An Iranian friend of mine and member of my church is finishing his PhD this spring (this is a different friend than my refugee friend I interviewed in a previous blog post, who is also a member of my church). His student visa will be expired so he must go back to his home country […]
Crossroads Church Sermon Podcast is finally here! 2006-Present
Well it only took 10 years, but our Crossroads Church Sunday morning sermon podcast is finally up and operational! You can subscribe to it on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/crossroads-church-of-lansing/id981898515 You can also listen online or download individual sermon files on PodBean: http://crossroads517.podbean.com You will find all of our Crossroads sermons since 2006. All of our sermons from […]
Homosexuality: Both Sides of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Act
As I hear discussion about Indiana’s recent “Religious Freedom Act” bill, my mind pictures a restaurant owned by Christian business owners with signs reading “No Gays Allowed,” or something horrific and ugly like that. I’ve been pretty clear in previous blog posts that just because a Christian believes, according to the Bible, that homosexual actions are […]
Porn is not your Problem. Entitlement is.
I recently had an article published on Covenant Eyes’ blog: “Porn is not your Problem. Entitlement is.” Please check it out and re-share if it’s helpful for you. Please re-share the Covenant Eyes link, not this atacrossroads.net link. It’s a helpful article for those seeking freedom from porn, but also for marriage in general.
How to overcome our racial biases? Walk boldly toward them.
This TED Talk by Verna Myers on how to overcome our racial biases is worth watching:
Why there are more Black Men in Jail than in Jobs
Did you know the United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world? (And we have had a 500% increase over the past 30 years!) Did you know the United States contains 5% of the world’s population but 25% of its prisoners? Did you know there are more black men age 20-34 […]