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5 Long Term Hopes For Our Church Plant: Cross of Christ Fellowship

5 Long Term Hopes for Our Church Plant: Cross of Christ Fellowship We hope and pray that God will work through our church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship to bring about long term impact to the cultural landscape of Naperville.  Specifically, we pray for five areas of redemption: 1. A greater presence of those who […]

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How To Choose a Church Name: How We Chose “Cross of Christ Fellowship”

How to Choose a Church Name: How We Chose “Cross of Christ Fellowship” The church we are planting next year in Naperville is called “Cross of Christ Fellowship.” How did we decide on this?  Well, it was a very difficult process, but we landed on Cross of Christ Fellowship for the following reasons. 1. Cross […]

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Will You Be 1 of the 100 to Join Our Prayer Support Team?

Will You Be 1 of the 100 to Join Our Prayer Support Team? Prayer is vital to the life of the Christian and to the life of any ministry. It is God who opens doors for evangelism (Col 4:3).  It is God who brings spiritually dead people to life in Christ (Tit 3:5).  It is […]

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Church Planting: Next 6 Months

Church Planting: Next 6 Months In my previous post I spoke about some of the highlights from the first three months of my church planting residency.  Here’s what we hope to accomplish in the next 6 months: –Build a prayer team: We hope to find 100-200 people who will commit to praying for us and […]

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Church Planting: 3 Months In

Church Planting: 3 Months In Three months ago I began my church planting residency at Redeemer Fellowship.  Much has happened here and are some of the highlights: –We have chosen a city to plant a church in: Naperville. This required a lot of research, visits, conversations, and prayer.  But after much work and effort, we […]

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Writings on Christianity

Giving Thanks In All Things and For All Things (1 Thess 5:18; Eph 5:20)

GIVING THANKS IN ALL THINGS AND FOR ALL THINGS “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1Th 5:18 ESV) “giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph 5:20 ESV) Give thanks in all circumstances?  […]

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Alcantara on Dealing with Pride in Music Leading

My friend Dan Alcantara has an excellent post on dealing with the sin of pride and leading worship. Check it out: http://thedanalcantara.com/the-problem-with-pride/

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The Church and Her Role in the World

The Church and Her Role in the World The Church is the “community of all true believers for all time” (Grudem).  It is the people of God, formed by God for the purposes of God for the glory of God. The origin of the church lies within the redemptive and creative purposes of God.  In […]

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A Plea to Millenial Christians: Commit Yourselves to a Church Community (Reject Selfish Love of Autonomy)

A Plea to Millennial Christians: Commit Yourselves to a Church Community (Reject Selfish Love of Autonomy) Over the years, I’ve seen a tension in myself and other millennial Christians (those born between 1981-200): we want to be known and part of a church community, but we also want freedom to leave and go elsewhere.  This […]

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How Do You Know You’ve Received the Holy Spirit–Not Necessarily Tongues (Luther)

How Do You Know You’ve Received the Holy Spirit–Not Necessarily Tongues How do you know if you’ve really received the Holy Spirit?  Some in the more charismatic movement claim that the only way to know that you’ve actually truly received the Holy Spirit is if you speak in tongues (language that you do not know).  […]