2008-09-12T14:50:38-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/cross http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Too-Busy-to-Notice-5646 2008-09-12T14:50:38-05:00 The truth is that many of us are moving at such a fast pace that we become oblivious to what the Son of God did for us on the cross. Even those of us who at one time came to that cross with all our sin and all our guilt to make Christ our personal Savior from all of that junk. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Campaigning-Together-8083 2008-09-05T13:27:20-05:00 Politicians realize that they have to come together to win. You got to believe that your cause is more important than your differences. Now Christians need to remember that. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Suddenly-Empty-5626 2008-08-08T10:58:03-05:00 The search for fulfillment ends in the arms of Jesus Christ. Your search for a sense of significance ends at the feet of the One who made you. Your search for a love that will never disappoint you ends at the cross of Jesus Christ. That is where He died to remove the wall that keeps you from the God you were made for. The wall is made up of all the times that we've done it our way - all our "sins." Jesus loved you so much that He died the death penalty that you deserve so you could finally belong to God and you could finally experience that ultimate love. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Speeding-by-the-Cross-4004 2008-08-01T17:04:28-05:00 But for all its eternal importance in determining our heaven or our hell, too many of us glance briefly at Jesus' death on the cross, think it's nice, and drive on by. It could be that you've made many stops on your life-journey, looking for that spiritual or emotional fill up that would satisfy your soul. But nothing ever has. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Beachhead-Victory-Plan-3858 2008-07-30T16:05:12-05:00 In other words, while you're trying to give Jesus everything, be sure you surrender a specific something to Him each new day. That's why Jesus said to take up His cross daily. There's no grand and glorious dedication decision that you can make that settles this once and for all. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/The-Strongest-Nails-In-The-World-3929 2008-07-28T16:39:57-05:00 In Galatians 2:20, our word for today from the Word of God, there are two words that are literally life-changing - even eternity-changing. They're the difference between someone who has Christianity and someone who has Christ. Between someone who has a Christian religion and someone who has a personal relationship with Jesus. Ultimately, these two words are actually the difference between heaven and hell. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Things-We-re-Ashamed-Of-8022 2008-07-25T09:55:45-05:00 You know, it’s hard to shake the shame for the things that we’ve done that we thought we would never do; the things we wish we hadn’t done. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Prince-Caspian-Life-s-Center-of-Gravity-8012 2008-07-24T16:40:50-05:00 For us who love Jesus, that's the cross where the King of Glory offered His life to pay for our sin. And in our journey to have a life that matters, all the battles and all the answers lead back to one place - the place where the price was paid - the cross of Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Light-in-Your-Night-5491 2008-07-23T14:27:32-05:00 It's easy to go busily about the routines of your life and never really see that cross - until it's suddenly night time. Something happens to your health, to your family, to your job, or to whatever you've counted on for security. And none of your answers, none of your fixes are enough. That's when a lot of people look up and finally see the cross, shining in their night, showing them where hope is. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/No-Paper-Plates-5615 2008-07-21T10:55:11-05:00 I think most people feel like paper plates. They've been put down, they've been hurt, they've been neglected, they've been compared, they've been ignored, backstabbed, abused, and they feel pretty worthless. And they are throwing themselves away. Maybe you've been doing that. It's a lot of waste to throw yourself away. You could throw yourself away socially by the friends you choose, or academically by not trying or just giving up, you could throw yourself away alcoholically, chemically, romantically with the people you date, sexually, musically - by the music you listen to, or even suicidally. And here's what's so tragic about that. God didn't make any paper plates!