Recently I was viewing video recordings from a pastor’s conference that took place in Hawaii. The conference happened just a few days earlier and the church that hosted the conference posted all the videos on their website. After watching a few of the videos of the speakers I turned to a video titled “Q&A Panel.” The video of the Q&A Panel seemed to have been recorded in a gym with about seven pastors elevated on … Continue reading →
At CrossHope Chapel, we are moving along in our Bible study through the Gospel of Matthew and will complete this teaching series in about five weeks. Where are we going after Matthew? Well, when we first started the Matthew series I was thinking about following it up with a series through Acts or Hebrews or 1&2 Timothy or Galatians, but in recent weeks I have actually been thinking about going to the book of Revelation. … Continue reading →
Last Sunday, August 15th, at CrossHope Chapel, we enjoyed the 22nd chapter of Matthew and discussing Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet, and the questions posed to Jesus with the intention to trap Him up in front of the people there in Jerusalem. The parable of the wedding banquet was rich with Jesus’ warning that the work of the winning the world with the gospel was going to be taken away from Israel and given … Continue reading →
Last Sunday at CrossHope Chapel we had a rich time in the 21st chapter of Matthew, partly because it was loaded with differing accounts and partly because it was the beginning of Jesus’ final week. We enjoyed so much interaction as we looked through this chapter that it is kind of hard for me to pull together one or two highlights to share with you. So, instead I’ll give you an overview… Within this chapter … Continue reading →
This past Sunday at CrossHope Chapel we paused from our current series through the Gospel of Matthew for a Prophecy Update. It was a First Sunday so we also celebrated communion and had potluck together. We talked briefly about conditions in the Middle East but my intention with this Prophecy Update was simply to encourage us all to stay focus on Jesus and not get dragged down with the anxieties of these times. We looked … Continue reading →
