In this issue:
RCL Notes / Prepare for Lent with
Road to Coronation
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
/JANUARY 2019
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Continued blessings and
the Lord's peace to you
in the coming year.
From the founders, Board of Directors
and staff of Crossways International
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REVISED COMMON LECTIONARY NOTES
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John addresses his audience in terms that few preachers would dare use today. He addresses them as a brood of vipers (!) that are fleeing from their coming, deserved judgment as serpents slithering ahead of a grass fire. Their boasts about being descendants of Abraham are meaningless. If they do not repent, if they do not change their whole way of thinking and living, they will be cut down as a useless tree. They are to share their clothing and food with the needy. The “money boys” (tax collectors) are to be scrupulously honest. The “military boys” are to be satisfied with their wages and must never to resort to lies or threats to extract money from people. Is it not true that little has changed in our world, and that today’s humanity needs to hear John’s message as much as the people of his day did?
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There's still time to give! For 2018 tax deductions (as allowed by law), please have your donations postmarked no later than Monday, December 31, 2018. Items postmarked after this date will be given credit in 2019. Thank you for your continued support and prayers for the ministry of Crossways International!
Donate
online
or send a check to:
Crossways International
P.O. Box 374
9155 Schaefer Rd
Converse, TX 78109
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Crossways International
®
(CI) is looking for followers of Christ who would like to become Members of CI. A Member is a follower of Jesus who is willing and able to commit time, talent, and treasure to enhance, expand, and extend Crossways International's mission and ministry, and is eligible to serve on the Board of Directors and elect two members of the Board annually. Please click on the below link to access the application.
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This Bible
study, a vivid portrait of Jesus the Servant King
, retraces Jesus' steps through the Passion narrative in each of the four Gospels, and shows how Jesus' crucifixion was in fact His coronation as King of Creation and History.
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This set of 13 lectures by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bailey includes the metaphors for the Cross that appear in the New Testament, plus many insights on the early Church.
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Show your servant heart to others with our
We Do Feet T-Sh
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great for youth groups, service events, and mission trips.
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SIGN UP FOR INSPIRATIONAL PASSAGES
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Philippians 1:3-6
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I thank my God every time I remember you,
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constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you,
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because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now.
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I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. (NRSV)
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Dear Jesus, our eternal Lord and loving Brother, inspire our minds, hearts, and lives to grow in our understanding of how wonderful, but how different, is the Kingdom You came to establish. Open our hearts and minds to hear and heed Your call to live as Your apprentices in all we think, say, and do. We pray for the spiritual and political leaders of our troubled world. Use us to make known the only meaningful peace plan for humanity, which You showed with Your life. In Your loving name we pray. Amen. (From
Road to Coronation
leader's manual)
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