Cross Community Church

What will we leave behind for future generations. Each generation must ask themselves what will they do with their time and resources to pass down the faith that they claimed throughout their time here on Earth. If we are truly convinced of what Jesus Christ has done our understanding of a new life will lead us to trust God, even before we know what He is up to. As God led Israel across the Jordan...

We begin our Stewardship Campaign for 2020 this week. But this year our focus is not so much on our finances but more at what is the root understanding of our Finances. Looking at Matthew 6:19-24 we see that where our money is, there our heart is as well. In planning for our 2021 ministry year, we are challenged in our understanding of what it means to be a cheerful giver. Do we give to God the sa...

Thy Kingdom Come-Thy Will Be Done. If you are a Christian you have prayed these words. Most likely you have prayed them thousands of times in your head. But do we really understand what we are praying or what Jesus meant when he gave us this example of how to model our prayer patterns. As we look at current political and societal currents, what does it mean when a Christian prays the words, Thy Ki...

We finish up our Don't Be OK series where we have followed the Prophet Elijah as he confronts King Ahab and the way that Israel has been led away from worshipping God to worshipping the false god of Baal. As Elijah seemed to have claimed victory on Mt. Carmel, the situation for Israel, and Elijah, did not change. As Elijah retreated from the wrath of Queen Jezebel and from his own inner feelings o...

Its the main event....everything Elijah has been being prepared for has finally come. Ahab, the prophets of Baal and the nation of Israel have come to face this prophet, who brought the deadly drought upon them, on Mt. Carmel. Today will be the day that Israel finally must make a decision of whether they will follow Baal, who has failed to bring the rains that he is supposed to have power over, or...

We move into 1 Kings 18 this week as we continue following Elijah's story as he confronts King Ahab who has moved the nation of Israel away from worshipping God and instead following the false god Baal. This week we are introduced to Obadiah, a faithful follower of God who serves in the Court of Ahab. His secret is out and now he must rely on the faith he has held onto to keep him safe. Join us as...

This week our District Superintendent, Rev. Mark Norman shares with us the need for retreat, even in the midst of a pandemic, so that we may be the hands, feet and image of Jesus in a world so desperately in need.

When tragedy strikes where do you turn? This week we look at Elijah as he turned to the only place he knew, God. Because of his faithfulness to God, God was faithful to him!!

God called Elijah deep into the heart of Baal worship territory, to a widow woman with hardly enough resources to sustain herself, much less the prophet of God. Trusting in what he knew of God, Elijah was faithful and as a result, God blessed him and the widow and her son. When we trust God more than our circumstances, not only is God faithful to us, He is also faithful to those we influence.&nbsp...

This week we explore the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 16:29-34 & 17:1-7 in order to see the way that God often calls His people to stand against evil even when the situation is not optimal. We follow the example of Elijah, standing on the authority and knowledge of God as he confronts King Ahab. As Christians, we too must be able to stand alone on the truth of God's Word, even when the world and...

You can't be holy on your own. No matter how hard you try. Apart from the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, we may look good to the world, but we will never look like Christ. The foundation that our faith must be built upon depends on Christ as our Cornerstone. From His death and resurrection, every facet of our life must be aligned with His teachings, the Word of God. If any part of our faith does...

We take a look at Romans 7 this week as we understand the struggle within each of us and the call of faith to desire to do the things of God. But what do we do when our heart's desire is overcome by our sinful inability? Pauls shares with us his own experience. Listen in as we discover how sin had made each of us completely and totally rotten before a Holy God. But God sent His son Jesus to do wha...

Christians are called to be holy. Everything about the life of a believer must be built on the foundation that God is holy and we are called to be likewise. An unholy Christian, though they may look pleasing to the world around them, will never give the full image or likeness of Jesus Christ. Paul tell the church in Rome that we have been buried with Christ as in death, BUT, we have also been rais...

This week we look at Peter's letter to the believers who were scattered among the nations. Even in the midst of persecution and lack of fellowship with other believers, Peter reminded them of the life that comes from faith in Jesus Christ and an inheritance that is kept safe in Heaven. We are called to be holy, set apart for God and obedient to His word, not to earn salvation, that is a gift throu...

Everything about God begins at one place. His holiness. As we explore the way that God is set apart from us in every single way, we can begin to understand His righteousness and the importance of our obedience to the word of God. 

As we celebrate Pentecost 2020, we experience the power and joy that comes from the fulfillment of Christ's promise to send us a great helper. We take a look at that day when the Disciples were given extraordinary power and through their actions changed the world. We also look at Paul's letter to the believers in Rome as he testifies to the new life that come from a relationship with Christ and th...

Why do some people respond to the Savior's calling and some do not. Jesus answers that question as he addresses the crowds in Matthew 13. He asks each of us to consider what type of soil our heart may be when we consider what it means to be a disciple of Christ!

For our final week in our Reset Series we finish Lukes 13th chapter. His lament for Jerusalem and their unending denial of the salvation that God has extended to them conveys to us. Do we deny and ignore repeated attempts of God trying to warn us and draw us into repentance through Jesus Christ necessary to experience the abundant life and eternal salvation. 

Join us as we continue our Reset Sermon Series where we walk through Luke's Gospel, chapter 13 as Jesus shares what it means to be a true disciple and not a person who is along for the ride, without the commitment. This week we listen as Jesus shares the narrow way to God's Kingdom. Some follow for the show, but Jesus tells us to follow for life!

Do we tell others about God's Word because they need to "get it right," or do we share our faith because we realize where we once stood before God but with Jesus Christ realize how He loves us? Join us this week as we reset theological understandings of what it means to share what Christ has done in our own lives so that we may walk with others as they discover the life of repentance that Christ c...

Is our faith cultural or conversional? Do we tell people about Jesus because we understand what He has done for us, or do we simply want people to be like us? Do we share God's Word to change lives or in attempts to make someone's life more acceptable to us? Are we more worried about our systems, traditions and our "church" than we are about the people we are called to love? Join us as we walk wit...

Sometimes, Jesus withholds the awareness of His presence from us because our hearts are not ready to understand the message of His words. Join us for this Easter Celebration as we look at the events of that first Easter morning to see the way that Christ seldom works in the ways we think He should. 

This is Palm Sunday, the day we celebrate Christ the King's triumphant entrance into Jerusalem to establish His kingdom on earth. Yet it wasn't done the way one would expect. Listen in as we continue in our Journey with Seedbed Publishing's "Listen To Him- 40 Days On The Road To The Cross With Jesus"  Also in the episode, hear the testimony of one of our students, Rayleigh House.

Listen as we discover Jesus' teaching as he speaks to the crowd in Luke 18:18-30. As we think about what is means to be a disciple, Jesus asks us how much we are willing to pay. The Gospel will cost us everything, are we truly ready to give it?

Lenten Sermon Series, based on J.D. Walt's, "Listen To Him" devotional series. This Sunday we explore Luke chapter 15, The Prodigal Son, as we discover the way that pride is a strong force that can keep us from experiencing the Father's love, even if we know Jesus!