20100221_AlanSmith_SonshipAndSuffering Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

This is a message I spoke at Crossroads Church in Decatur on Aug 1, 2010. What is Keeping You from the Father? – Alan Smith | Teaching Audio Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

AlanSmith_Sermon_WhatsInMyAccount This is the message I gave last weekend at Crossroads Church in Decatur, TX. Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

Suddenly I saw with clarity the very issue that all the communication skills in the world depend upon. I saw the foundational attitude without which no other relational changes will be sustainable. It’s about responsibility. Specifically – who is responsible for who and what? If this piece is not right ...

2 Corinthians 5:16-17 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.(ESV) In my last post I ...

Galatians 5:1 1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.(ESV) Everyone has difficulty in their past. There are no exceptions to this, only varying degrees of difficulty. Many are presently convinced that they are currently not experiencing the freedom ...

John Eldredge, in his book The Way of the Wild Heart explains the developmental progression all men experience from boyhood to maturity. Not all men experience this progression in a healthy way. He points out that there are two key questions asked by the heart of every man, answered during childhood and adolescence, ...

Romans 8:16 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,(ESV) God has made us three part beings: body, soul, and spirit. Our body is the physical house in which we live. Our soul is comprised of our mind, emotions, and will. The soul may seem more abstract than the body, yet it is ...

I’m interested in helping people experience Freedom in 2010. If you are interested in pursuing more of the Freedom provided for you in Christ, here are Six Keys. 1) Understand what Freedom is and isn’t. We must not equate freedom with relief from pain. The Bible defines freedom in terms experiencing ...

23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Lk 9:23-24). Wheaton: Standard Bible ...