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Now more than ever, we know people need to hear the promise of Christ crucified. In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, I hope Crossings is a source of inspiration and insight for your life and ministry. I invite you to watch this video and to consider how you might support our crossing of the Gospel and daily life. Thank …
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 of plague, the Coronavirus. They are not the only kinds of disease that afflict our world. Another disease afflicts our …
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 to describe how the Gospel works. As a SWEET SWAP! Be sure to like us on Facebook! And Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! …
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 is a specific process for examining Scripture and ourselves through the prism of distinguishing law and gospel. Once we have …
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 AND LOVING GOD PERMIT EVIL? Or, why do bad things happen to good people? Be sure to like us on …
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 God operates in two distinct ways: Law and Gospel. The Law refers to that activity through which God both places …
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 theological outlook called the proper distinction of law and gospel. We regard the Gospel as a problem-solving message — genuine …
Reverend Liv Larson Andrews serves as pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Spokane, Washington. She was a first-time speaker this past January at Crossings’ 8th International Conference. She shares more here about her presentation, “Hidden in the Pews – Space for Rage, Space for Hope.” Liv reminds us that Christ is present in the sacraments, particularly in the waters of …
Stacie Dichsen attended her first Crossings Conference this past January, 2019. She came because she was looking for additional ways to study scripture and be challenged theologically. Hearing that each ear experiences the Word differently really stuck with her, causing her to be more mindful of how others are receiving the words she speaks. She is excited to be going …
Seminarian Amber Kalina heard about Crossings through the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and it seemed like a great way to end her J term. Amber was intrigued by the topic of the conference, “The Silence of God.” Amber found the Crossings method true to Martin Luther’s main ideas- that the Law illuminates our shortcomings, while the promise …
