Cross Church Winnipeg Sermon Podcast

The wisest man who ever lived said, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” This is one of the most inspiring and mysterious proverbs. Imagine this for a moment. GOD, the creator of the Universe, is available to all and any who will look to Him for guidance in their lives. The Lord knows the w...

The saddest thing in all of the world is the waste of a human life. Why? Because humans were created in the image of God, with dignity and a capacity to do great things for God’s glory and honour. We were all created for sweet communion with God and His people. Pity the one who rejects the path of God and chooses the way of sin and rebellion and wickedness. His life is a string of sorrows, pain an...

Those who love the Lord and obey Him enjoy an unusual level of prosperity and flourishing. Why, because we are plugged into the streams of living water. Israel’s first King, Saul, was jealous of David. David was righteous and loved God’s law. 1 Samuel 18:14 says, “David was prospering in all his ways for the Lord was with him.” However, King Saul did not have a love for God or His Word. He was reb...

Meditation has more than one definition. The pagan’s idea of meditation is emptying one’s mind and then focusing on an object, a person, or an activity. God’s people have a very different understanding of this ancient practice. Mediation for a Christian is thinking about a passage of scripture and allowing the Holy Spirit to apply it to our lives. Joy always comes to those who love scripture and l...

C.S Lewis once wrote, “Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God, which will make him happy.” God broke into human history to reveal the way of life and the resulting joy and peace that comes to us if only we would believe in Him and obey. Psalm one tells us of two paths; one is righteous, and one is evil. This simple Psalm gives us clear instruction o...

Mother's Day 2021 message

What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever. 51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have di...

But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36 What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 42 It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43 Our bodies are buried in brokenness,...

And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”...

For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead,...

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fall...

,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough. Jesus concludes His Sermon on the Mount with these words of wisdom that will carry us through to Eternity if we will do what he says. Jesus said, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. A...

,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. He makes many very upsetting statements in His Sermon on the Mount, and here He does it again: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many wil...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Jesus knows that His beloved sheep will come under attack from false teachers. So Jesus gives a warning and then teaches them a simple test that can be used to know who are good and who are bad. He says, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in she...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. What Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 is one of his most sobering statements. Perhaps fear-provoking is a better way to say it. Jesus warns us that only a few will find eternal life. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. In Matthew 7:12, Jesus teaches what has come to be known as the Golden Rule. Here is His rule: “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” In another place Jesus said that the Law and the Pr...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Jesus teaches us that the Father wants us to learn to depend on Him daily. This is a consistent theme in the Sermon on the Mount. He says in Matthew 7:7-11, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you....

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Humans are too quick to speak before we think. Jesus commands us in Matthew 7:6 to be careful of what we say to people, discerning first who is open to receive truth: “Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! T...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Humans are too quick to judge others, causing strife and bitterness. Jesus commands us in Matthew 7:1-5 to be humble and to seek to help others with a spirit of grace and kindness. “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treate...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Your goals, dreams and desires are to be surrendered to the will of God. Jesus teaches us in Matthew 6:33-34 how the Christian lives life on a daily basis. That’s right, Christianity is a daily religion. He says: “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else,...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. He commands us in Matthew 6:25-32 not to worry or be anxious about anything: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and t...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough or offensive subjects. Bob Dylan wrote, “You’re gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.” Dylan understands humans; he understands himself. Here is what Jesus says about servitude and...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Jesus demands unswerving loyalty to Him and to His Kingdom standards. He teaches us in Matthew 6:22-23 how to make right decisions, full of wisdom and truth in this dark world: “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole bod...

2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how we as Christians ought to live. Our Lord never sugar-coats or backs away from tough subjects. Jesus demands unswerving loyalty to Him and to His Kingdom with its values. Here is what He says about money and possessions: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up...

Sermon on the Mount, Part 13 - Forgive to be Forgiven Jesus’ teaching is just as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tackles tough issues head-on. When we think of the wonderful things that God has given us, we know that the gift of Jesus Christ and the salvation that comes through Christ is the greatest gift humanity has ever received. Perhaps the second gr...