Sunday was another great day of worship for CrossPoint. Our worship was God-centered, Gospel-structured, Bible-filled and Spirit-led. We congratulated our seniors. More than 500 of us enjoyed our annual picnic at Homestead Hollow. Our Ignite College Students collected $3500 for their mission trip to Costa Rica. Then we ended the day by baptizing 13 new …
Read more »On Wednesday evenings after CrossPoint University, I meet with a small group of men to discuss a book pertaining to systematic theology. We have been discussing the 1291 page tome for nearly two years. This last Wednesday the chapter topic was worship. Worship can be difficult term to define. The very practice of worship can …
Read more »1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1-2 Psalm 42 is instructed to be given to the choir leader. In most Bibles there is a caption beneath …
Read more »I originally planned to save today’s quote for a future blog. However, since your response to yesterday’s blog about the church was so strong, I decided to post it today: “God is the highest good of the reasonable creature, and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. …
Read more »Robert Nordling of the Calvin Institute of Worship once told the story of taking his five-year-old son Jackson to a young friend’s birthday party: Jackson is all dressed up and brimming with excitement and enthusiasm as he rushes into his friends’ house to join in the festivities. However, when his father comes to pick him …
Read more »I’ve got worship on my mind. Worship is on my mind, in part, because the worship intensity increases each weekend at CrossPoint. Worship is also on my mind because I am teaching a Worship Perspectives class for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary this semester. With worship on my mind, I have something I want you …
Read more »In John 12:32, Jesus made this promise, And I, when I am lifted up from all the earth, will draw all people to myself. The Lord Jesus fulfilled that amazing promise last weekend at CrossPoint. We were two minutes into worship, when 178 students from Truman State University arrived on our campus in buses and …
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