Crossroads - Weekend Messages

Imagine if all the people you know who wear glasses or contacts, got behind the wheel of a car without their corrective lenses - terrifying, right? Seeing clearly is absolutely essential for doing anything the right way (and the safe way, in this case). As we wrap up Romans 7, the Apostle Paul speaks powerfully into the lives of his readers and our lives today, helping us to narrow in on the thing...

There’s nothing more beautiful than being truly free….Our culture’s obsessed with the idea of freedom! But so often when we’re acting in what we’d call total freedom, we know at our core it’s not enough. We can be doing everything we want and still be in bondage to our pasts, our fears, our shame. The amazing thing is, Jesus came to set us truly free. And when we are truly free, everything seems r...

Whenever we take a good thing and make it an ultimate thing, it becomes a bad thing. That’s how we end up with things like addictions, unhealthy eating habits or life patterns, co-dependent relationships...it ’s crazy how something we love can quickly turn into a source of bondage for us. We’ve all felt it - and we’re all longing for freedom. Join us Sunday, and find the freedom you’ve been lookin...

There’s a reason the world’s best restaurants have a secret sauce - it's that one key collection of ingredients that makes a dish uniquely what it is. But if anyone else knew how to make the secret sauce, they could make that dish everybody craves...Can you imagine if you had the secret sauce for living? Believe it or not, in Romans 6-8 God lays out the ingredients to the secret sauce for all of l...

Contrasts help us see. If you were to look at diamond rings, they are always displayed with a black background. The stone looks even more brilliant in contrast to the background. The same is true for everything else, seeing the contrasts brings out the brilliance. The Apostle Paul uses this technique to show the brilliance of the finished work of Jesus by contrasting it with the colossal failure o...

Expectations ruin relationships. When someone doesn’t live up to what we expect of them, our disappointment can damage or break things...and this happens in our journeys with Jesus too. Sometimes our experience of God doesn’t match how we expected him to act in our lives...But God actually wants to move in our lives in ways that are better than what we expected - right here, right now. Join us Sun...

Some of our most difficult circumstances are the ones that feel purposeless...Especially in our consumerist culture, it’s easy to feel like everything, even our relationships, have to serve some purpose -- making our lives better, easier, or more productive. But when it comes down to it, the only one who can breathe new purpose into the parts of our lives we thought were meaningless is Jesus. Join...

We live in a culture that’s highly spiritual - and not religious. But no matter where we’re coming from, we’re all still asking the same question: “What must I do to be saved?” All of us are looking for the one thing we can do to live the best lives possible now, and ensure we get the life we want in the future too. Jesus’s answer to the question everyone’s asking is beautifully simple...Join us S...

Anybody who has spent the night with a loved one in the hospital knows just how unnerving the darkness can be….the later and darker it gets, the less hope we seem to have. And we all experience darkness in different ways. Though we might not know it at the time, God has amazing light to shine in our darkness if only we will look for it! Join us this Sunday for a message about how to find the way o...

No matter how hard we try, sometimes it feels impossible to keep things in our lives from falling apart...And then it’s all too easy to blame ourselves for what goes wrong! In the midst of the messiness of life, we forget two simple words: “But God.” God loves to intervene in the worst situations - the ones that seem impossible to us - and bring amazing outcomes we never could have expected. Don’t...

We’ve all been there...it ’s that weight loss program, that mundane task list at work, that negative way of thinking -- that thing keeping you stuck in a rut. Sometimes, the actions we repeatedly take are the barriers between us and the life we long for. Or worse yet, sometimes our choices are actually self-destructive! Join us for this Sunday’s message as we get to the bottom of the problems we r...

“You gotta check yourself before you wreck yourself.” Ice Cube’s 1993 hit might not be exactly biblical...but the concept is. In every situation, God is inviting each one of us to search our hearts and lives to learn, grow, and move forward. At the end of the day, since we’re all responsible for our own lives, our ability to check ourselves will impact everything….That’s a huge responsibility! Wan...

