The Crossing Church
Message notes from The Crossing, a Christian Church in Las Vegas, NV.
"Stories make us laugh and they make us feel hope, and they make us feel like it's going to be OK, like we're less alone,"
Meaningful
Transformative
Gospel = Good News.
John 3:16 NIV
When my story collides with God’s story, my life is marked and changed.When our story collides with OTHERS story, THEIR lives are marked and changed.
“All Authority Has Been Given to Me”
“Go and make disciples of all nations.”
“baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
“I am with you always”
KNOW YOUR PERSONAL NARRATIVE
John 9:24-27 NIV
LIVE YOUR NARRATIVE
Influence Daily: We are a people on mission to reach people who are far from God in our circles of influence as we live out our faith, serve our community, and model a life centered on Christ
Matthew 5:14 NIV
" Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.”
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
“Resume virtues are the ones you list on your resume, the skills you bring to a job, that contribute to your external success. Eulogy virtues are deeper. They’re the virtues that get talked about at your funeral, the ones that exist at the core of your being – whether you are kind, brave, honest, and faithful. Whether you actually lived. Most of us would say that the eulogy virtues are more important than the resume virtues, but I confess for long stretches of my life, I’ve spent more time thinking about the latter than the former.” David Brooks
SHARE YOUR NARRATIVE
1 Peter 3:15 NIV
1 Corinthians 9:19-22 MSG
Gospel Fluency = Speaking the gospel through the narrative of other people's lives.
Jeff Vanderstilt said, “We need to know how to believe and speak the truth of the gospel – the good news of God – in and into the everyday stuff of life.”