In the final chapter of Steve’s Faith Seeking Understanding, we take a look at fake vs real gospel. “You discover that a beautiful vase of flowers is not real. It is FAKE. It is not the real deal. There has …
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Faith Seeking Understanding Volume 1
FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 9: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Given the current pan-demic that is wreaking suffering and havoc upon so much of the world, one of the oldest and most persistent questions that both Christians and non-Christians have asked is now acutely relevant: WHY DOES AN ALL-POWERFUL …
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Faith Seeking Understanding Volume 1
FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 8: Will Everyone be Saved?
Everyone has an Uncle Charlie in their lives, a good person who never went to church and never believed in God. What about them? Will they be saved? Ultimately, that is God’s problem and not ours. Thank God it is. …
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FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 7: Where have you seen God in your life this week?
Where have you seen God in your life this week? This is a familiar question asked in many churches sometimes even at the start of a sermon. The answers always focus on the pleasant and happy things of life. But …
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FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 6: What Is Christian Freedom?
Today Steve tackles the tough subject of Christian freedom and cheap grace. As he states, one of biggest criticisms of Crossings and Luther is that both promoted the notion of CHEAP GRACE, that is “Now that you don’t have to …
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FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 5: Do You have Yahbut’s Disease?
Today Steve tells us about a different plague from a different time…or is it really that different? At the time of Luther, a terrible disease was sweeping across Europe, the Plague. Today the world is suffering under a different kind …
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Listen as Steve explains his take on how the Gospel works. Why is it Good News? What is the role of faith? Luther loved colorful language sometimes crude, even gross. One of Steve’s favorites was his way of describing how …
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FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 3: What is the Crossings Method?
Listen as Steve gives a great explanation of the Crossings Method. In his words, the Crossings Method is a way to look at life, culture, film, literature, and Scripture through the lens of the distinction between Law and Gospel. It …
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Faith Seeking Understanding Volume 1
FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING: Chapter 2: What is Law and Gospel?
Here are some of Steve Albertin’s thoughts on Law and Gospel. The “proper distinction between Law and Gospel” refers to a theological rule of thumb or interpretive insight for understanding the workings of God in the world. It asserts that …
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The Crossings Community is an open worldwide network of Christians dedicated to connecting the Word of God and daily life under the motto, “Crossing Life with the Promise of Christ.” What makes our approach distinctive is our commitment to a …