2011-11-03T14:16:16-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/cross http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/still-there-after-the-storm-6468 2011-11-03T14:16:16-05:00 The cross still stands, proclaiming that God still loves me when it's too dark to see His face. The cross is there, assuring me I am forgiven when the guilt and the regret are trying to drag me into their pit. The cross remains, reminding me that Jesus has beaten death when death seems to be winning. The cross stands tall, declaring "This is not the end. There is a future beyond this darkness, and I'll be there to build that future with you." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/escaping-the-flood-or-not-6435 2011-09-09T09:32:38-05:00 It's eternally important that you answer the door and let Jesus save you. The Bible cries out, "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart" (Hebrews 4:7 ). http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/recycling-garbage-6433 2011-09-07T10:29:12-05:00 The power of Christ is so great that it reaches even to the garbage dumps of our lives and turns trash into treasure. Like the song writer said, "All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, but He made something beautiful of my life." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/tsunami-heroes-6401 2011-08-08T11:48:02-05:00 The tsunami of death and judgment is coming. The warning has been sounded. The lives of the people around you depend on someone leading them to the high ground of Jesus' cross. You are their chance, and you're a candidate to be one of Heaven's heroes. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/a-precarious-planet-6399 2011-08-08T11:46:24-05:00 Every day on this planet, a "tsunami" called death sweeps 150,000 people into eternity ready or not. Since it happens with, you know, one heart attack here and one traffic accident there, we don't see it on the news like we do an attack of a killer wave. But it's real, it's relentless, and it's coming my way. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/very-away-and-very-alone-6348 2011-05-11T13:16:53-05:00 Jesus Christ suffered the penalty you and I should pay: being cut off from God. That's what hell is. Everything good, pure, loving, and beautiful on earth is because of God. And hell is total "away-ness" from God with no party, no friends, no music, no money to drown that awful emptiness. Jesus was suffering all that hell for you and me on that cross. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-knife-and-the-nails-6339 2011-04-28T15:11:20-05:00 In a very deep, eternal sense, God's Son took your knife. How can you say no to Him? Go to that cross and say the two words that make all the difference forever, "For me. For me." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/come-when-your-name-is-called-6330 2011-04-15T13:08:58-05:00 Jesus said, "No one can come to Me unless the Father draws him." And if you feel today that tug in your heart - that drawing - that's the Father making it possible for you to come to Christ. You can't even come to Christ without His help. That's why it's important to move when God is moving in your life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/losing-over-turf-6318 2011-03-30T17:04:02-05:00 Maybe you and I have cared too much about our group, or our glory. And while we're building our little kingdoms and our walls, people are dying. We need to get together to make a greater difference. Are we standing on the dock arguing? Or are we all in the river together, rescuing every person we can find? Time's running out! http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/a-precarious-planet 2011-03-14T15:56:03-05:00 The high ground is on a hill with a cross on it. Millions of people have fled to that cross and found safety. And Jesus stands there today, lovingly extending His invitation: "Come to Me" (Matthew 11:28). A precarious planet. A fragile life. An appointment with God. A way to be ready. It's a good day to run to Him.