Colossians: Circumcision of the Heart

In Colossians, Paul takes up the Old Testament call for Heart Circumcision and shows it's New Covenant fulfillment; encouraging us all in our battle against remaining sin.

2 Corinthians 3
Colossians 2:16-17,2:9-11,3:1-12
Deuteronomy 10:12-11:1,30:6
Jeremiah 4:3-4
Acts 15:1,15:24
Romans 2:25-29,6:6,6:11-12,8:13
Philippians 3:2-3
Galatians 5:24,5:6,6:15
1 Corinthians 7:19
Colossians 2:11

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What does circumcision of the Heart mean?
• How is this tied in with Christ as the second Adam?
• How does this impact a person's life?
• How does it make them different than someone who is not circumcised of the heart?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Act Like Men

God created us in His image: male and female. We will explore those distinctions and their importance in society, church, and the home.

Isaiah 3
Genesis 1:26-28
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
Matthew 11:28-29
2 Corinthians 10:1
1 Corinthians 11:7-9
2 Samuel 10:12
1 Corinthians 16:1-3
2 Samuel 10:12

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What does it mean the God made them in His image: male and female?
• How are they equal, different, and complementary?
• Masculinity: How could this be defined, what is it, and what is it not?
• Why are godly men needed in Society, the Church and the Home?
• How does the gospel help us recover biblical masculinity and femininity?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

How Should I Live: Through Another

In looking at how we should live as Christians we quickly see that Christianity is fundamentally different than all other religions and world views. God offers grace and a transformation that comes from within. The vital connection is the life-giving link with Christ.

Galatians 3:24-25,4:1-7,4:28,4:31-5:6,5:13-14,5:24,6:14-15
Romans 6:1-2,6:6-7,6:11
Colossians 3:1-3

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• How is Christianity different than all other religions?
• What is mankind's twofold problem?
• How does God, through grace, meet our greatest need?
• What are the two errors of the use of Christian liberty?
• How are Christians described?
• How can we know this is true?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Gospel in the Old Testament: Law and Spirit (Old Covenant and New Covenant)

The Old Testament law is hard to keep, actually impossible... but the New Covenant blessing of the Holy Spirit working a new heart enables us to fulfill the requirements of the law.

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Galatians 5:13-26
John 1:17
Hebrews 8:13
Romans 7:12,7:14,8:3-4,6:14
Ezekiel 26:25-27
2 Corinthians 3:3,3:5

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What is the difference between the Old and New Covenants?
• What place does the Holy Spirit have in our lives, in light of the law of God?
• What does it mean to be led by the Spirit?
• What practically does it mean to walk in the Spirit?
• Why should we be all in?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Wanted! Good Dads

Where have all the Dads gone? What role has society, selfishness, and materialism hurt us? How can we get Dads back?

Isaiah 3-4
Ephesians 5:22-6:4
1 Corinthians 16:13,11:7
2 Samuel 10:12
1 Timothy 5:8

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Why are Dads so important?
• Where are the Dads today... why do we seem to lack good Dads in our culture?
• What is masculinity and how is it different from machismo?
• What is the role of men in a society?
• How does this apply to Dads?
• Why is having a good Dad important to ones understanding of God?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Elect Immigrants

Peter calls the believers Elect Immigrants!!! What a way to describe Christians. It refers to the fact that God has made us Special and Different. We will explore how God has done this and why it is so meaningful as we begin this study of 1 Peter.

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1 Peter 1:1-2,1:6,1:20,2:11-12,4:12,4:17,4:19
Matthew 7:23
Jeremiah 1:5
Galatians 4:9
2 Timothy 2:19,1:9
Romans 8:29-30
1 Corinthians 6:11
2 Thessalonians 2:13
Exodus 24:7-8

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Corinthians: Equal, Yet Different

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Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA