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The Blessings of Expository Preaching

I have the honor and privilege of preaching regularly at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. As a church, we preach through books of the Bible on Sunday mornings. Our style is expository preaching, or preaching that finds its message through the message of passages of Scripture. Each week we look at passage in a […]

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CURIOUS ABOUT CHRIST: A 7 Week Exploration of Christ

Starting on Sunday Sept 16, our church (Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville) will be hosting a weekly study called “Curious about Christ.” For 7 consecutive Sundays (6:30-8 PM at the Barnes & Noble Cafe in Naperville), we’ll be considering the person and work of Christ, and how Christ helps us make sense of life’s […]

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The Materialist’s Dilemma (Tsouloufis)

The Materialist’s Dilemma (Guest post by Dan Tsouloufis) Can a collision of atoms produce transcendent self-awareness? Can hard matter produce consciousness? It would seem to defy both reason and common sense to even pose the above two questions.  Yet in our current, hyper-secular age of scientism and non-reason, we are often compelled to consider such things. Unfortunately, according to […]

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Anger as a Clue Pointing Us to God

ANGER as a CLUE to Pointing Us to God Could anger be a clue to a deeper reality of this universe? I would argue YES. Here’s why: Why are we morally outraged by the gas chambers of the Nazis? Why are we morally outraged by the hard-working farmer getting ripped off and cheated of his […]

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Atheist Anger: Either Irrational or Arrogant

Atheist Anger: Either Irrational or Arrogant Whenever a person gets angry, it is usually because he/she is upset that a moral value has been transgressed or broken. We get angry that our boss treats us unfairly—assuming that is objectively right to treat another person fairly. We get angry when a weak person is taken advantage […]

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3 Ways the Gospel Changes Us

3 Ways the Gospel Changes Who We Are The truths of the gospel are STAGGERINGLY GOOD. In Titus 2:13 we see that Jesus is our “Great God and Savior.” He came to save us, we who wanted nothing to do with him. This saving came about as he “gave himself for us” (Titus 2:14) on […]

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NEW Venue for Cross of Christ Fellowship: Starting January 2019

Starting in January 2019, Cross of Christ Fellowship will begin meeting on Sunday mornings for worship services at the “Old Stone Church” building in downtown Naperville (14 S Washington St.) We are excited about this new chapter for us as a church as we begin worship services in a new location in downtown Naperville. Until […]

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The Gospel Changes How We Wait

The Gospel Changes How We WAIT So much of our life is spent in waiting. Waiting to graduate. Waiting to find a job. Waiting for a spouse. Waiting for a child. Waiting for resolution in some situation. Waiting for something we hope will finally take place. What we wait for surely reveals our heart. What […]

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Entrusted With a Child’s Heart

Entrusted with a Child’s Heart This past year our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, hosted a year long study called “Entrusted with a Child’s Heart.” It was the first year we tried it as a church, and we found that it was worth the time and energy. Each week some of the mothers […]

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Culture Will Impact our Faith

Our Culture Will Impact the Soundness of Our Christian Faith To be “sound in the faith” is to embrace the truth of the gospel message without being distorted by false teaching and false practice. We see this in Titus 1:13-14, where Paul’s heart is that the Cretan believers would be “sound in the faith” and […]