Rehab

re-hab:[ree·hab], v: 1. treatment or treatments designed to facilitate the process of recovery from injury, illness, or disease to as normal a condition as possible; 2.To restore to good health or useful life.

The Bible encourages us to "work out" our faith (1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Timothy 4:7-8) because it will keep our faith from being "ineffective and unproductive" (2 Peter 1:1-8)

Our faith is supposed to be effective and productive. Is yours?

Sometimes, in the course of life, our faith gets "damaged", "injured", "sick" or even "diseased", and it ceases to do what it's supposed to. Has yours been? Is it?

This calls for some "rehab". We're not meant to stay that way or retreat into a shadow of what faith should be. Where does your faith need some "rehab"?

Jesus Isn't A Profit Seeker

Many of us have the eorng idea about Jesus. I know, shocker, right?

We think Jesus taught, and wants, us to live in obscure poverty, having nothing for ourselves and loathing our very existence, or somethign along those lines.  Sure, we might not ever say it out loud, but many of us think it.

What if we're rong?  What if we actually missed the point of Jesus' teaching altogether?  Check out "Money Myth #4: Jesus Is Not A Profit A Seeker" and get a potentially whole new perspective on what Jesus is actually saying.

Giving When I Feel Led Is Enough

"You're robbing me!" Says God to His followers.

"What"?!? say God's followers.  "How are we robbing you?"

"In tithes and offerings."

For whatever reason tithing seems to be one of the most difficult things for modern American Christians. But not tithing could be the reason our finaces are so out of whack.  How so? Check out, "Giving When I Feel Led Is Enough" and find out.  Get your finances in order and see what it's like to have God bless your finances. 

I Don't Have Extra

One of the most popular myths we tend to believe, and even re-tell, is that we don't have enough to give.  In fact, even moreso, if we just had a little more we'd all be the kind generous, sharing, giving, tithing people God says we should be.

Really? Well then, what if this myth is not true?  What if we really do have enough to be the kind of people God is asking us to be?  I know, I know, "Not me!" you say.  "You don't know my story, my financial condition." True, but maybe, just maybe, this myth is busted. Don't believe me?  Listen to "Money Myths: Myth #2" and find out.

Myth #1: Money Isn't Spiritual

We believe a lot of things about money and possibly at the top of that list is, "everyone else keep your hands off mine...church included!"

It's important to us.  It touches every aspect of our lives and sometimes it's what seemingly keeps the world turning. 

And yet, even though we're so guarded about our money, so protective of it, more and more people are asking, "Why isn't mine working?"  Check out Money Myths: Myth #1 and find out!

Football Sunday

Are you ready for some football?  Football is the most popular sport in America.  Fans gather at parties and BBq's to see grown men try and move and odd looking ball about 100 yards to cross a line and score points.  And just over a quarter of the way into football season Crossroads takes some time to look at the sport of football and it's spiritual implications.

What does football have to do wiht your journey of faith?  Take a listen to "Football Sunday" and find out!  Hike!!!

The Remodel

So now what?  What good does it to do know what a "house that stands" look like if it's not ours?

How can our house become that one? Check out the final message, "The Remodel", in the series "The House That Stands" to find out.

The Bedroom

The bedroom is the most private room in the house.  It's the one that, even if someone is welcome in every part of the house, the bedroom is a no go zone.

So what does "the bedroom" of the house that stands look like?  Check out "The House That Stands: The bedroom" and find out.

The Bathroom

Are you spiritually constipated?  "What does that even mean?" you ask.

Turns out that in a "house that stands" the bathroom is an essential room, just as necessary to our spiritual health as a real bathroom is to our physical health.  How so? Listen to "The House that Stands: The Bathroom" and find out.

The Kitchen

One of the essentials of every house is some sort of kitchen. The house is basically the central base of our lives and essential to living is eating (can I get an amen?).

"The House That Stands" is no exception.  What makes a room for food essential to a house that can withstand the elements?  Check out today's message to find out.

The Living Room

In every house there's a living room. A place where people gather to hang out, share, and just be together. This is true of "The House That Stands" too.

So what does yours look like?  It may be a funny thought that this room is essential to a "House that Stands", but it's true.  Why? Check out today's message and find out.

Foundations.

When you're gonna build and you want the project to be able to withstand the elements you've gotta start with a foundation.

Life is the same way.

In fact, many of us are worn out by life's storms as they constantly seem to undermine what we've done, or want to do, with our lives.  So how do you build a "house that stands"? Check out today's message and find out.  

David & Jonathan

One of the pitfalls of our conventional understanding of love is that we think of it most often as a purely romantic function; that it's greatest expressions have to be reserved for one person, and that of the opposite sex.

The truth is David and Jonathan, two of the manliest men in the Bible, share one of the greatest love stories of the Bible.  Apparently love isn't just for lovebirds. 

David and Jonathan challenge our modern day, romantic comedy version of love. What does it all mean? Check out "David & Jonathan" to find out. 

Adam & Eve

Aw, come on, you had to know this one would be in here!  The first people on the planet, the first couple on the planet, running around together in paradise, naked, and with no competition!  How could this not be one of the greatest love stories of the Bible?

You would've thought with all they had going for them it couldn't possibly go wrong, but it did.  How?  Why? And what warnings does their love story provide to us?  Check out "Adam & Eve" and find out!

Jacob & Rachel

Jacob was not on eof the people you would have vioted for in your yearbook as "Most Romantic" but he became one of the key players in what would become known as one of the greatest love stories of the Bible.  How?  Why?  How does a personality like his suddenly change?

What makes this story such a great love story, and why should it matter to you?  Check out "Jacob & Rachel" and find out!

Reaching

At the root of the greatest modern day criticisms of the church is that the Church never gets out of, well, the church.  Belief, and it's expression, doesn't seem to find it's way out of the building that has come to carry the same name as the body of believers who gather in it.

It's not right.  The Church was meant ot be the matchmaker, wingman, in history.  The Church was also intended to be the people talking up God, introducing God Him to our friends, telling people what He's like, not just as a theological discussion, but as a lifestyle; as a life-mission.

So what happened?  How do we do it?  Check out "Vision: Reaching" to hear our plan.

Teaching/Multiplying

One of the hard things about being a church is the sometimes seemingly paradoxical mission: go make disciples (evangelism), but also feed my sheep (discipleship). If you try to be an evangelistic church you're often criticized for being too shallow or not caring about veteran believers, and if you're a teaching church you are often criticized for not caring enough about the "lost".

At Crossroads we endeavor to do both.  We see the two sides of this mission as different points on the same line.  How does that work?  Check out "Vision: Teaching & Multiplying" to find out.

Connecting

Our Vision: to connect. We want to connect people and reality with God.

"...but I still haven't found what I'm looking for..."

U2

The reality is that everyone is spiritual but not everyone is Christian.  Many of us have different ideas about what the word "god" means and how we live in light of it. We seem to, here and there, catch glimpes of the "spiritual", but not know what to do with it, make of it.

At Crossroads we want to connect people to God.  For us, this is our highest priority and greatest endeavor.  Check out "Connecting"  to see how.

Vision 2011

Vision?  What is it and what does it mean (Especially for a church!) Why would one church have one vision and another, well, another? Didn't Jesus give us one mission?

These question often stifle us when trying to carry out and even discern how we fit into that mission.  Join us for "Vision 2011" and gain and understanding of what vision is, why we have it and what it means to this church.