Posts by Cross of Christ Secretary

This week, Holy Week, focuses most closely on Jesus’ week leading up to his death on the cross before he came back to life. He rode into the city as the king. He kicked people out of the temple. He taught about God. He started Communion. He was betrayed, abandoned, arrested, beaten, falsely convicted, mocked,…

Lord, this week’s tragedy in Nashville further heightens our awareness of how broken and evil our world is. Children as well as adults fall victim to unthinkable atrocities. You promise that you see. You promise that you care. You promise to bind up the brokenhearted. Lord, have mercy. Lord, come with your healing power. Lord,…

Contracts are covenants. Legally binding agreements. You have to keep your end of the deal, or you face penalties. Sometimes pretty serious penalties. What if we had to make contracts with God? Keep our end of the bargain or else face the penalties? That would be terrifying. And yet, did you know that God makes…

Churches talk a lot about the cross, the horrible things Jesus endured, and his suffering. Why focus on such dark, sad things? Because so much good came from that suffering. Peace. God’s approval. Forgiveness. Living forever. We couldn’t have it without suffering. Without Jesus’ suffering in our place. Without his amazing love. Let’s keep talking…

Everyone who’s helpless in life. Everyone who struggles. Everyone who’s lost and trying to find direction. How should we feel about them? Like Jesus does. Not with disdain. Not with self-righteousness. Not with judgment and rejection. With compassion. The world needs our compassion. “When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they…

Nobody likes a whiner. No one wants to listen to us complain and vent all our frustrations. Do you believe that? God doesn’t mind your whining. He loves to listen to you vent. Because he knows how tough it can all be at times. He knows we need to talk—vent, whine even. He knows we…

Not your mistakes. Not your failures. Not your shortcomings. Not your regrets. It’s about Jesus. His perfection for you. His forgiveness. His love. His compassion. His faithfulness to you. Especially when you’re down, remember that it just isn’t about you. Never has been. It’s always all about Jesus. And he’s all about you. “You know…

It doesn’t take all that much life experience to realize it. None of us can do this all by ourselves. We need support. We need encouragement. We need help. We need friends. God made it that way. So we could rely on each other. Get through life together. We’re better together. “Two are better than…

You don’t need to have the solution. You don’t need to have the perfect words or the exact right response. You don’t need to necessarily fix anything or make it better for someone. Sometimes what people need most from us is that we simply notice something. See their hurt. Acknowledge the pain. Celebrate their personal…

That’s how it was in the beginning. People got to walk and talk with God at the end of theday. Because God was among them.Then the big separation happened. Devastating disobedience ruined a perfect relationshipwith God.But God doesn’t give up.He’s been coming to be with his people in clouds and fire and temples in the…