Crossroads Church
Northglenn, CO:
Restriction or Freedom?
When God introduced the Ten Commandments to Moses on the top of Mount Sinai, He started by emphasizing a particular part of his identity. He made it clear that He is the one who led the Israelites out of Egypt—out of slavery and into freedom.
So often we view the Ten Commandments, and other aspects of God’s will for us, through the lens of restriction, trapping us and dictating what we cannot be. In the most extreme cases, we can see them as chains binding us to the slavery of purity. While the interpretation of commandments as restrictions technically may…
How to Talk about Race and Freedom at Your Passover Seder
Jews are a people of memory and action. On Passover, we tell and retell a collective narrative of liberation, ...
How I Left Fundamentalism, Found Freedom, and Became A Pastor
During my first semester of seminary, a woman in my Greek class said she could see me as a pastor. Unsolicited, she came right out and just said it. I laughed. As it turns out, though, she was right.
What Makes a Church Missional?
Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition.
ACLU: Why we can no longer support the federal ‘religious freedom’ law
The law is often used to discriminate against women, gay and transgender people, and others.
The surprising freedom of being a guest preacher
I might or might not be invited back. Either way, there’s no lasting harm.
What Will You Do With Your Freedom?
"What privilege do we have that we can leverage on behalf of the persecuted and downtrodden?" Rabbi Samantha Natov looks to our biblical forbearers and the c...
Is Veiling an Act of Freedom or Oppression?
What Will It Be-Bondage or Freedom?
The choice is clear—bondage or freedom, impotent housebroken churchianity or vigorous untamed Christianity.
Finding Freedom from Pharisaical Fears
You know what one of my fears in life is? Becoming so focused on learning the Bible that I forget to apply it. I know …
How the State Serves Both Salvation and Religious Freedom
Don’t put too much hope in government. But don’t give up on it either. Churches need good governments.
FAQ: God’s Choice? Our Freedom? Or Both?
Warm up Questions Do we have freewill? Does God know everything before it happens? Does God decide everything before it happens? Questions for Christians What does it mean that God is sovereign? What does it mean to have freewill? Does God plan out our future? How much of it? If…
Religious Freedom as Freedom to Discriminate?
Removing religious exemptions will not promote tolerance or inclusiveness. It will forcibly strip religious organizations of their ability to operate as religious organizations.
How Both Sides Get Religious Freedom Wrong
Over the last few years, our country has been embroiled in disagreement between two visions of the right to freely exercise religion. But there is a better way, based on natural rights, that provides both the equality of one vision and the religious protection of the other.
Messages of Faith: What freedom means to a Christian
Should Christians Praise Partial Religious Freedom?
Does good press lead to greater gains in the Muslim world? Or merely cover a multitude of sins?
How Religious Freedom Erodes, One Step at a Time
The United States can learn critical lessons from the decline of religious freedom in other countries.
What rising anti-Muslim bias could mean for the future of religious freedom
When you don't apply religious freedom protections evenly, you undermine them for everyone, legal experts said.
Why the US Believes Global Religious Freedom Is Good Foreign Policy
And just how successful America has been on promoting this value overseas.
How So-Called ‘Equality Act’ Threatens Religious Freedom
It could affect Christian bakers and florists, among others.
Religious freedom? Yeah, right!
OPINION- “Freedom of speech is the air that any thinker breathes; it’s the fuel that ignites the fire of an intellectual’s thoughts.” Raif Badawi dared to write such things …
