The J Factor

In 2005, over 400 million boxes of Jell-O were sold around the world! That's 400 million boxes of glutinous animal bone, skin and connective tissue with food coloring and sugar! No wonder the classic southern congealed salad (fruit cocktail suspended in gelatin) is as unappetizing as its name!

But lets face it. Not only do we eat lots of Jell-O, Jell-O is what we do! Put us in various situations and more often then not we conform to our surroundings. Why is it that we find ourselves "conforming to the world" so often in our lives? How can we better obey Paul's command to not be conformed to the world's system?

What Not to Wear

So you've decided that you know longer wish to Trade Spaces with God and that it is time to Trade Places with God. Now what? Author Steve Wyatt says you have a Fashion Emergency. I say its time for us to learn What Not to Wear. This past Sunday we looked deeply into Paul's admonition to the Ephesian christians about what the appropriate Christ-follower fashion statement is for the fall. As you contemplate the list of things we are to put off and put on in Ephesians 4:17-31, which fashion accessory is the most difficult to slip out of and slip into?

Trading Spaces or Trading Places

We discovered Sunday that spiritual transformation--defined as internal change outwardly manifested--begins when we allow God to wrap his strength around our areas of weakness.
The Prophet Isaiah taught us that this wrapping takes place when we wait upon the Lord. God's promise is that He will then act on our behalf. Is waiting a difficult thing for you to do? Do you struggle let God act on your behalf? How can we more effectively wait on the Lord?

Living Out Loud

In his last days on earth, Jesus told His followers that they were to love God with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength and to love their neighbor as He had loved them. At CrossPointe, we have summarized these thoughts—loving God with our heart, soul, mind and strength and loving our neighbor as Christ loved us—in the simple phrase, live out loud. I’m interested to hear what living out loud means to you. In simple, concrete terms, how do we as a community of faith, live out loud?