September 21st, 2021
Read: Philippians 1:1-11 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all […]
September 20th, 2021
Read: Acts 16:40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left. Pastor David has charged us to BE the Church. What does that look like? As we continue to learn about Lydia and the church […]
September 19th, 2021
The early church began as a gathering of people – a movement centered around the person of Jesus Christ – the risen Christ…the son of the living God. They lived out the message of Jesus in every aspect of their daily lives – in their work, in their home lives, with their neighbors. The people […]
September 18th, 2021
BEing the church is still what God calls us to do today. But what does that look like? One day each week we will hear stories from within our Cross Creek community, of people who are taking intentional steps to BE the church to their community. This week we will hear from Ruth VanGorder and […]
September 17th, 2021
Read Acts 9:28-31 “So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him. When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. Then […]
September 16th, 2021
Read Acts 9:26-27 “When he (Saul) came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his own journey had seen the Lord and that […]
September 15th, 2021
Read Acts 11: 25-26 “Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So, for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people.” Today, as we dive deeper into discovering who Barnabas is and what lessons we […]
September 14th, 2021
Read Acts 11: 24 “He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.” Today, we get a glimpse of how Luke (author of the book of Acts) describes his friend Barnabas. He says he is a “good man”, “full of […]
September 13th, 2021
Read Acts 11:23 “When Barnabas arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.” As we continue to discover new insight into the character of Barnabas, let’s look today at how he encourages the new believers. In […]
September 12th, 2021
The early church began as a gathering of people – a movement centered around the person of Jesus Christ – the risen Christ…the Son of the Living God. They lived out the message of Jesus in every aspect of their daily lives – in their work, in their home lives, with their neighbors. The people […]