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Dear CrossPointe, This Sunday, while Brad's enjoying the California air, Will Hawk is walking us through Matthew 5:3337, a passage in the Sermon on the Mount that addresses swearing oaths. We might think of oaths mostly in the context of courtrooms today, but their relative familiarity in Jesus' day meant his words on the subject applied to everyone. One thing hasn't cha...

Dear CrossPointe, We're back in The Sermon on the Mount this Sunday as we look at what Jesus says about divorce in Matthew 5:3132. To say this is a tough subject is obviously an understatement. John Stott, a very faithful English pastor who never dodged hard topics, said this about Sunday's text and subject: "I confess to a basic reluctance to attempt an exposition of the...

Dear CrossPointe, We're extending our break from The Sermon on the Mount to think about our responsibility as a local church to care for the fatherless. For the past several years in November, CrossPointe has participated in Orphan Sunday. This is a worldwide movement aimed at helping churches consider how they might live out the implications of the gospel by caring for t...

Dear CrossPointe, This Sunday we'll hit pause on our series through "The Sermon on the Mount" to consider the meaning, significance, and importance of baptism in the life of a Christian and in the local church. I encourage you to read Romans 6:34, which will serve as our primary text. And, after the message, we'll celebrate the gospel as three members of CrossPointe are b...

Dear CrossPointe, In our text this week, Matthew 5:2730, Jesus deals with the weighty topic of lust and sexual sin. I think we all realize that our culture is a cesspool of sexual brokenness. It goes without saying that fighting sexual sin, resisting temptation, and finding the hope that the gospel holds out are massively important for us to consider as a church. Please ...

Dear CrossPointe, In one of the Bible's greatest promises God tells his people that He will take his law (up to that point written on tablets) and write it on their hearts by putting His Spirit in them so they can walk in His ways. Through the work of His Son this becomes a reality. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus declares that the righteousness required in this new co...

Dear CrossPointe, I've been looking forward to our text, Matthew 5:1720, for a while now. In it Jesus announces that he has not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them. This brings up several very important questions. How exactly does he fulfill them? What, then, is Jesus' relationship with the Old Testament? What is the Christian's relationship with ...

Dear CrossPointe, If you missed last Sunday's message on fighting temptation by Will Hawk I highly encourage you to listen to it here. Very good! This week we'll be back in the Sermon on the Mount and one of the more recognizable passages in the Bible, Matthew 5:1316. In this text, Jesus says Christians should be like salt and light in a world that is decaying and dark. ...

Dear CrossPointe, This Sunday we'll take a break from the Sermon on the Mount as Will Hawk preaches on Matthew 4:111. Understanding the truths in this text about Jesus' temptation in the wilderness are essential to our fight against sin and pursuit of holiness. Read it a few times before Sunday and come ready to lean into God's Word. Also, remember this Wednesday we'll r...

Dear CrossPointe, In light of reports around the world of Christians suffering at the hands of brutal regimes and terrorist groups, and the increasing hostility of our own culture, our text this week, Matthew 5:1012, is timely for us. In this last Beatitude, Jesus says that when his people are mistreated and hated by the world because of him, it is a sign of being blessed...