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Selah

July 26, 2019

Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength!Let them come forward and speak – Isaiah 41:1 The Scripture encourages us to be silent. In the book of Psalms, there is a word, Selah, which appears frequently throughout various psalms. The true meaning of Selah in the Bible is a mystery. Biblical scholars have come up with multiple meanings and possible explanations for its meaning. Some scholars believe Selah was a musical notation possibly meaning silence or pause while…

Thoughts Regarding Spiritual Formation

September 9, 2018

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Thoughts Regarding Spiritual Formation Let me say that each and all of us are undergoing spiritual formation. In fact, every person in the world is undergoing spiritual formation. I say that because Scripture tells us that we are spiritual beings. As spiritual beings, we are being bombarded by stimuli that are forming us. The real question is: are we being shaped by our culture, by our traditions, by our fears, by our addictions, by our desires, by religious rituals and…

Love in response to LOVE

July 24, 2018

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What is it that motivates us to serve the Lord? What causes us to use our time, talents and treasure here at Crossroads and beyond? What enables us to put Christ first in our lives? Let’s be honest: Sometimes we serve the Lord with the wrong motivation. Sometimes we do what we do for what Jesus called “the praise of men”, to be noticed and appreciated by other people, out of guilt or obligation or we expect it will benefit…