Whether you like it or not, God is the judge of all the earth. God created and sustains everything. Every person must give an account before God. But how does God judge? What is His standard? These questions are answered completely in Romans 2:1-16. And not only that, but how should we respond to how God judges is also clearly explained.

Life is messy...No matter where you look or from which vantage point, things are broken. But it doesn’t matter how much we acknowledge that reality, we still often find ourselves asking, “Why? Why is everything messed up?” If you’re asking these questions, don’t miss this week’s message! We’ll unlock the source of our world’s brokenness and discover where we can find true wholeness and healing.

Life "in" tension? Life is tension. It’s the strain between two realities...the pull between the way of life we are born into and the path to who we were created to be. It’s the contrast between street-level experience, and the places heaven touches down in your daily life. And that spot you find yourself in – your life in tension – is exactly where God can work his beautiful reality into the nitt...

We all want more out of life...More justice, more authority, more acceptance, more love, more prosperity. But how do you make that happen? The Bible shows us the way, and it's totally different than what we envision. So imagine your life overflowing with the very things God built you for, and join us for this Sunday’s message to learn how to get there!

The Rolling Stones said what a lot of us are thinking: “I can’t get no satisfaction.” But what if satisfaction in life was actually possible? Here’s the thing: whether we realize it or not, our deepest longings are for God. And since God is found as we pray and fast, all our logic gets flipped on its head - we experience true satisfaction when we seek the Lord in new ways. Imagine what your life w...

Every family has a home...The family home is where memories are made, relationships are formed and where life happens. When the Lord delivered the children of Israel from bondage in Egypt, He immediately directed Moses to construct a place to meet and worship. The people were so excited about this meeting place that they immediately sprang into action. Join us Sunday as we see the amazing parallel...

Everyone wants to grow...but a lot of times we struggle to commit to the hard work growing demands. In our emotional and spiritual lives, growth only happens when we’re challenged and encouraged by other people. In other words, growth happens in groups. So we want to see 100 percent of our Crossroads family involved in communities where we will all grow - together! Whether this sounds totally exci...

Few things break our hearts more than watching someone we love self-destruct. But the hard thing is, sooner or later, we all make choices that harm ourselves or other people. What’s truly beautiful is God is a Father who always welcomes us home...no matter how far we’ve run. And whether we’re making those choices, or standing in judgment over someone who is, Jesus has something to say to us in the...

Whether you’ve been walking with Jesus a long time or you’re just curious about who he is, we’ve all ask the same big questions… “If God is real and good, why is there so much brokenness in the world? Why doesn’t God do something to heal the world's suffering?” Those are pretty heavy questions, and the answers inform the way we live. In this week's Legends message we'll look at the Parable of the...

Have you ever pulled up a map on your phone and ended up in the wrong place? And when you realize it, you sit there wondering what to do next. We all know what it’s like to be lost....it doesn't make us "less than" anyone else, it just means we need the steps to move forward from where we are! Our lives are the same way...when Jesus reaches out and finds us, he doesn't leave us on our own...he res...

Life can be strange sometimes, can't it? The same event or experience can produce radically different responses from people. When someone cuts you off on the freeway, you might barely notice it, or you might get enraged. Jesus inspires drastically different responses in people too. No one can stay neutral when they meet Jesus...his stories always peel back the layers of our hearts and show us wher...

Whether you choose it or it sneaks up and hits you in the face, transitions happen and they're never easy. What if you could get a map and instructions for coping with life's transitions? Don't miss Arise, our new series from the Book of Judges...through the experiences of Joshua and the Israelites you will learn, just like they did, how to find the rest you long for, and how to step out in faith...

If you’re human, you love a good story. Whether it’s a novel, a film, or a song, we are products of the narratives that have formed us. We’re made up of stories we’d like to forget, as well. If you’re looking for fresh inspiration, or stuck living under the weight of a story you can’t shake off, join us for our new series, Legends, as we revisit the Parables of Jesus. They can form who we are and...