We are really excited to announce a new member to the Before The Cross team – Welcome Chris Howard! Chris has written numerous posts for us already such as Jesus and John Elway, Truth and Dares, It Pays To Pray, and The Little Lady’s Hand. It has been awesome to
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” – Hebrews 10:24-25 What does it mean for us
Jesus taught us to pray simply and sincerely, using the Lord’s Prayer as a model (Matthew 6:9–13): honoring God, seeking His will, asking for daily needs, confessing sin, and requesting protection. Prayer isn’t a formula — it’s a relationship. Here’s a practical walk through how Jesus taught us to pray.
The Bible reserves sexual intimacy and shared life for the covenant of marriage — “let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled” (Hebrews 13:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5). Living together beforehand builds on a foundation of testing rather than covenant. Here’s what Scripture says,
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). These Memorial Day Bible verses honor those who gave their lives in service, comfort the grieving, and point to the ultimate laying down of a life — Christ’s, for us. This Memorial
