Episode Archive – Crosscreek Community Church: A Church FOR People.

So we can trust that the biblical writings are accurate… but what do we do with them? How can something written to people of a different culture, language, and place 2000 years ago apply to anything happening in our lives now? But the thing is… when we understand how to use the biblical writings we can understand our role in the Kingdom of God.

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The Bible. No matter what that phrase brings to mind, we can’t deny that this book has had a huge impact on our society. But what is it? Where did it come from? And what’s the big deal anyway?

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Our relationships are supremely influential in our lives and determine our life outcomes to an enormous degree. The problem is, many times, we participate in relationships that aren’t necessarily healthy for us. The good news is that we can choose to build nourishing relationships with Jesus and others by focusing on and prioritizing them and being mindful of the influence they have on us.

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If we constantly fill our bodies with empty calories we won’t be able to live healthy lives. The same is true with the quality of the influences we allow into our lives. But how do we know which influences are healthy and which are empty? It all comes down to asking the right questions.

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We seem to live through the same unhealthy and unproductive cycles over and over. How can we make different choices that lead to better and healthier outcomes? The first step is changing our thinking.

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It seems there are only two types of Christians… Aggressively loud or passively silent. But the first Jesus followers were neither and the world was changed forever. The world can be changed again, but first we need to rethink what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st Century.

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Following Jesus should make Christians the happiest and most humble people in the world. Then why does it seem that they always are fighting each other and society? Maybe it’s time to rethink what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st century and rediscover what actually made the first Jesus Followers so different and inviting.

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Why does our society seem so polarized and contentious? We have chosen to define ourselves by what we are against… which forces us to define others as either allies or enemies. But Jesus showed us a better way. Following Jesus in the 21st century requires us to define ourselves by what we are FOR.

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We often assume Jesus is FOR what we are FOR and AGAINST what we are AGAINST. But what if we are wrong? What if Jesus has a purpose better and bigger than our personal agendas?

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“You just need faith.” What does that even mean and how do we “get” more faith? Faith is something that seems mysterious and complicated. But Jesus made it simple and powerful. Let’s rethink what it means to “have faith” for the 21st century.

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