All In, with Kirk Crossing

In 1 Samuel 24:1-22, we see that David and his men are being pursued by Saul and his army. While David and his men are hiding in a large cave, […]

In the fourth sermon in this series, we look at the friendship between David and Jonathan. After Saul’s attempt to kill David, we find David running for his life and […]

In 1 Samuel 18.6-16, we discover that David has a very unique and dangerous enemy.  This enemy is not a combatant on the battlefield, this enemy is much closer and […]

In the second message of this series, we come to the story of David and Goliath.  This is possibly the most famous story about David in the Bible.  David is […]

David is a towering figure in the story of the Bible.  Shepherd, warrior, poet, musician, king.  In many ways he seems unlike us, but he’s more like us than we […]

In the final message of the series we wrestle with Jesus’ command that we are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.  Of all the teachings […]

This week’s upside down and backward truth is that we find our lives by losing them.  Matthew 10 is a very challenging chapter in which Jesus sent out twelve of […]

This week’s ‘upside down & backward’ truth is that we rejoice is suffering.  This is a very difficult sounding truth because no one would rightly say that they enjoy suffering.  As […]

In the third message of this series, we encounter the upside down and backward truth that we are strong when we are weak. In 2 Corinthians, Paul had to defend his […]

The second counterintuitive truth of this series is that we die in order to truly live.  In the natural way of thinking, death follows life.  But in God’s kingdom, life […]

The Bible contains many teachings which seem counterintuitive.  For example, we live by dying with Christ.  We lose our lives in order to find them.  We are strong when we […]

In the final message of this series, we ask the question, “Is Jesus Lord?”  If he’s not a liar or a lunatic, it must be that he is Lord.  It […]

Was Jesus a lunatic?  In John chapter 6, Jesus made the proclamation that “whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.”  He added, “for my flesh […]

Many people today think of Jesus as nothing more than a good, inspiring, moral teacher who lived a long time ago and influenced the thinking and behavior of many people […]

Is Christianity to be rejected because it claims ultimate or absolute Truth?  Is it to be rejected because it claims to provide the only means of salvation possible for human beings?  […]

The next big question we’re considering is the following: Is Christianity hypocritical?  Aren’t Christians just a bunch of hypocrites?  This is an important question since it concerns what we might […]

Is Christianity a religion of repression?  For many people, Christianity (among other religions) is mostly about rules.  These rules, many people would say, are repressive and harmful to human flourishing because […]

Earnest questions about Christian faith are questions we should take seriously.  The questions we ask reveal God-given and God-seeking desires which arise from both our intellect and our heart.  So, […]

Earnest questions about Christian faith are questions we should take seriously.  The questions we ask reveal God-given and God-seeking desires which arise from both our intellect and our heart.  So, […]

In the final message of this series, we learn that discipleship is ‘the way of discipling’.  The book of Hebrews (10.24-25) echoes a consistent message in the New Testament: that […]

In this week’s message, we’re reminded that the way of discipleship is the way of the Gospel.  In Romans 10, Paul helps us understand that the proclamation of the Gospel […]

In this message, we rediscover why service is a central aspect of our life on ‘the Way’.  Jesus had to correct the thinking of his disciples who saw their places in […]

In this message we learn that the ‘Way’ of discipleship is the way of righteousness.  Just to be clear, we are justified (judged as righteous before God unto salvation) by faith, […]

The second aspect of walking on ‘the Way’ is to understand that it is the way of discipline.  Doing anything well requires some amount of practice.  From athletes and musicians […]

Being people of ‘the Way’ means that we are people who walk ‘the way of the Word’. God’s Word is foundational to our lives as we answer God’s upward call. […]