Crossing Community Church

Psalm 42-43 is a wonderful reminder of what many of us go through -- when things are bad and people are against us, our hope is in God, in His everlasting covenant love for us. 

What does it mean for a church to enforce church discipline? This week, Pastor Tim talks about the why and how of church discipline but warns us that our sin is always lurking in the shadows to overtake us. 

God get's a lot of bad press when it comes to women. Many accuse him and the church as being sexist and demeaning to women. But going back to the worldview of "Creator and Creation" -- God is allowed to define his creation and the order he chooses that it should live by. This week, Pastor Tim wraps up the Summer Top Ten series by addressing the role of women in the church.  

The artist gets to define his art. He describes what it means and suggests how we should understand it. No one else has that authority. Now consider that God is also an artist. Genesis 1:1 states that He created the heavens and Earth. That means that he is the only one allowed to define his creation. In that same chapter of Genesis, it says God created man, male and female, He created them.  Therein is the controversy between our culture and God's authority. Who defines what a man and a woman is!

This week we have the pleasure of baptizing four of our people. As you listen in on the service, you'll hear one person sharing a few words of encouragement before the person being baptized shares their testimony. Enjoy the stories of transformation that each of these folks has gone through and continues to go through. 

Today we paused our current teaching series to spend time directing our hearts on the important truths that Psalm 139 holds for us. As you read the passage, you realize he knows -- he knows where we are, what we are thinking, what we are saying. He knew us before we were born and he knows the number of our days in this life. He knows and because he knows, we can trust him! 

We never know when we will find ourselves in the midst of a difficult season of life. There is really no way to prepare for the unexpected. But when it does happen, we can know where to go and how to respond. Nathan leads us into Psalm 136 today and helps us understand that the character of God, his enduring mercy, is safe place for us in any season of life!

John believed at one time that he simply had to do more good than bad to please God. But over time, he came to understand the death of Christ was the only way to cover his sins resulting in a driveway conversion that change the destiny of his whole family. In the coming months and years, his wife and both of his children trusted Christ! That's what Jesus does -- He changes lives!

This week Jarred Cain did a great job of teaching from Hebrews 11-12 and relating the passage to issues of conscience.  As Christians dealing with issues of Conscience sometimes leads us to asking bad questions. It is important to ask the right ones because our liberty As Christians is an issue of witness as we seek to share Christ to our families, our neighbors and our communities. It is important to run as a witness because our liberty is not for us it is for the Glory of God and for the building up of others.