cross:focused http://www.crossfocused.com an online magazine re: news, music, events, ministries Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Love That Jesus Calls the Weak http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/love-that-jesus-calls-the-weak/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/love-that-jesus-calls-the-weak/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/love-that-jesus-calls-the-weak/ I want to be like Jonathan Edwards, don’t you? The guy was amazing.

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/album-listening-session-willie-p-dub-moore-jr-bizzle-best-of-both-worlds-the-album/feed/ 0 Darrin Patrick on Being and Building Men http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/darrin-patrick-on-being-and-building-men/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/darrin-patrick-on-being-and-building-men/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/darrin-patrick-on-being-and-building-men/ Darrin Patrick’s message at the 2012 Conference for Pastors was on being and building men in the local church. He expounded Galatians 5 and walked through the on-the-ground work of killing sin and living in the Spirit. Download the audio and video .

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/darrin-patrick-on-being-and-building-men/feed/ 0 Read and Share "Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ" for $5 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-filling-up-the-afflictions-of-christ-for-5/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-filling-up-the-afflictions-of-christ-for-5/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-filling-up-the-afflictions-of-christ-for-5/ The price William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton paid to translate the Word of God, pave the way for missionary mobilization around the world, and lead the hostile to Christ was great. Yet their stories show how the gospel advances not only through the faithful proclamation of the truth but through representing the afflictions of Christ in our sufferings.

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-filling-up-the-afflictions-of-christ-for-5/feed/ 0 Developing a Philosophy of Ministry http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/developing-a-philosophy-of-ministry/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/developing-a-philosophy-of-ministry/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Resurgence http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/developing-a-philosophy-of-ministry/ Your theology determines your philosophy, which in turn determines your methodology. This was the mantra of the leadership at The Village Church in Dallas, Texas. I spent nearly six years there as a pastor and director of Missions and Church Planting before joining the Mars Hill Church and the Resurgence team in Seattle, Washington

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/developing-a-philosophy-of-ministry/feed/ 0 Crawford Loritts on Lessons Learned from His Father http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/crawford-loritts-on-lessons-learned-from-his-father/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/crawford-loritts-on-lessons-learned-from-his-father/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/crawford-loritts-on-lessons-learned-from-his-father/ Crawford Loritts’ message included practical insight and a short exposition of Galatians 5 on what it means to live and walk by the Spirit. Download the audio and video . Memorable Quotes “Manhood is not a private matter.

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/crawford-loritts-on-lessons-learned-from-his-father/feed/ 0 Swoope ‘Wake Up’ Tracklisting http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/swoope-wake-up-tracklisting/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/swoope-wake-up-tracklisting/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:24:42 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/swoope-wake-up-tracklisting/ The tracklisting for Swoope’s first major release under Collision Records out March 20, 2012.

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/swoope-wake-up-tracklisting/feed/ 0 Read and Share "Ruth: Under the Wings of God" for $5 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-ruth-under-the-wings-of-god-for-5/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-ruth-under-the-wings-of-god-for-5/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-ruth-under-the-wings-of-god-for-5/ This four-part poem recounts God’s care for Naomi and the love between Ruth and Boaz. It’s a story told from the perspective of the couple’s son, an aged Obed, as he recounts it to his eight-year-old grandson David, the future king of Israel. You can now order the book for just $5.

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]]> http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/read-and-share-ruth-under-the-wings-of-god-for-5/feed/ 0 Doug Wilson on Leading in the Home http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/doug-wilson-on-leading-in-the-home/ http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/doug-wilson-on-leading-in-the-home/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.crossfocused.com/2012/02/doug-wilson-on-leading-in-the-home/ Doug Wilson’s first message at the 2012 Conference for Pastors was about the role of fathers in leading the home. Download the audio and video . He noted six things to learn about fatherhood in the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:16–17), When Jesus was baptized, his father was there.

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