Crossroads - Weekend Messages

Something about understanding gives us a sense of control...if we could just understand why things happen in our lives, we might be able to dictate the outcome of our circumstances. But even with the access we have to information, the harsh reality is, not only are there tons of things we’ll never understand in life, we were never really in control to begin with. Join us this Sunday for the next m...

Our lives are full of plot twists, circumstances or people that totally catch us off guard - sometimes in the best ways, and sometimes in ways we really dislike. The Bible’s got a major plot twist too: the fact that God’s people, Israel, rejected Jesus as their Savior is truly unexpected and disturbing. But the Apostle Paul’s encouragement to the church in Rome thousands of years ago is just as po...

Our lives are full of plot twists, circumstances or people that totally catch us off guard - sometimes in the best ways, and sometimes in ways we really dislike. The Bible’s got a major plot twist too: the fact that God’s people, Israel, rejected Jesus as their Savior is truly unexpected and disturbing. But the Apostle Paul’s encouragement to the church in Rome thousands of years ago is just as po...

Every spring, all the world is reborn from the cold of winter, and the seasons mimic the way God designed our lives to work too. We all experience seasons of suffering that feel like “death” in our lives...God ’s story of redemption for the world didn’t end with Jesus’ death - but with his resurrection! With Jesus, the places in our lives that feel like the dead of winter right now are "compost" -...

Every spring, all the world is reborn from the cold of winter, and the seasons mimic the way God designed our lives to work too. We all experience seasons of suffering that feel like “death” in our lives...God ’s story of redemption for the world didn’t end with Jesus’ death - but with his resurrection! With Jesus, the places in our lives that feel like the dead of winter right now are "compost" -...

Life feels like a battle sometimes. There’s some really hard things that happen to us and around us that make keeping our head up feel almost impossible sometimes. When you feel like you’ve been totally defeated and knocked down by life, there is a hope available to you that will give you what you need to come out on top no matter what’s going on...because God’s love is stronger than everything. A...

Life feels like a battle sometimes. There’s some really hard things that happen to us and around us that make keeping our head up feel almost impossible sometimes. When you feel like you’ve been totally defeated and knocked down by life, there is a hope available to you that will give you what you need to come out on top no matter what’s going on...because God’s love is stronger than everything. A...

A core part of being human is asking questions...because life has a way of raising deep questions within all of us. Things happen that are challenging for us to wrap our minds around or see purpose in - our understanding is limited. Sometimes we feel like asking questions of God means we don’t have faith. In reality, God isn’t scared of our questions. He invites our questions because they’re oppor...

A core part of being human is asking questions...because life has a way of raising deep questions within all of us. Things happen that are challenging for us to wrap our minds around or see purpose in - our understanding is limited. Sometimes we feel like asking questions of God means we don’t have faith. In reality, God isn’t scared of our questions. He invites our questions because they’re oppor...

Few expressions are more comforting than the phrase, “It’s all good.” What a great thought, right? The only problem is, so often our life circumstances show us an alternate reality -- that everything is definitely not good. One of the beautiful things about Jesus, though, is he flips all our normal human logic on its head. Although his plans are usually different from ours, they are infinitely bet...

Few expressions are more comforting than the phrase, “It’s all good.” What a great thought, right? The only problem is, so often our life circumstances show us an alternate reality -- that everything is definitely not good. One of the beautiful things about Jesus, though, is he flips all our normal human logic on its head. Although his plans are usually different from ours, they are infinitely bet...

Doubt -- we don’t like to talk about it. But like it or not, life can throw our faith into confusion. Maybe it’s overwhelming grief at the loss of a loved one, the seeming discrepancies between science and the Bible or hurt at the hands of the church...Whatever it is, whenever we don’t know what God is doing in our lives, it’s hard. But there’s a beautiful secret to doubt -- it can actually be the...

Doubt -- we don’t like to talk about it. But like it or not, life can throw our faith into confusion. Maybe it’s overwhelming grief at the loss of a loved one, the seeming discrepancies between science and the Bible or hurt at the hands of the church...Whatever it is, whenever we don’t know what God is doing in our lives, it’s hard. But there’s a beautiful secret to doubt -- it can actually be the...

All of life is a competition for our attention, and one of our biggest struggles is keeping our eyes fixed on the goal...or even knowing what our end goal or purpose in life is sometimes! When we lose sight of the greater purpose in life, it’s so easy for too many things to become big in our heads and occupy more and more of our time and energy. We all need to get a pulse on our perspective from t...

All of life is a competition for our attention, and one of our biggest struggles is keeping our eyes fixed on the goal...or even knowing what our end goal or purpose in life is sometimes! When we lose sight of the greater purpose in life, it’s so easy for too many things to become big in our heads and occupy more and more of our time and energy. We all need to get a pulse on our perspective from t...

They say the pain of losing $20 is more severe than the joy of having it in your pocket. All of us know what it feels like to lose something and how sweet it is to recover what was once lost. When it came to relationships, Jesus prioritized recovering and restoring what was once lost. Join us as we look closely at the purpose of separation and the joy of restoration as we study the parable of the...

They say the pain of losing $20 is more severe than the joy of having it in your pocket. All of us know what it feels like to lose something and how sweet it is to recover what was once lost. When it came to relationships, Jesus prioritized recovering and restoring what was once lost. Join us as we look closely at the purpose of separation and the joy of restoration as we study the parable of the...

“Family” means something different to each of us, depending on what kind of family we were born into. Whatever our stories are, when we start following Jesus, he doesn’t save us for isolation - he saves us for adoption into his family. And the unique and beautiful thing about Jesus’s family is it’s the redemption and fulfillment of all our other family experiences - the good and the bad. Join us S...

“Family” means something different to each of us, depending on what kind of family we were born into. Whatever our stories are, when we start following Jesus, he doesn’t save us for isolation - he saves us for adoption into his family. And the unique and beautiful thing about Jesus’s family is it’s the redemption and fulfillment of all our other family experiences - the good and the bad. Join us S...

We live in a world that’s highly spiritual - but not religious. And everybody has a “spirituality” that’s all their own...so who’s got it right? Or is everyone right? What’s crazy (and counter-cultural) is there actually is a “right answer” about spirituality, and it’s also the key to finding the fresh start we all long for. No matter what you’re facing right now, God is inviting you into a fresh...

We live in a world that’s highly spiritual - but not religious. And everybody has a “spirituality” that’s all their own...so who’s got it right? Or is everyone right? What’s crazy (and counter-cultural) is there actually is a “right answer” about spirituality, and it’s also the key to finding the fresh start we all long for. No matter what you’re facing right now, God is inviting you into a fresh...

Our culture believes if you can change your mind, you can change your life - and in some ways it’s true, right? Everything we do, every relationship we form, every choice we make starts with how we think. What we focus on can leave us feeling either full of joy or totally empty and drained. But changing how we think about things is way harder than just changing our minds about something...and it’s...

Our culture believes if you can change your mind, you can change your life - and in some ways it’s true, right? Everything we do, every relationship we form, every choice we make starts with how we think. What we focus on can leave us feeling either full of joy or totally empty and drained. But changing how we think about things is way harder than just changing our minds about something...and it’s...

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...

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...