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Matthew Becker first came across Crossings when he met Professor Bob Bertram during his graduate studies. Bob invited him to an event in Chicago and he has been involved in the community ever since. Matthew does a great job of describing the six-step Crossings Method and its use in examining Scripture through the lens of law and gospel. He feels …
Ruth Hanusa learned about Crossings through Co-Founder, Ed Schroeder, in the late 1980’s. Ed led Ruth, along with her congregation in Nevada, through a weekend retreat on Law/Gospel and the Crossings Matrix. She has subscribed to the Crossings newsletter ever since! Along with taking advantage of the reading resources offered by Crossings, Ruth faithfully attends the annual Crossings Conference, reconnecting …
Marla Wood Kay learned about Crossings from her homiletics professor as an undergraduate student at Valparaiso. Both the online resources and the Crossings conference have helped her better understand her own faith story. Marla sees the healing power of Christ as our Good News. She also sees how Christ brings that healing to a broken world. Marla believes Crossings empowers …
The first time Ron Coulter learned about Crossings 6-step method, it reminded him of root cause analysis. You start with a superficial problem, and keep digging and asking why until you get to the root cause. Ron appreciates how the Crossings method pushes you to keep both the Law and Gospel in mind at the same time, never losing sight …
Listen to Steve Albertin share the Crossings method and how we come to the God problem: we are sinners and we are in trouble. On the other side is hope, which comes from Jesus Christ and the cross. Steve sees the Law/Gospel framework as fundamental in understanding our relationship to God and the relationship of the world to God. Steve …
Although Jerri Carlin uses Crossings to help with her sermon preparations, it has provided her so much more. Crossings has taught Jerri about the D’s and P’s; the diagnosis and prognosis. God speaks to us in our diagnosis, showing us our evident need of a savior. Jesus then speaks to us in our prognosis, showing us a crucified and risen …
Crossings is an important community and resource for Nathan Hall. Nathan was introduced to Crossings through his brother-in-law and began making use of the website, finding the text studies and blog very helpful for his ministry. Soon he was able to attend his first Crossings conference, taking advantage of the free tuition for first-call pastors. Nathan found the Crossing conference …
Ron Neustadt would describe Crossings as a community where joy is experienced in the Promise – the Promise that God makes to us in Christ Jesus. Ron sees how Crossings makes use of the cross of Christ in our everyday lives. As a preacher, it helped him to “cross” the Biblical text with our daily vocations. Ron appreciates that Crossings …
At the 2018 Crossings Conference, Francisco Herrera has been able to have good, productive disagreements with people. He loves that although you may disagree significantly with someone, at the end of the day you can still understand and love one another because you both lean on the cross of Christ. Francisco believes that when the Holy Spirit is calling you …
What will you hear at Crossings that you won’t hear much of anywhere else? Chris Repp believes it’s that Crossings takes seriously our need for a God-sized solution to a God-sized problem. The Crossings approach does not ignore the bad news that “we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves.” We don’t have to because we know without that …
