A modern-day miracle took place at CrossPoint yesterday.  The Lord turned a $5 investment into $4,655 in less than three hours.  For those doing the math, that is 93,000% return on investment. At the conclusion of my message I asked if anyone could match my $5 offering.  I wanted to use the money to minister …

Who has the power to deliver us? No one but Jesus Who has the power to proclaim freedom to the captives? No one but Jesus Who has the power to give sight to the spiritually blind? No one but Jesus Who has the power to set free the oppressed? No one but Jesus Who has …

My friend, R. Kent Hughes includes a powerful story of grace in one of his commentaries on the Gospel of Luke. Hughes teaches, “Those most in need of mercy and grace often know it least.” Then he adds the following account as an example. A large prestigious British church had three mission churches under its …

The CERTAINTY of the Gospel of Jesus Christ I began a new message series yesterday at CrossPoint entitled CERTAINTY.  During these times of uncertainty I will be preaching about the certainty of Jesus Christ through the eyes of the Gentile physician named Luke.  I am excited about the adventure that awaits us for the remainder …

In my continuing research of Luke’s Gospel I have found some valuable resources.  One of the richest resources I have discovered is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington.   Driscoll is doing something most mega-church pastors avoid, he is preaching through a book of the Bible line by line, sentence by sentence, …

If the Lord is willing, CrossPoint will study the Gospel of Luke in 2010.  I will kick off the series the first Sunday in February.  And it is my plan to preach all twenty-four chapters through the last Sunday in November. I have spent hours laboring over Luke’s Gospel.  I will spend many more hours …