resources
We all need help in our journey to build strong spiritual foundations! The good news is that many available resources are available to help. Our pastor regularly sends an email out dedicated to strengthening your foundation. We also offer groups and classes that can help, and there are many books and links to help with specific aspects of building a healthy home. Take a look below at these resources, and never stop growing!
General Healthy Home Resources
Healthy Home Email
Monthly email to help you build a strong spiritual foundation and pass it on
Sign up for our monthly Healthy Home email from Pastor John and learn about the critical truths of Healthy Home and how to grow yourself and your home spiritually.
Sign Up for the monthly Healthy Home email
7 Big Rocks of a Healthy Home
8-week Connection Group with Tim Alba & David and Terry Ingram
Every Christian wants a healthy, godly home, but what does “healthy” look like? This 8-week class travels to Sunday Connection Groups to help you take practical next steps in making that dream a reality for you and your family. You’ll take a simple assessment and learn how the “7 Big Rocks of a Healthy Home” can help you build a strong spiritual foundation and pass it down.
Sundays, February 11 - April 7 • 9:30-10:30 am • Room 255
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel (for students & parents)
Equip Class with Dr. Christopher Yuan & Breakout discussion with AJ Molina
Parents and students, join us as we walk through Holy Sexuality and the Gospel. This is a 6-week class where we worship together and then learn from a video series focused on what the Bible says about our sexuality and identity.
The City • 6:30-8:00 • Wednesdays Starting Feb. 7
Sacred Marriage
Equip Class with Alex Farr
Your marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse—it is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately. Sacred Marriage shifts your focus and teaches how to love your spouse better.
Room 352 • 6:30-8:00 • Wednesdays Starting Feb. 7
7 Essentials For a Healthy Home
Equip Class with David Ingram and Ron Yamamoto
Did you know that there are seven principles that can help foster a healthy home? Join us as we walk through Ephesians and these principles as you continue to build your strong spiritual foundation and prepare to pass it on.
Room 377 • 6:30-8:00 • Wednesdays Starting Feb. 7
new city catechism
App for learning the basics of our faith together (Great family tool)
Available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, The New City Catechism mobile app makes it easy to take all 52 questions and answers about the core doctrines of the Christian faith with you wherever you go. The free app also includes suggested Scripture readings, short prayers, devotional commentary, and kid-friendly songs designed to help children memorize each question and answer.
Download the New City Catechism App
Right Now Media
It’s like Netflix, but to help you grow your faith!
This online video is the streaming platform for content to help you grow. The platform carries Bible studies and teaching series from the most prolific authors and leaders and has great content for kids and students. Don’t overlook this resource!
Cross City Library
An extensive collection curated with purpose
Cross City's library contains nearly 31,000 items, featuring the latest books, CDs, and DVDs for adults and children of all ages. You'll find a collection of resources related to this year's Healthy Home focus in a featured display.
About a third of the media is devoted to children and students. We encourage parents to bring their kids to the library, knowing they will find only the best and most wholesome materials.
Adults will find an extensive collection of fiction and non-fiction books and music and video recordings. Whether you're looking for help with Bible study reference materials or planning a new garden, you'll find helpful information in the library!
Bible app
God’s Word. In your pocket. All the time. And so much more.
Tens of millions of people are using the Bible App™ to make God's Word a part of their daily lives. Download the free app and access your bookmarks, notes, and reading plans from anywhere. Enjoy hundreds of versions, including audio, all on your mobile device.
Love nudge
App to strengthen your marriage
Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can sometimes fall by the wayside. The things that say "I love you" seem to either not get said or not get through. As a result, our relationships can easily erode, and the spark can fade. Love Nudge is a fun, habit-forming app that helps you intentionally express love in the most meaningful ways to your partner. Designed for real-life connection, Love Nudge takes the concepts of Dr. Gary Chapman's #1 New York Times best-seller, The 5 Love Languages®, to the next level. You and your loved one can learn each other's love languages, exchange encouragement, set, and track activity goals, and monitor the levels of each other's love tanks for better communication and intimacy.
Equip
Bible studies, groups, and classes about specific topics that can help you grow
Equip is all about helping you take the next step. Equip offers classes on things like finances, groups for support like Grief Share and Divorce Care, Bible studies from Precept and BSF, and so much more! No matter how long you’ve been a believer, there’s a next step. Look at what’s offered and get signed up today!
Transgender- and Sexuality-Focused Resources
Katie J. McCoy
Katie McCoy is the author of To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity and How Christians Can Respond (B&H Publishing, 2023). She holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (TX), where she served on faculty for five years. Katie's research includes the patterns of justice for women in Old Testament laws as well as the intersection of theology, gender, and women's studies. She serves as Director of Women’s Ministry at Texas Baptists.
Her website offers many resources on the topic of Women and sexuality.
Living Hope Resources
This extensive list of books, articles, and videos addresses a comprehensive range of topics regarding sexuality.
More Books
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel by Christopher Yuan. This is the book the students and parents will do through in EQUIP.
To Be A Woman by Katie McCoy.
Male and Female He Created Them by Denny Burk, David Closson & Colin Smothers
Across the Kitchen Table Talking about TRANS with Your Teen Sam Andreades
Love Thy Body by Nancy R. Pearcey
Institute for Biblical Sexuality
The Institute of Biblical Sexuality exists to encourage and equip the Church and Christ-centered organizations to respond biblically and redemptively to human sexuality. They believe that Biblical Sexuality, as revealed in God's Word, is God's design for humans to bear His image as male and female to build His kingdom through a monogamous, procreative relationship or as a celibate single person.
Institute for Biblical Sexuality
Focus on the Family Transgender Resources
Focus on the Family has an extensive list of transgender resources available.