Crossing Community Church

The "Lost" parable communicates the grace of God in a beautiful way. None of the characters in the story -- the sheep, the coin, the younger son and the older son -- deserved what they received. But God gives not because of merit but because of deep abiding love.

The key to great love is understanding the great forgiveness we've received. The parable of the two debtors is a beautiful example of gratitude and worship.

Jesus, the master teacher, taught service and sacrifice to his disciples. Paul wrote about his example -- an example highlighted on the cross.

This week we follow up from our Winter Bible Conference asking the question, "If I'm sent, what do I do when I get there?" Pastor Tim suggests three things to focus on in our daily life.

In our Sunday morning session of the 2016 Winter Bible Conference, Bob Borcherdt challenged us to consider our walk with God and the submission that should be our reality when we refer to Jesus as our Savior, King and Lord.

In the second session of the 2016 Winter Bible Conference, Bob Borcherdt highlights the importance Christ gave to the Kingdom of God in his teaching referring to it more than 160 times. He also challenged us to consider the difference between deployment and employment, asking us who do we work for.

Our guest speaker for the 2016 Winter Bible Conference was Bob Borcherdt. Bob's passion for taking our faith to the marketplace is a perfect fit with Crossing's value of being a 'sent people.' Among many great points in this session Bob speaks about challenging the mental maps in our thinking that keep us in captivity in our thinking and limits us from seeing the full story line of the Bible. He also introduced us to the Hebrew word "avodah" which is used for work and worship.

eployment and where the word 'worship' comes from and it's relationship to the word 'work.'

Each person in your life right now is someone God has put there for eternal purposes. God is so intentional! In addition to living as 'sent' people, Pastor Tim also speaks about how resolving conflict with each other is attractive to a watching world.

There are many things in this life that get in the way of following Christ. Pastor Tim uses a bag full of objects to illustrate how easily we are distracted from a wholehearted pursuit of Jesus.

Bob Beck is the founder of House of Adonai, a faith-based recovery house in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Today we were blessed to have him share how God changed his life and turned him from chasing an addiction to following Jesus.