Church at the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville Since Easter of this year (2016), our church plant (Cross of Christ Fellowship) has been hosting public worship services at a space we rent in the DuPage Children’s Museum in downtown Naperville. What’s it been like? Why rent space to meet and host worship services at a […]
Putting on the Ways of the New Creation (Col 3:12-17) One imagery the Bible uses to speak of becoming a Christian is being raised from death to life. We once were dead in our sins, without spiritual life and estranged from God. But Jesus came and killed death by dying on the cross for our […]
From Church Planting Assessment to Launching I made a video recently showing the process of church planting assessment to launching Cross of Christ Fellowship. You can watch it here: [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]PLACE_LINK_HERE[/youtube] God has been so kind to us! We went through the Acts 29 Network Assessment back in 2014 and trusted God to provide […]
CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! I apologize for the inactivity on the blog, but in case you missed it, we have officially launched weekly Sunday services! Check it out: www.crossofchristfellowship.org
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 3:12-15 “Final Greetings and Grace” “ 3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 3:8-11 “Doctrine-led Devotion” “3:8 The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, […]
The Grand Irony of Atheistic Moral Denunciations I can’t believe God would sanction war in the Old Testament because war is immoral. I can’t believe God would send people to hell because hell is immoral. I can’t believe God would punish people because punishing people is immoral. These are the types of moral statements I […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 3:4-7: (The Gospel Story Continued) “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship December Newsletter Here’s the December newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship, our Naperville church plant.
Heresy by Alistair McGrath (guest post by Dan Tsouloufis) Throughout every age, people have been fascinated by, and drawn to, alternative versions of Christianity. In our present day, there is no shortage of books and articles which seek to undermine the traditional, orthodox version of Christianity, in favor of various unorthodox views about Jesus, the Bible, and the early […]
