Matt Cross ☧

Saved. Sinner. Servant.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

Nature hike!! #family #fiancee #love #spring https://t.co/TgaaEag7ry

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

My #wcw goes out to this lovely woman. She's a strong, beautiful, intelligent, and sweet mom, lover,… https://t.co/UQmyTSeqcV

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

THIS lady makes my night; she makes my life beautiful. http://t.co/lwZo4zF68J

[Lazo @lazochris]

Just an observation on methods of #spiritualformation...

Calvinists: "look outward"
Contemplatives: "look inward"

[Scotty Smith @ScottyWardSmith]

Bold love is possible because of a bodacious gospel

[Tullian Tchividjian @TullianT]

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

Two terms for Demi Lovato's vocal coach to investigate:

1) closed voice tension

2) timbre

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

Second half of life: justice with compassion, not with a chip on our shoulder.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

The more I listen to "Place of Freedom", the more I wonder who it's directed to. Worship: not a personal declaration.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

every time we grasp for credit, we're discrediting God. and in that sense- we're taking The Lord's name in vain.

-tchvidjian

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

That moment when the worship band's guitarist tunes from E to D; it's gonna be awesome or abhorrent.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

is there any meaning in my life that my inevitable death cannot destroy?

-tolstoy

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

Idols are daily justifications that your life is only worth living due to the existence of the entity idolized.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

the prohibition uttered more frequently than any other by our Lord is the command “fear not.”

-sproul

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

Original sin is actually original shame – believing we were not enough when we were made to be God's eikons.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be til i die.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

if grace is to be free, which is the very meaning of "grace", we cannot view it as something to be repaid.

-piper

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

the prosperity gospel teaches that God wants...all believers to be physically healthy, materially wealthy, and personally happy.

-chandler

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

"foul, i, to the fountain fly; wash me, Saviour, or i die."

A confession I struggle with. It's why scriptural integrity matters in hymnody.

[Matt Cross ☧ @theMcross]

if my righteousness is filthy rags, then
Yours is a shield about my chest.

"so good to us"

-ascend the hill