2 Different Ways of Understanding Justice: Naturalism and Christianity Naturalism is the view that there is no such thing as God or the supernatural or the spiritual world, all we are is matter acting up chance and time in a closed physical reality. This worldview leads to a radically different understanding of justice. Here’s a […]
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Romans 9 Chapel Message
Romans 9 Chapel Message Here’s a sermon I recently preached at Covenant Classical School in Naperville. The school is going through the book of Romans together and I got to preach on chapter 9! The chapel was made up of students kindergarten through high school. Romans 9 Covenant Classical School Chapel Message Students, teachers, administration, […]
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The Good Life
The Good Life This week at Cross of Christ Fellowship we look at Matt 5:1-12, which are the Beatitudes. Jesus begins the ‘sermon on the mount’ with these 8 statements (the 8th is followed with an elaboration, which is the 9th statement). Each of the “beatitudes” are made up of 3 parts: 1 Category; 2 […]
Suburban Beatitudes: The Good Life for us in Suburbia Blessed are those who live in the suburbs, for theirs is the comfort, ease, and convenience of the American Dream. Blessed are those who maintain the facade of a perfect life and family, for theirs is the praise of neighbor and of co-worker. Blessed are those […]
Why is Jesus described as “the Word” in John 1:1 ? by Dan Tsouloufis Why is Jesus described as “the Word” in John 1:1 ? Some people may ask why Jesus is described as “the Word” in John 1:1, and it does require some explanation. Below is the passage: John 1:1 “In the beginning was the […]
Parent Child Dedication Service 2/19 in Naperville This Sunday our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship in downtown Naperville, is hosting its first Parent Child Dedication service. I’m excited that we’ll be having 5 of our couples dedicating their children that morning. We’ll be blessed to have pastor Pat Aldridge from Redeemer Fellowship with us that […]
College Ministry Internship in Naperville Our church plant, Cross of Christ Fellowship, is looking for an intern to lead and pioneer our college ministry at North Central College. Here’s some information for any interested: College Ministry Internship at Cross of Christ Fellowship Cross of Christ Fellowship is looking for a college ministry intern to help […]
Andrew Klavan’s “The Great Good Thing” I recently finished Andrew Klavan’s “The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ.” This was EXTREMELY well written and thoroughly enjoyable to read! In his journey to faith, Klavan spent some time as atheist. Yet what shook him out of his atheism was the realization […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship 2017 January Newsletter In case you missed our latest newsletter, here’s a link to it: http://eepurl.com/czhNs1 We are so thankful to host church at the DuPage Children’s Museum on Sunday mornings and are praying over these goals as listed for 2017. In particular, we really hope to focus on discipleship. Please […]
7 Truths from a Christian Worldview PART 3 by Dan Tsouloufis Having concluded my seven fundamental truth claims, I will now dig much deeper and examine the incoherent and irrational worldview of those who doubt the existence of God or who outright reject the existence of God. First, I will present my thoughts on modern […]
