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Curious about Christ Week 1: What Did Christ Think of Himself?

Our church in Naperville, Cross of Christ Fellowship, is hosting a 7 week outreach in Naperville called “Curious about Christ.” This is a course designed to help those who know little or nothing about Christ or Christianity learn about who Christ is and what he has done, and how Christ helps us make sense of […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville: Pursuing Our Identity in Christ

We’ve already considered how one’s location impacts one’s faith, and the blessings and challenges of living out our faith in Christ in Naperville. In the next two posts we’ll think about how pursuing our identity in Christ and keeping our eyes on the glory of the eternal city can help us as we seek to […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville: 3 Additional Challenges

We continue our series “Living as a Christian in Naperville.” (To see the earlier posts, click here for our Introduction to the topic of how living in a location impacts one’s faith in Christ, here for how living in Naperville can help a Christian live for Christ, and here for the reality of 4 idols […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville: Considering the Challenge of IDOLS

Today we continue our series “Living as a Christian in Naperville.” You can find the introduction post here, and how living in Naperville can be beneficial for a Christian’s faith here. In some ways it is very EASY to be a Christian in Naperville: no one is physically persecuting me, I have freedom to go […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville: Enjoying Naperville

I love Naperville. It is a beautiful suburb of Chicago. It is comfortable. It has a lovely downtown with almost every conceivable type of restaurant and at least 3 great coffee shops (Sparrow, Starbucks Reserve, Two Brothers). The city has annual festivals, well-attended parades, amazing schools, great doctors, and is incredibly safe to live in. […]

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Living as a Christian in Naperville: An Introduction

I am a Christian. I live in Naperville, Illinois.[1] What does this look like? How does the culture of Naperville impact my faith? This is what we’ll consider together in the following blog posts. I’m writing this mostly for my own soul. It helps me to think about topics as I write them out—Augustine once […]

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Cross of Christ Fellowship May Newsletter 2018

Cross of Christ Fellowship May Newsletter 2018 As we strive to plant a gospel-centered church in downtown Naperville, we post monthly newsletters about what we have been up to. Here’s the latest newsletter if you missed it: https://mailchi.mp/662dece15d28/new-baby-new-venue-more-cross-of-christ-fellowship-may-newsletter

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Knowing God Week 1 Discussion Guide

KNOWING GOD WEEK 1 DISCUSSION GUIDE Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville IL, recently started a 3 week ‘Intro the Christian Faith’ series for those in the community called “KNOWING GOD.” Here’s the leader’s discussion guide: KNOWING GOD MEETUP: A 3 WEEK INTRO TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH  Intro: This is a 3 Week […]

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17 Highlights from 2017

17 Highlights from 2017 : Cross of Christ Fellowship Here’s 17 highlights from 2017 for Cross of Christ Fellowship here in Naperville: http://mailchi.mp/2e80aca95285/prayer-requests-and-update

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Cross of Christ Fellowship 2017 January Newsletter

Cross of Christ Fellowship 2017 January Newsletter In case you missed our latest newsletter, here’s a link to it: http://eepurl.com/czhNs1 We are so thankful to host church at the DuPage Children’s Museum on Sunday mornings and are praying over these goals as listed for 2017. In particular, we really hope to focus on discipleship. Please […]