Cross Pointe TXK

Because God has called us in Christ, we need the Spirit to open the eyes of our hearts so we can know Him more deeply and live with gospel hope.

Because the Holy Spirit seals believers and guarantees our inheritance, we can live with assurance, unity, and praise to the Glory of God

Because God has blessed us in Christ with His eternal grace, the church must be rooted in what God has done before we walk in what God calls us to do.

The Scriptures sit us down each morning and speak into us, illuminating the hope we have in Christ, and giving me the endurance to do beautiful things for the next 24 hours. Bubba Rainwater

We get to choose what where we look . . . in the mirror or out the window. One make you honest. The other makes excuses. Bubba Rainwater

Who will you be when the master returns? Paul exhorts the Romans to awaken that person NOW, if not sooner. WHO will you be? Bubba Rainwater

I rise up from the Cross with a feeling of obligation, but how can I thank Christ with something more than words? I can love people. I can see them and gather my stuff and I can go to them, and not cross over to the other side. Bubba Rainwater

The choice to submit to the authorities in our lives was made at Calvary. We chose Christ and the effect of THAT choice is that we submit to the authorities God has given us. Bubba Rainwater

Evan Sidwell

A summary of the depiction of a Living Sacrifice from Romans 12 and a glimpse of the victory Jesus won over evil on the day of the Cross. Bubba Rainwater

At no point in the Scriptures are individuals invited to exact revenge on anyone. God claimed the right to vengeance, so what is my right? My opportunity? God's expectation? Bubba Rainwater

KALOS is what Mary was doing when she anointed the feet of Jesus--it was excellent, beautiful, awesome. The Living Sacrifice plots these moments. KAKOS is the opposite of KALOS. The Living Sacrifice never repays KAKOS for KAKOS. Bubba Rainwater

Remember walking into the school cafeteria back in the day and sizing up where you would sit? Did you see others in the same way? Did you choose to sit with the "lowly"? Jesus taught this at a Sunday Lunch with a group of Pharisees. Bubba Rainwater

Empathy is rarely natural, but it is always worship. 6/29/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The English simply fails to portray the words of Romans 12:13. More than sharing. Infinitely more than mere hospitality. 7/15/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is bent on honoring Christ and there is no better way than with our words, so even in the midst of persecution we can honor Christ with the words we choose. 6/22/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is not merely the one who does big things, but the one who can sit in the quiet presence of God and rejoice in the unrevealed reality of what is to come . . . and that is HOPE. 6/1/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice begins with an oft-renewed identity in the love of Christ which fuels a fervor to strive boldly . . . and to do so without hesitation. 5/25/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is to love like a brother ought to love a brother, and to be competitive in that love so that he beats his brother to that love. 5/18/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice follows in the footsteps of Jesus who could fiercely detest evil and doggedly chase down good . . . all in the same room (Mark 3:1-6). 5/11/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The first thing Paul encourages these "living sacrifices" to do it to utilize the differing giftings of the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church family. 4/27/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The word "love" is often used as a verb, an action (or lack thereof), but for the Christian, "love" is an ever-present inclination toward the person with a beating heart. All of them. All the time. 5/4/25 - Bubba Rainwater

After extolling the glory of the Gospel to the Roman church, Paul pleads with them to respond in a fashion that is purely logical--to act in holiness, pleasing to God, in goodness, and leaving nothing to regret. This is the life of the "Living Sacrifice"! 4/20/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The plan of salvation for the world is next level genius. God had to harden the hearts of the Jewish people to compel them to crucify Jesus, then He had to get the message out of Jerusalem to the Gentile world . . . all this to provoke His chosen people to jealousy and salvation. 4/13/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

One is sent to preach, but to preach what? If the Gospel is preached, the full Gospel of Jesus, then what is heard will lead to salvation. Anything else will just make people nice(ish). 4/6/2025 - Bubba Rainwater