A faithful presence of love in the absences of our city.
February 24, 2022 by Justin Edgar
"We fail to remember that God is as the Psalmist describes: an abundant fountain, a river of delights, a full house, a radiant light. The Psalmist knows God never operates out of scarcity. Where we must begin with Deeper is recognizing the ever flowing depths of the fountain of God. He is living water, because it is always abundant and always flowing. Scarcity mindset keeps us from going deeper, because we are afraid the safety net either isn’t there or doesn’t go deep enough. We won’t risk, because we can’t. We can’t possibly risk such things. There might not be anything left. There might not be any left for me. We are all like Goldilocks lamenting lost porridge, broken chairs, and occupied beds. But God always has room and always makes room. He is an overflowing fountain."...
February 17, 2022 by Emily Spare
Abiding through the fall at City Pres meant holding on for dear life to your life preserver ring hoping the other side of the rope is attached to the rescue boat, continually clinging, continually waiting. But abiding in the new year at City Pres is what I think we’re being called into: “Deeper.” ...
February 28, 2014 | Category: Uncategorized
There are some great things that I've noticed about churches over the last few months, things that made the experiences so positive at each place. First off, just as Christ loved us unconditionally, the people at these churches have loved me unconditionally. Secondly, the more I got involved, the closer I became with everyone. And lastly, seeing love in action in these ...
Keep ReadingFebruary 26, 2014 by Justin Edgar | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, rest, performance-ism, God's love, free
Gospel Thoughts from My Week at Liberate...
Keep ReadingFebruary 14, 2014 | 1 Comments | Category: Events | Tags: Men, Men at the Cross
Is there something that you desire to grow in, grow out of or be more like? Do you want to love God more? Do you struggle to love God? Or are you like me, so hopelessly human that you're afraid to acknowledge it? If so, you are welcome here at Crossroads and you are welcome to MATC....
Keep ReadingFebruary 3, 2014 by Trevor Riggs | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: Cru, college, UNM
When we think about sending off our children to the college campus there is usually one emotion that takes over: FEAR. We have all read the statistics and heard the stories of young people who were raised in a solid home go off to college only to forget about God. Even in the face of all that the college campus is about, God is doing something to reach this next generation...
Keep ReadingJanuary 24, 2014 by Wanda Jackson | Category: Events | Tags: Fellowship, women, bible study
Giving of your life and love for Christ, sharing your experiences in the Lord is a natural progression in the faith. We were made for worship and for the glorification of our remarkable Savior. I have never felt as richly blessed as I continue to feel when I am with other sisters in Christ....
Keep ReadingNovember 22, 2013 by Justin Edgar | Category: Events
I am afraid and this leads me to live falsely in my world and in my relationships. If I acknowledge my fears, then it opens me to my brokenness and the brokenness of my world. Instead what if these emotions opened me to knowing God? ...
Keep ReadingAugust 20, 2013 by Justin Edgar | Category: Teaching
Each week or so, I will be posting some quotes from something I've been reading or that has been a particular inspiration to me. This week I am posting the quote from the sermon this weekend. It comes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his book Life Together. This week we talked about forgiving debts and being forgiven of debts. Bonhoeffer gets to the point about the importance ...
Keep ReadingAugust 20, 2013 by Justin Edgar | Category: Updates
We are excited about the new website. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 20, 2013 by Justin Edgar | Category: Community Groups
Great post from Jonathan Dodson from Austin City Life on the importance of Community Groups for loving the city and understanding church not as a church building or Sunday Service, but rather as Tim Chester and Steve Timmis say,"a gospel-centered community on mission." Missional Communites are meant to make this happen. At Austin City Life, they call their groups City Grou...
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