Taking Hold of Eternal Life (1 Timothy 6:12) “Take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and to which you made the good confession before many witnesses” (1 Tim 6:12) Amidst a series of instructions, exhortations and rich theology, the Apostle Paul commands Timothy, his son in the faith, to ‘take hold […]
Category: Writings on Christianity
3 Reflections From Ecclesiastes In my personal devotions, I try to read through the Bible about once a year. Recently, I had the pleasure of working my way through Ecclesiastes. Many call this book one of the most difficult in the Bible–this is because of its many bleak and ‘seemingly contradictory’ statements about life. Traditionally, […]
Learning How to Preach From Augustine: 3 Styles of Preaching In a previous post, I shared Augustine’s 3 aims of preaching. Here’s we’ll look at the 3 styles of preaching. In De doctrina Christiana 4, Augustine lists the three styles appropriate for a sermon’s delivery: restrained, mixed, and grand.[1] Each style has a particular function, […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship WEBSITE Our Naperville church plant, Cross of Christ Fellowship, now has a website! Here it is: www.crossofchristfellowship.org
10 Questions to Help You Apply the Gospel Here’s 10 questions I came up with and used in our church plant core team to help us consider and apply the gospel to our lives and community. (If your familiar of Tim Keller, you can see his influence!) By God’s grace it was a great discussion! […]
Is Submitting to Authority Inherently Wrong? (Guest Post by Tsouloufis) Someone recently asked me: “Do you think that hierarchy, which was the dominant form of society until more recently, is inherently wrong?” This is a fair question in 21st century America, which continues to drift further into libertarianism and secularism. However, not only is the […]
Newest Members of Cross of Christ Fellowship: Gregor Family I’d like to introduce you to the newest addition to the Cross of Christ Fellowship family: John and Aynsley Gregor! This is a wonderful couple and we are so thankful and blessed to have them on our core team as we seek to plant Cross of […]
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Love Kills My Insecurity
Love Kills My Insecurity Unsure of myself. Wondering if I can connect with others. Insecure and uneasy in my own skin. These are often the emotions and descriptions of my heart. Depending on the situation, these descriptors may be strong or weak. If I’m around friends whom I know love and accept me, the temptation […]
3 Aims of a Preacher: INSTRUCT, DELIGHT, MOVE (Augustine) Why do we preach? What does a preacher hope to accomplish? Augustine, one of the greatest theologians the Christian church has ever known, informs us that the three aims of a preacher are to “instruct, delight, and move.”[1] These aims work together to persuade a person […]
Are We Free to Choose God? (Tsouloufis) [this is a guest post by my friend Dan Tsouloufis] Biblically, it is correct to assert that man is free, albeit in a limited sense. Regarding man’s will, the Westminster Confession of Faith reminds us that “liberty does not imply ability”. This is because liberty is not identical with […]