christian life. Because we have been made alive by the Spirit,we mustput to death our remaining sin. If we do, we will live. If we don't, we will die.Those who are truly born again are secure in Christ; yet, if we don't fight sin by the...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,If you're a Christian, the Spirit of God dwells in you.That's Paul's main point in our textthis Sunday, Romans 8:911. And, if God's Spirit dwells in you, just as he raised Jesus from the dead, he will most surely also raise you. These are enormously encouraging words. In this short passage, we see the root and guarantee of our assurancethat God himself dwe...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,Continue to pray for Brad as he serves our brothers and sisters in India! The trip is going well so far. Pray also for Brad's safe return next week.In the meantime, Will is going to preach this Sunday on 1 Corinthians 15:311. This text is Paul's summary of the gospel and reveals the crucial beliefs of the church then and now. Read ahead today and tomorrow ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,Our plan is to dig into Romans 8:58this Sunday, in which Paul contrasts those who live according to the flesh with those who live according to the Spirit. John Stott breaks this text down helpfully when he says these verses are about two categories of people (unregenerate and regenerate) who have two different perspectives which lead to two different patte...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,For centuries Romans 8 has been one of the most loved chapters in the Bible. It covers the whole of the Christian lifefrom justification to glorification. It begins with the pronouncement of no condemnation and ends with the promise of no separation.I'm really looking forward to walkingthrough this chapter together. Several years ago we did a short series ...
Keep ReadingDear CrossPointe,Last week we did a sort of overview of Romans 7:1425 and looked at the arguments for seeing the "I" Paul refers to as either before or after his conversion. While there are good textual arguments on both sides, I'm persuaded by the view that the struggle he describes is part of the Christan life. Still, we have a little more work to do in this text. Last w...
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