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Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 3)–Social Suffering

Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 3)–Social Suffering In my previous posts I discussed Christian suffering in the West and one type of suffering: emotional suffering. Now we consider another type of suffering that Christians will likely experience as they seek to faithfully live out a lived devoted to Christ: social suffering. Social suffering is experiencing […]

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Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 2)–Emotional Suffering

Suffering in the Suburbs (Part 2)–Emotional Suffering Christians will suffer (Phil 1:29) [see my previous post]. But what does this look like in suburbia—a place sought out after for its comfort, peace, and lack of suffering? While it may not look like the type of suffering experienced by believers in other parts of the world, […]

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Suffering in the Suburbs

Suffering in the Suburbs Phil 1:29 “For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.” On the news I’ve been hearing a lot lately about Christians being persecuted in the Middle East and around the world (North Korea, […]

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An Evening With Cross of Christ Fellowship

An Evening With Cross of Christ Fellowship: Monday October 6th in Wheaton Please join us for ‘An Evening with Cross of Christ Fellowship!’ We are hosting an event to share about Cross of Christ Fellowship over dessert. This is a great opportunity to learn more, to meet core team members, to find out what a […]

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What Motivates You: Success or Christ?

Success or Christ Success can be a subtly deceptive motivation for the believer. As Christians we want our ministry to succeed: we want more to come to Christ, more to be rescued from the destruction of sin, more to be transformed by the power of the gospel. These things are good in themselves and we […]

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Sharing the Gospel Through a Video

Sharing the Gospel through a Video I recently had the pleasure of helping a younger believer understand the gospel. To do this, I used a short video that provides a great Trinitarian explanation of the gospel. Lord-willingly, I hope to use this video in conversations with unbelievers in the future. What videos do you use?

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A Key Highlight of My Church Planting Residency

A Key Highlight of My Church Planting Residency One of the most important and impacting components of my church planting residency has been being part of the Elders Meetings at my sending church.  Now, many would assume that being part of such meetings would be boring and tedious, but I’ve been really surprised how much […]

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Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville Outreach

Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville Outreach Part of planting a church (Cross of Christ Fellowship) in downtown Naperville is doing the work of an evangelist–testifying about the good news of Jesus to those who have not heard it or do not believe it. Over Labor Day weekend we had a great opportunity to do this, […]

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5 Blessings of Joining a Church Plant

5 Blessings of Joining a Church Plant (An Encouragement to Consider Helping us Plant a New Church In Naperville) If you live in the Naperville area and are a Christian, we would love for you to consider helping us plant a new gospel-centered church in downtown Naperville! Cross of Christ Fellowship is a new church […]

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Labor Day Outreach: Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville

Labor Day Outreach Thanks to all who came out and all who prayed for our Labor Day Outreach at the Naperville Last Fling! We managed to give away around 150 Bibles, over 600 bottles of water, 10-15 books about Christianity, we had dozens of conversations with individuals in which we talked about God and the […]