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Who is King?
June 25, 2023
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June 25, 2023 Crossroads Church Aspen, Pastor Steve Woodrow Who is King? Summer 2023 Series: Lessons from the Kings Series Description This summer at Crossroads Church Aspen we will be learning from the kings of Israel as found in 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles. With the world […]
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A Personal Tribute to Dr. Charles Stanley
June 13, 2023
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Dr. Charles Stanley died this past April at the age of 90. He faithfully pastored First Baptist Church Atlanta for almost 50 years and had a television preaching ministry called In Touch Ministries which broadcasted his faithful Gospel messages around the world. In Touch is still going strong. I had the privilege of serving as […]
Devotional Leadership
Keeping Watch in Uncertain Times
March 27, 2023
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It might be an overstatement to say leadership is harder than ever today.  Moses, David and Paul to name a few might beg to differ. But it is not an overstatement to say leadership today is extremely challenging with unprecedented complex issues. I recently learned a new word – perseveration, which means to get stuck […]
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Thoughts & Reflections on 1 Jn 2:28-3:10
November 20, 2022
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Journal entry Nov 18, 2022 “I can’t change the world but I can change the world in me.” – Bono Oh, I believe in You Jesus! But I am trying still to learn that more important and profound than my belief in You is that You believe in me! I am trying to learn and […]
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How To Have A Gospel Christmas
December 14, 2021
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What are your expectations for the Christmas season? Has tradition, nostalgia and consumerism formed your expectations or has the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Most Christians would say Christmas is about Jesus’ birth, but does that necessarily mean the Gospel is at the center of their Christmas experience and expectation? Christmas and family traditions can be […]
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Coronavirus and Prophecy
April 20, 2020
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Nothing like a global pandemic to raise interest in end times prophecy and catapult Bible sales to record highs. We are all having different discussions now and grappling with new terms and the contemplation of a new normal. Bible knowledge among American believers statistically speaking is extremely unhealthy and this leaves people extremely vulnerable to […]
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Peace and Wholeness
December 6, 2019
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How are you doing loving God? How are you doing loving yourself? How are you doing loving others? These are the most important questions we can ask each other and discuss with each other. That is because they come from Jesus’ words when asked by a lawyer what the greatest commandment was. 34 But when the […]
Devotional Inspiration
God’s Bucket List
June 1, 2019
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Do you have a Bucket List? A Bucket List is basically a list of things we hope to do or experience before we die. The idea was popularized in a 2007 movie titled, “The Bucket List.” The term possibly was derived from an English idiom, “to kick the bucket.” It is slang for “to die” […]
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Getting Over God Not Doing What We Want
January 5, 2018
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    It is a New Year. And with a New Year come new challenges as well as new opportunities. In this transition season from 2017 into 2018 I have been led to 1 Kings chapters 17-19 looking at the beginning of Elijah’s ministry. God’s question to Elijah has become God’s question to my heart. […]
Christian Life Devotional
What is Eternal Life?
May 19, 2017
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All Christians are familiar with the term “eternal life.” But when asked what it actually “is” not much is given beyond the answer that when we die we will be with God forever. This of course is true, but it misses the important reality that “eternal life” is not just an experience for the future […]