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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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.

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.