Crossing Community Church

This morning we were blessed to have True Light Recovery ministry with us in our service. One of the ladies, Crystal, from True Light shared her story. It's was powerful!! She openly shares her journey from addiction to sobriety and how God has used biblical community to support & guide her along the way.

Genealogies are largely ignored by most readers of the Bible. But we know from 2 Timothy 3:16 that all of scripture is useful for instruction. So what can we learn from this list of names? Plenty! This week Pastor Tim leads us as we dig into that long list of names and helps us to find the eternal value of them!

Just like observing communion is an important reminder for followers of Christ, Christmas can also remind us of some important things about Jesus. This week, Pastor Tim spoke on how Christmas reminds us of the great humility of Christ and how God rarely takes us on the path we think he will lead us down or the one we want to travel. 

The reliability, faithfulness and goodness of God is what sustains us and keeps us in His family. The story here in 1 Samuel 12 is challenging and encouraging one. It reminds us to serve, thank God for His goodness and to not forsake the King for empty stuff that can't deliver. 

The wisdom of God confounds mankind. Even His foolishness is wiser than man's best wisdom! A proper understanding of the wisdom of God will help His disciples find rest and satisfaction in the most difficult circumstances!

It's always great to hear how God has shaped the life of someone. This week we had the great pleasure to hear from Joel Van Sant. Joel was raised in a Christian home and trusted Christ as a young boy.  But it took awhile for him to find direction in his life. His story is one of how family influences our life choices and how God guides us to places where we can be uniquely used by God. (Hint:...

You can't talk about 2020 without talking about COVID 19. But when we look at this year we have to admit that it was God's provision for our church that stands out! God used the virus to demonstrate His ability to provide in every situation! The highlight of 2020 is not the virus or elections or civil unrest, it's the way God provided -- above and beyond -- before we really understo...

The topic of God's love is vast! Where do you begin to give justice to a topic that is often misunderstood and taken out of context? This morning, our guest speaker, Joel Van Sant, helps us to consider some of the most basic elements of God's love and even at a "basic" overview, we are left in wonder of the depth and breadth of the love God has bestowed on us.  

This summer the streets of our cities have been filled with protestors marching and demanding justice. That desire for justice is something that is found in the heart of every man, woman and child. Why? Because we are formed in the image of God we share his character for wanting to see justice applied to the issues of our world. No where is God's sense of justice seen more clearly than the de...

Another attribute that only God has, is that He is spirit. No body, Just spirit. It totally aligns with His eternal nature and the fact that He is present everywhere, all the time. Our point of application for this attribute is this -- since God is spirit and with us at all times, what does mean to how and when we relate to Him?

To say that God is sovereign means he has total control over everything. . Psalm 103:19-22 teaches us that He has control over angels, over all creation, over all spiritual principalities, over mankind. So that means He causes all things to happen or He allows things to happen. Today, Pastor Tim helps us understand how God allows things to happen and yet is still in control. He also explains how G...

God is near. He is ever present. He is not one to create and step apart from his creation. He knows the names of every star and knows all the birds and creatures of the field. He even knows us in the womb. He is all powerful, yet ever near us. How is that possible? What a great God! Even more, God knows us for who we really are. He knows the darkness of our heart. Knowing that, even before we were...

To say that God is everywhere all the time is an understatement. But to think of Him as being equally and fully present at the farthest reaches of the universe -- billions of light years away -- and with you right now at the same time is mind boggling. What does that mean to us in our day-to-day life?

Throughout the Bible you'll find God referenced as "God Almighty" and every time you read that it's telling us that God is all powerful. Paul writes that God's power is "Immeasurable" and the Psalmist tells us to be in awe of his power. What is truly incredible is that the very power God used to speak the universe into creation, is the power He makes available to...

"God is good all the time" is more than an often quoted phrase to Carl Payne. It's been the guiding principle of his life. This week, Carl shared how the truth of that phrase served him through his tenure in the military during the Vietnam War, throughout his professional career and later in life in the passing of his wife and more recently when he was diagnosed with malignant cance...

Perhaps you've heard that God is immutable. That's not a word we use very often, but what it means is that God does not change. In a world that is constantly changing, having one thing that is constant and certain is a comfort. That 'one thing' for Christians is God himself! He is never changing. This week, Pastor Tim discusses why that is important and what it means to our dai...

Isaiah found himself in the presence of God and recorded the only words he heard as being "Holy, holy, holy." The mere words of mankind fall short of describing the "otherness" of God. This week Pastor Tim uses the story of the death of Uzzah in 1 Chronicles 13 to remind us of how we can make the holiness of God an unimportant thing and the need to grow in our awe of Him. 

"From everlasting to everlasting” you are God." It is unimaginable to think of anything apart from time. We can not escape thinking about everything in the context of time. And yet, God is not limited by time. He is eternal -- the creator of time, the master of time. 

The difference between an idols we create and the true eternal God are His attributes. Eternal, holy, unchanging -- the list goes on and on. No idol has those attributes and the only way we can know our God is to know and understand His attributes. We can move from the golden calves we create to embrace our Father God as we understand who and what He is.

Faithfulness matters. And you can see the power of faithful parents and grandparents in the lives of children in the testimony of Heather Adler. Her story is rich with the influence of not only her parents but of grandparents and others of her extended family. Consider the legacy you are leaving to others who are coming behind you after you hear Heather's story!

Scripture is always right. And our nation needs the truth of Scripture right now! But few of us really want the instruction Paul gives us in Romans 12 -- do not pay back evil, respect all men, do not take revenge, overcome evil with good. God's standards are always higher than ours and not usually the way we would resolve conflict. But God is like that, always surprising us and working in way...

There is a lot of room for disagreement these days -- politics, COVID, racism -- to name a few things. And the church is not exempt from disagreement!! How do we love each other when we are in such disagreement with each other? Our differences are an opportunity to exhibit God's love!

We are so familiar with so many of the biblical stories that we read them without considering what is behind the story and between the lines. A great example of that is when we read of Jesus selecting His disciples. We seem to think the men he selected somehow were in complete agreement on values, politics and even the Jewish faith. But that is far from true. Consider Peter, a devout orthodox Jew,...

David was anointed king of Israel long before he ever sat on the throne. It was years before that ever happened. What was he doing in all those years? Waiting.  When we wait, God uses that time of waiting to make us and shape us. Think of it as God is making a tool and he is taking his time to craft us for his purpose. 

There is a lot of unrest in our nation right now and many of us have very strong opinions about what is happening in our streets and why it's happening. This week Pastor Tim speaks to us about how we are citizens of heaven passing through this world. We don't have to agree with each other but we do have to live in harmony with each other. Our opinions should never get in the way of Gospe...