The Crossing Church Sermons

As the Shepherd is struck, the sheep scatter only to find the Shepherd's grace and salvation waiting for them. Our failures as disciples of Jesus do not define us. Our identity is rooted and secure in Christ.

Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane calls us to take a closer look.

In the week of Passion, the Thursday night before his death, Jesus shared one last meal with his followers. This was no ordinary expereince. Learn with us the significance of this last supper, and the institution of The Lord's Supper.

As we continue through the week of Passion, see Jesus continue to demonstrate His sovreingty over all things and show his love for the one who would betray him.

We wrapped up our Core Group Training weekend with our guest teacher/leader Nathan Jewett challenging us from Hebrews 12:1-2 to continue in this race Jesus has called us to run.

An unnamed woman demonstrates outrageous love for Jesus motivated by the gospel of Jesus and His suffering.

As Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem we see him boldly announce his identity as the Messiah even though no one got the message. Yet he continued his journey to the cross in confidence and humility.

On this day 44 years ago abortion was legalized in America. Since then nearly 60 million babies have been murdered in our country. Yes. murdered. We are obliged as people of truth to call it what it is, but we can also be grateful for the gospel that brings grace and hope. It is by engaging the culture as people changed by the gospel that we will see the culture change.

Understanding that every human is created in the image of God and that they are worthy of our respect, honor, and dignity how can we also show compassion and mercy to those who have and are suffering racial injustice and inequalities. Today we learn from the parable of the good Samaritan an example of mercy and compassion.

We must go to God in prayer in light of the Gospel. To best do that there are some quetions to answer: - Who is God? - What has He done? - Who are we? - What are we to do?

Why do we as followers of Jesus engage with God in the Bible? How can we puruse God through the Scriptures rightly? God has chosen to be known, He has revealed Himself through Jesus and His Word, we are a people who are made alive and sustianed through Jesus and His Word, and so we engage deeply and consistently. Empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus came to give sight to the blind. When he opens our eyes we see his goodness, and we follow.

In one of the most gospel explicit passages in the Scriptures, Jesus not only gives a detailed prediction of his death and resurrection, but he also teaches his disciples about true greatness through humility and service as He himself demonstrated by giving his life as a ransom to set us free from sin so we could be humble and serve others.

In this well known story Jesus is approached by a rich young ruler who looks to Jesus to validate his good life. Jesus instead confronts and exposes his idolatry, reveals the power of God to save, and reveals Himself as our greatest treasure.

Do we believe the gospel like a child?

Jesus' view on marriage and divorce not only went against religious teaching of his day but elevated marriage to the place God intended it. It's still controversial today in increasing ways but marriage is a beautiful picture of the gospel if we will treaure and view it as the One who created it does Himself. Be encouraged.

In the Transfiguration, Jesus pulls back the veil of His humanity and gives his disciples and us a glimpse of His glory and willingness to go and suffer on the cross. He goes with His disciples to Jerusalem showing his presence with us in our discipleship.

Mark's gospel turns toward Jerusalem and the Cross as Jesus is for the first time confessed as Messiah by one of his followers which leads to the hard calling of disicpleship to live out a personal, public, submissive, and sacrificial faith.

Through 4 stories in Mark 8, we see Jesus continuing to do the hard work of teaching and correcting his disciples. It is a good work and a work that will be completed.

Based on our identity in Christ, how do we organize ourselves for mission? As a local church with regenerate members, a team of pastors and led to serve by deacons in covenant together to be God's people in the world. Why should you be a member of a local church? Listen in to find out!

Flowing from our identity in Jesus, what does it look like to be on a mission as a disciple of Jesus to make disciples.

As we take our yearly look into who we are and what we are pursuing as a church, we must first start with our identity. What we do flows from who we are. Because of Jesus and His gospel we have been transformed from darkness to light, death to life, evil and wicked to holy and blameless chosen people of God. We summarrize this transformation as a church by focusing on the fact that God has made us...