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chrisaltrock

Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.

The Cross: Victory

If you turn on any Christian radio station or Christian television channel or browse online for Christian books, it won’t take you long to find someone who promises that if you follow Jesus you can have a problem free life.  That message is known as the “Health and Wealth Gospel.”  If you follow Jesus you can have health and wealth.  Time magazine recently profiled this in an article entitled “Does God Want You to Be Rich?”[i]  The article opened with the story of George.  George lost his job in Ohio.  So, he moved to Houston, TX because he knew of a large church there and a preacher there who promised that he could not only get a new job but live the carefree life he’d always wanted.  George took a job selling Fords and in four days sold a Ford F-150.  He exclaimed: “It’s a new day God has given me! I’m on my way to a six-figure income!” He’s already got his dream house picked out: “Twenty-five acres,” he says. “And three bedrooms. We’re going to have a schoolhouse (his children are home schooled). We want horses and ponies for the boys, so a horse barn. And a pond. And maybe some cattle…Why would an awesome and mighty God want anything less for his children?”  Health and wealth.Read More »The Cross: Victory

The Cross: Redemption

A few weeks ago in February a 46 year old woman went to sleep in her home in Bartlett, just a few blocks from my home.[i]    A few hours later, a fire started in the home.  The two story house filled with smoke.  A neighbor noticed and called the fire department.  When firefighters arrived, they searched inside and found the woman unconscious in her bedroom.  They carried her out and doused the fire.  Though it may have been a typical rescue for the fire crew, I’m sure it was anything but typical for that poor woman.  She owes her life to that crew.  She would not be alive today were it not for that rescue.Read More »The Cross: Redemption