Crosstraining 6.29.12

READ: 1 Peter 2:1-3 Crave spiritual milk, Peter tells us. It grows us, it fills us, and it is good. When we loosen our grip and surrender our daily lives to God, we’re not met with emptiness, dullness or confusion. Surrendering is a sweet exchange. We get to...

Crosstraining 6.28.12

: Luke 9:23-24 The quarterback surrenders to the coach’s offensive system. The boxer is nothing without the people in his corner. If we’re serious about fitness, we submit to a trainer. Spiritual training is the same way. We surrender to be strong. If you...

Crosstraining 6.27.12

Hebrews 12:1-3 These last three weeks we’ve looked at story after story of people who moved in faith and radically experienced God. In all these stories there was an explicit or implicit invitation to move in faith. This same invitation gets extended to us every...

Crosstraining 6.26.12

Genesis 12:1-9 Do you ever have those moments in life where you look back and say, “I wish that had turned out differently,” or maybe “I wonder what my life would be like if this had happened.” Abram is the poster child for that kind of...

Crosstraining 6.25.12

Jeremiah 13:1-10 If you’re Jeremiah, this might be a weird conversation, right? Yet in hindsight, we can see how God was using something very simple (although perhaps strange at the time) to illustrate a point to his people: not to let pride get in the way of...