Living Brightly with Elayne Cross

Defining Success and Serving God - Dinner part 1

How do you define success? Is it about you and your needs or are you striving for something bigger than yourself? The first of three segments where we talk about success, church, and translations of Bible. These may be questions you’ve considered or points of contention between those around you. We have an open and sometimes passionate discussion about this and more.
1:31        Defining Success
3:56        Ultimate Goal is serving God
6:44        Family Time v Work Time
9:41        Filling your skill toolbox
11;39     What is the Church?
15:07     What Divides
20:17     Who Preserves the Word
25:28     English Translations
29:16     History of Church and Bible Translations
32:51     Is one translation better than the rest?

Noah Insights for 2022

4 take aways from the story of Noah and the flood for 2022. This short story if packed with evergreen concepts to help you be the light of the world and stand apart from the darkness and chaos.

In the beginning

This first portion of scripture starts well but quickly goes very bad, so why did God preserve it in His Word and what does it have for Christians in 2022?  What is with this beautiful garden that quickly leaves Adam and Eve seeking more. So much to see and so little time to share so we will focus on the cherubim and the Tree of Life. Are cherubim mentioned anywhere else in the Books of Moses (Torah)? Can we access the Tree of Life after we die? What about now? And how does this all relate to having a relationship with Jesus?  Come and find out.

Blessings and Beginings

Learning about God, studying His Word, and developing your relationship with Him is never ending. Today we jump into that cycle with the last and the first Torah portion, or Parshah, that covers Deuteronomy 33, 34 and Genesis 1 through 2:3 encompassing Moses last day with Israel before they cross the Jordan and finally enter the Promised Land and the first account of Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3. And what does this have for us today? A little of this and that but a common thread of justice for all and Torah for the faithful.
Prepare for next time by reading Genesis 1:1 through 6:8 asking God the following while you read;
What do You have to show me about You?
What do You have for me today and in my current situation?
How can this make me live brightly in this dark world that others may seek You?

Feast of Tabernacles - Connecting with God

Looking into the final Feast that God commanded the children of Israel to remember every year and how it can help you know God more. The children are commanded to remember what God has done for them and promised through 7 feasts-holy days, 4 in the spring and 3 in the fall. This last feast requires 7 days living in a booth or tent. Learn how it connects to Jesus and draws all of us closer to God.

3 Keys to Adulting

We do not choose our parents and the experiences life throws at us, but we must choose to grow in adulthood. Despite your upbringing and despite your experiences if you want to know peace you must experience unrest and learn to walk through that to become the person God created you to be. Join Elayne as she discusses 3 lessons she learned on her journey to shed adolescence and reach adulthood.

US and UK

I sat down with Jack from the Critical Truth Project. Jack is from England and has lived in the US for several years. This is a fun and informative look at the differences and similarities between the United Sates and the United Kingdom. We talk a little politics, a little religion and even mention a jumper.
 

Does Division Always Cause Destruction

We are born from the recombination of information from our parents’ genes, the Christian Church is born from Jesus – fully God and Fully man. His church has many members but are all part of one body and we must learn to celebrate and honor those parts in love.
Full Show notes at https://elaynecross.com

Lessons From the Rebuilding of the Temple

If we forget our history we are bound to repeat it. Join Elayne as she reviews the work of Nehemiah, Ezra, and Haggai in rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem through the struggles and success and the political environment we find ourselves in today.
The lessons learned by the Israelite in rebuilding the Temple, Trump was forced to face as well. It should be no surprise these are common to all of us. What are they and how can you be prepared to confront them when they seek to hold you back?
Links will be in the show notes on https://elaynecross.com

Who is the Real Bad Guy?

the meaning of words are being changed and new terms like Populist and Nationalist are used as derogatory name calling begging the question, Who is the real bad guy? Are these negative or just a way to sound superior to manipulate the masses? Our enemy can only gain ground if we give it to him so why are we? What do Christians need to do to push back against the chaos being pushed into the English language?