The Crossings Community

What's New?

5-Feb-12 - Text Study, Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Old Testament)

5-Feb-12 - Text Study, Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

4-Feb-12 - Recent Conference Papers, from the January 2012 Crossings International Conference.

3-Feb-12 - Thursday, Mission in Mark, Part 3

29-Jan-12 - Text Study, Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

27-Jan-12 - Text Study, Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (Old Testament)

27-Jan-12 - Thursday, Mission in Mark, Part 2

23-Jan-12 - Text Study, Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

22-Jan-12 - Thursday, Mission in Mark

22-Jan-12 - Text Study, Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Old Testament)

16-Jan-12 - Text Study, Third Sunday after the Epiphany

13-Jan-12 - Thursday, Best Books on Mission

8-Jan-12 - Text Study, Second Sunday after the Epiphany

5-Jan-12 - Thursday, How to Disagree Well

4-Jan-12 - Text Study, Baptism of Our Lord

4-Jan-12 - Thursday, Justification in Nickel Words

27-Dec-11 - Text Study, Name of Jesus and First Sunday of Christmas

27-Dec-11 - Thursday, Images of Christ, Part 2

19-Dec-11 - Text Study, Christmas Day

18-Dec-11 - Text Study, Christmas Eve 2011

16-Dec-11 - Thursday, Images of Christ

12-Dec-11 - Text Study, Fourth Sunday of Advent

9-Dec-11 - Newsletter, Christmas 2011

9-Dec-11 - Thursday, Christmas Eve Preaching

5-Dec-11 - Text Study, Third Sunday of Advent

4-Dec-11 - Thursday, Preview of Next Month's Fourth International Crossings Conference

The Crossings Community

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Our Mission:: To encourage the Christian art of distinguishing God's Law and God's Gospel in the ministry and mission of the Christian church, so that the world receives the full benefit of Jesus Christ's dying and rising.

What is Crossings?

Crossings is a worldwide network of Christian lay people and clergy who share a commitment to the proper use of the Law/Gospel distinction both in the interpretation of Scripture and in the living out of Christian vocation in the world, believing that it is the key to understanding what God is doing in the world. We seek to apply this distinction in our lives and ministries.

The proper relationship between God's words of Law and Gospel was considered by the Lutheran reformers to be essential to the life and mission of the church; however, this understanding has deep roots in the history of the church and in Scripture, and is not the exclusive property of Lutherans.

Since our founding in 1983, Crossings has been working to teach and illustrate this way of thinking, working, preaching, and living. We were founded by two Lutheran teachers of theology, Robert Bertram and Edward Schroeder. The work began in the form of workshops but is now carried out primarily by means of the internet and through conferences.

We share with thousands of internet subscribers a weekly analysis of lectionary texts. An archive of those (called "Sabbatheology" or "Lectionary Text Study") is available on this website.
Dr. Schroeder maintains a personal blog of theological opinion called "Thursday Theology," in which current church and world events are analyzed from a perspective that employs the law/gospel distinction. This is available by e-subscription or through the website.
This website includes other materials (by several authors) that relate to our mission.
A quarterly newsletter carries news about the Crossings network of people.

The Crossings Community, Inc. seeks to share Law/Gospel theology with all people. We do not discrimiate on the basis of race, color, or ethnic origin in any policies or programs.

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