Crosswalk PLUS Weekly

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  Why Should We Trust God? As Christians, the issue is not necessarily whether or not we have our trust tested, but rather, how we respond to the test. Ideally, the outcome should be developing a deeper relationship with the Lord.
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  The Holy Work of Parenting Why place me here in this role? The reason why I am here is that parenthood is holy work. It’s a gift to be the person for each of my five fearfully and wonderfully made children. 
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  The Greatness of Grace Is Reflected in Our Salvation from Sin Our freedom in Christ springs from the fact that God's grace is free, His justification is final, and His redemption is complete.
• 7 Ways the Church Can Help Members Who Are Battling Depression I spent two years at the bottom of a pit called clinical depression. The people of the church helped me climb out of that pit. God's Word tells us how we can help the depressed, but the church's people put...
• 4 Biblical Teachings on How to Handle Our Money Here are some key Biblical teachings that can guide us as we strive to be more intentional with our resources.
• What’s Your Bible Translation? Who’s to say what the standard is for any Bible? With so many curious questions afoot, we can try to answer some by taking a dive into the text itself, or multiple texts in this case.
• What Is the Masoretic Text? There was another abbreviation which it took me a bit longer to understand - MT. I learned that it is the abbreviation for the Masoretic Text. What in the world is that? 
• 4 Ways to Do More Than Consume Christianity At some point, all of us should move beyond just being “fed” by our church and need to take part in becoming the hands and feet of Jesus.
• 12 Reasons You Might Think You’re a Christian The following facts typically correlate with a Christian identity. However, just because you may participate in any of them doesn’t make you a believer.
• How to Build Your Daily Walk with Christ Whether our faith is weak or our faith is strong, we need to know how to build our daily walk with Christ.
• Reflections on the American Prosperity Gospel The American church operates with a heavy emphasis on God’s blessing and favor.  Even in a country that is overflowing with abundance, this prosperity-based gospel leaves us with a shallow, incomplete...
• 4 Steps Towards Spiritual Freedom How do we get past our blindness and grab onto the gracious freedom that God promises each of us?