Note to Self about Parents
Dear Teenager, It is your privilege to exemplify Jesus as the submissive son to your parents through honor and obedience, yet you do not really think of it in this way. You see obedience to your parents as an empty kind of law keeping. Their rules feel arbitrary, and compliance seems pointless and unfulfilling. But […]
Questions to ask your Bible
Much of our summer Wednesday night series was all about learning how to interact with the living Word of God. How do you meditate? How can you ask questions of your Bible? How can you dig in and apply ancient truth to today’s context? Here are some very helpful questions to take to your Bible […]
Feeding the Flesh
The following is an excerpt from a chapter on sanctification from a simple book on doctrine called: Dug Down Deep. In it Josh Harris answers questions like “If we’re new, why do we so often act old? If we’re changed by faith in Christ, why do so many parts of our lives still need renovation? Why […]
How to Enjoy Reading Your Bible
I have always been burdened to share with you all a solid way to read and enjoy studying your Bible. I came across a great help in the basics of getting in and soaking up the Bible. Take the next 5 minutes and read through this article and apply a few principles to your next […]
Busy?
Lazy? Not me. I’m busy. Up early, up late. My schedule is filled from beginning to end. I love what I do and I love getting stuff done. I attack a daily to-do list with the same intensity I play basketball. Me lazy? I don’t think so!
Why?
Do you ever wonder why Satan is around on this earth? Why he is able to torment and tempt? Why God allows him to devour and destroy? Why doesn’t God just do away with Him once and for all anyway? He doesn’t do it for one main reason, and it’s the reason He does everything […]
@ War thought
Let us settle it in our minds that the Christian fight is a good fight—really good, truly good, emphatically good. We see only part of it yet. We see the struggle, but not the end; we see the campaign, but not the reward; we see the cross, but not the crown. We see a few […]
@WAR
New series begins Wednesday, November 1, 2006. You are at war…whether you know it or not. There is a real enemy fighting an intense battle, and you are the target. Come learn defensive manuevers, battle tactics, boot camp strategies, and how to win the fight. Be here every week and come ready to challenge the way […]
He is enough
New series begins Sunday, November 5, 2006. Come learn with the Colossians that for the Christian life, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Christ and Him alone! Find out that we need this letter just as much as the original audience did. What do you try and add to your Christian life? […]
Moving on up…
I wanna say a big hearty Welcome to the newest members of CrossTraining–our 7th grade upgraders. It is so exciting to see all of you, and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for you in the years to come. Make yourself at home, get to know everybody and have a great […]
Successful Summer. Wasted Summer.
Successful summer or wasted summer? What is going to be God’s assessment of your 2006 summer vacation? Is this the summer you are going to dive in and really seek God for eternity’s sake, or is this going to be just another summer where you soak up whatever, and waste precious months on the trivial […]
Choices
His name was Dylan Klebold. He may have been kind to his friends in pre-school. He worked hard in school, and he was even in Cub Scouts where he probably did nice things for people. But one day, things started to change. He started making decisions that would change who he was for the rest […]
Prep Talk
Getting ready for big games in college carry a lot of memories for me. It all would start in a small room to stretch and get ready. It was normally really quiet in the room. Guys stretching out. Others wrapping ankles. Concentration. The sound of chalk scratching the line up on the green chalkboard board […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Click here for the Crosstraining Thanksgiving Greeting Today, I am thankful for you guys! Thanks for your friendships, honesty, and spirit. You are a joy to serve! Hope you enjoy the laughs from this card, but most of all, I hope you remember why we celebreate thanksgiving. O the depth of the riches both of […]
second best
“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted […]
Am I judgmental? by beth
Although, these posts can be read by anyone.…I am writing this for our female readers. =) Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. I just started reading Daniel in my devotions. […]
I Call You to Discomfort
Man, I am comfortable. I’m sitting at my desk in my heated office. My wife just called and informed me that soup is on the stove, even though I’m still a little full from lunch. My car runs quite well. I have a paycheck coming every two weeks. My health is great. I have enough […]
Gospel-Centered Teens
by Jason Cornwell Being a teenager is tough. I remember, even though it’s almost been 10 years ago. You’ve got to deal w/ school, clothes, facial blemishes, girls, high school sports, girls, learning to drive, girls, uncontrollable appetites for junk food, & then to top it all off, you have to worry about dating girls. […]
God’s Multiplying Power
I must learn never to measure God’s resources by mine. Someone has said. “Little is much when God is in it.” One of Elisha’s friends, a widow, had only one jar of oil (2 Kings 4:1–7). Instead of telling her to conserve it, he ordered her to do exactly the opposite: pour it out.