Cross and Crown Sermon Audio

This week lead pastor Brad Andrews unpacks the turn in Saul's life from a good king with great potential, to a disobedient and impatient leader.

This week executive director Trey Hopkins unpacks Samuel's farewell address, the "trail" that commences, and how God's covenant faithfulness to his people calls them to real obedience.

In 1 Samuel 11, the newly anointed prince of God's people faces an enemy for the first time, and is overcome with a holy rage. The Spirit of God causes a righteous anger in Saul for the salvation of God's people and God's glory.

As we move back into our series through 1 Samuel, our executive director, Trey Hopkins walks us through the beginning of Saul's story, and God's care for his people in giving them the best man for the job in spite of their rebellion.

As we finish out the first part of our journey through 1 Samuel, lead pastor Brad Andrews unpacks Israel's request for a king.

This week lead pastor Brad Andrews walks us through 1 Samuel 6-7:1, and the story of the ark of the Lord's return from captivity in Philistia.

The hope of the gospel is that in Christ, God took on the curse of sin for our sake. This is foreshadowed all throughout the history of redemption, and 1 Samuel 5 is no exception. When the ark is captured it was not that Dagon had defeated Yahweh, but rather God took on the curse of Israel's covenant faithlessness. God went into exile, and there fought for Israel, defeating the false gods and his...

This week lead pastor Brad Andrews take us through the last half of 1 Samuel 4, the aftermath of Israel's defeat and the fulfillment of the prophecy against Eli and his house.

This past Sunday, our lead pastor Brad Andrews walked us through 1 Samuel 4:1b-11, unpacking what went wrong when Israel confronted the Philistines and decided to use the ark of the covenant as a "lucky charm" rather than trusting God.

This week lead pastor Brad Andrews unpacks 1 Samuel 2:27 -36, and the prophecy against the house of Eli because of the wickedness of his sons.

Godly leadership is paramount to a healthy church. In 1 Samuel 2:12-26 we see the consequences of faithless leadership among God's people in the Old Testament, and are reminded why we need faithful leaders today.

This past Sunday, Executive Director, Trey Hopkins walked us through Hannah's song of praise in 1 Samuel 2:1-11. At the heart of her son is an unshakable confidence in the sovereignty of God and his faithfulness to keep his covenant promises to his people.

This week our lead pastor, Brad Andrews, unpacked 1 Samuel 1:1-28, as we begin our new series through the book of 1 Samuel.

In the final sermon of our Counter|Culture series, lead pastor Brad Andrews helps us navigate the issue of gender ideology with a view of human nature and identity rooted in Scripture. Humanity is made in the image of God as male and female, and holding this conviction with compassion is our call as believers.

This week lead pastor Brad Andrews unpacks Romans 1:18-28 as we confront one of the chief cultural ideals of our day - sexuality. As we consider how the Bible speaks to this moment in the culture and the church we have to start with how God has made us - in his image as moral beings, responsible for our actions and for the lusts of the flesh. From God's point of view, regardless of how our culture...

This week in our series on being a counter-culture, lead pastor Brad Andrews walk us through what biblical justice looks like over and against worldly forms of justice. Our world craves justice, but by rejecting God as the basis for our pursuit, worldly justice become profoundly unjust.

This week our Executive Director Trey Hopkins helps us think through how we can use the good gift and tool of technology with wisdom. Technology should not be approached with unhinged fear or unfettered affection but with wisdom rooted in the fear of the Lord.

This week our executive director, Trey Hopkins, unpacked Genesis 9:5-7, as we considered the Christian worldview's counter-cultural theology of life. Though there are numerous ethical and moral issues an categories that could be tackled, this week focused on the intrinsic value of every human life - as image bearing persons - from the moment of conception.

This past Sunday we continued looking at the topic of suffering and death that we began last week. Pastor Brad walked us through Philippians 1:16-23, and expounded Paul's words regarding how the Christian is to approach the prospect of death.

This week, lead pastor Brad Andrews walks us through the counter-cultural way that the people of God endure and persevere through suffering. Unpacking 1 Peter 1:3-9, we see how the Christian faces suffering with an unwavering confidence in Jesus Christ, their "living hope."

In our sermon series "Counter|Culture" this week, Pastor Brad taught about a growing and influential movement seeping into the church: progressive "Christianity." Though not a unified or ideologically new development, its common denominator is a desire to rewrite essential elements of biblical teachings. As Christians, we are called to examine and unmask the untruths of this movement for the sake...

We launch into a new series this week with a message from our lead pastor Brad Andrews looking at the moment we find ourselves in as the Church in our culture.

The resurrection isn't just history; it's our present reality. This past Sunday, @BradAndrews showed us from 1 Cor. 15:12-29 that Christ was raised both as Savior AND Lord. Resurrection guarantees salvation & precedes enthronement. Victory is ours in this life & the life to come!