The recent Pokemon craze has swept Phoenix, and probably most of the world that has access to smart phones. One recent Sunday morning, the normally empty park behind the community center where the church meets was full of gamers braving the summer heat, looking down at their phones, attempting to find treasures in a game […]
Selah Moment – Our Sunday morning scripture reading has taken us through the story of ancient Israel’s often tense relationship with God. The book is filled with betrayal, judgment, and promise of a future hope. God’s people had chased after other gods, rejecting the covenant God had made with them. Judgment followed their fickle love. […]
This past week brought word of another tragic shooting of a police officer who serves our community in the valley of the sun. While there has been increased attention to methods of law enforcement and police brutality, by all accounts Officer David Glasser was indicative of most law enforcement, selflessly protecting his community. He was […]
I was recently reading through Genesis and was encouraged and challenged when considering the construction of the Tower of Babel. Following the destruction of the world through a flood, the population would soon recover through the family of Noah. These descendants soon committed themselves to the development of a monument to their greatness. The edifice […]
Have you ever wondered what our words would sound like and what actions we would perform if we could even scratch the surface of describing the greatness and worth of God? David exhorts us with this thought in Psalm 29, “Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory […]
Waiting is never fun, but life is filled with waiting. We wait for our next birthday, wait to get our first car and driver’s license, and anxiously await college, jobs, marriage, and families. There is also daily waiting, waiting in line at the grocery store, waiting to get over sickness, and waiting in traffic. On a couple of recent […]
Selah Moment One of the great human challenges from childhood to old age is handling injustice. From our earliest days we are quite adamant that justice be served. Watch any two year old react when a friend steals his favorite toy. He literally screams to anyone who will listen that a gross violation of the […]
This Sunday, Pastor Tim will restart a sermon series through the book of Luke. This week we will study Luke 3:23-38, “Finding God in the Genealogies of Scripture”. We will also be celebrating the victory of Christ over sin and death as we take the Lord’s Table together. Pray that God would prepare hearts as we worship Him through music, fellowship […]
The Crosspoint Family was encouraged and challenged by a poignant charter service message from Pastor Jim Welch from Victory Baptist Church, Montrose, Colorado. Here is a summary of the main points from Pastor Welch’s message to the congregation. We pray that we as a body would live out these biblical aspirations. 1.Glorify God – Ephesians […]