Crossroads - Weekend Messages

Finally! The moment we have all been waiting for! As we have traveled through the Book of Revelation, we have covered so much ground. But this weekend, we finally see the visible return of Jesus. What an extraordinary moment. One that will change everything.

Stories of the battle between good and evil have always captivated people. Whether they are fairy tales or cartoons, books, or major film productions, there is always an audience for this age-old storyline. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why that is? Ultimately, in the depth of each of our hearts, God has placed eternity there. We all long for evil to be done away with and for things to...

With each passing year, we continue to seek to simply respond to Jesus. Each season brings new things. There are challenges and opportunities. There are areas where growth is needed. Jesus loves to invite us, as a church family, to participate in the work that He is doing. And we joyfully respond. Don’t miss this gathering as we look at where Jesus is leading us in this new year.

Join us as we experience the Greatest Hits from our Sunday services in 2022! We’ll recap some of our best moments including teaching, worship and live baptisms. Pastor Daniel and Pastor Gabe host this uplifting experience as we explore all the ways that we can simply respond to Jesus in the coming year.

In the midst of a world where power is achieved through force, Jesus is the perfect example of how vulnerability holds great power. Today we celebrate Jesus’ humble entry into the world, and remember that the humility that began His earthly life was also how He chose to bring hope to the world.

We don’t often think of Jesus as vulnerable. Yet, time and time again, all throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus acting in ways that would be textbook examples of vulnerability. As we look at Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we see Jesus wanting His friends to be with him in His agony and to join Him in prayer. We also see Jesus wrestling vulnerability with His Father and ultimately surrendering...

It is astonishing to look at God as vulnerable. Isn’t it? It is not an adjective that we normally associate with God. Yet the life and ministry of Jesus reveals God in vulnerability. There might not be a more powerful example of God’s vulnerability than Jesus weeping in front of a crowd of people at the death of His friend, Lazarus. But it does teach us some powerful truths about how we should mov...

There are many unique attributes of God. We love to talk about God’s omniscience and omnipotence. We love to talk about God’s holiness and love. Yet, we almost never talk about the unique vulnerability of God. In fact, the words vulnerability and God seem to have little to do with each other. Yet, the Bible teaches us something completely different. The incarnation of Jesus shows God’s great and p...

Sometimes the best views are from the peaks of mountain tops. But one thing we can easily observe is that nothing grows on the mountain tops. All of the real plant life happens deep in the valleys. The same is true for us spiritually. Jesus may reveal things to us in certain seasons, but He always desires that we would live out what we know.

It has been said that the Bible is the tale of two cities. Those two cities are Jerusalem and Babylon. It is a fascinating way to view the Bible. We are introduced to both cities in the Book of Genesis and our Bibles close with them in the Book of Revelation. If you know your Bible, you realize that you see these two cities throughout the unfolding story of Scripture. In this weekend’s message, we...

God is patient and compassionate. God is forgiving and kind. But in the His perfect nature, God is also just and holy. Oftentimes we struggle to hold all these perfect aspects of God’s character together in our hearts and minds. This will be part of our journey as we see the brutal bowl judgments being poured out. How do we reconcile God’s kindness and grace with his just punishment? Don’t miss th...

The Book of Revelation is expansive in the material it covers. But at its core, it is always the revelation of Jesus Christ. There is one thing, and one thing only that God wants for us, and that is that we can see Jesus, in all of His glory, more clearly. That is exactly what we will see in Revelation 14.

We are at the point in the Revelation of Jesus Christ where everyone leans forward a bit. Why? Because now we come face to face with the antagonist of the last days, the anti-Christ. We learn that the anti-Christ also has a sidekick, who is called the false prophet. Prepared to be challenged as we study this intense portion of Scripture together.

One of the most challenging parts of our journey with Jesus is all the mystery. Sure, God explains many things to us, but not everything. Because God is infinite and we are finite, there is much that is mysterious about the Lord. And because of that mystery, we are called to walk by faith, not merely by what we can see. In our journey through the Revelation of Jesus Christ, we see the apostle John...

Nobody likes getting stressed out. We have never met someone who woke up and said that they were excited about an exceedingly stressful day. Unfortunately, stress is an ever-present part of our lives. Stress is our physical response to the many pressures that we experience in our fallen world. But Jesus invites us to not just survive times of stress but to actually thrive in the midst of it. But h...

We know we shouldn’t worry. But we do. We catch ourselves nursing anxiousness about many things that might or could happen. We know that is doesn’t change the situation, yet we persist. Welcome to the human condition on this side of eternity. But Jesus came, lived, died and rose again to make us more than conquerors. Not only that, Jesus has empowered us by His Spirit to live uniquely. As we conti...

One of the hardest times in a person’s life is when there is a season of suffering. No matter the cause of that suffering, it always feels like everything is falling apart. Our Bibles are full of stories of people who endure brutal seasons of suffering. Yet they become our heroes in the faith as we watch them persevere. And we say, “God teach me to suffer and persevere like them.” That is exactly...

You’re Gonna Make It. That is the name of Pastor Daniel’s brand new book. And that is the name of our brand new series at Crossroads starting this weekend. We are going to learn the Resilience Equation and how is can be such a transformational part of our lives in this broken, fallen and exceedingly messy world. Jesus is inviting us to follow Him and live victorious in the midst of many trials. Yo...

God MORE THAN restores us when we FAIL. God is the God of the Second Chance!

It has been an extraordinary year of Revelation thus far. As we have been studying the amazing book of Revelation and simply responding to Jesus together, God continues to do a unique work here at Crossroads. We love seeing what He is doing and leaning in to the fresh things Jesus has for us His church. As we enjoy our Church Picnic, we will also do a fresh mid-year vision update.

The deeper we get into the book of Revelation the more scary it becomes. God’s desire is that people would be saved. But what happens when, no matter the heart of God, people are bent on doing evil? Well, Revelation 9 shows us what happens. And it is flat out horrible. Join us as we learn about the fifth and sixth trumpet judgements.

The book of Revelation unfolds much like a severe storm. First, it begins with dark and ominous clouds. Then the first drops of rain. But eventually, there is lightning and thunder, intense rain and winds. That is exactly what we see as we move into Revelation 8 and the beginning of the great trumpet judgments. For the earth's inhabitants, things begin to go from really bad to much worse.

There is always a remnant. This is an important Biblical idea. There are always a group of people who are set apart for God. Oftentimes, the people of God feel like they may be the only one, like the Prophet Elijah did. But there is always a set apart remnant. Revelation 7 shows us who can stand in this time of great tribulation. There are two distinct groups, who took two very different journeys,...

I grew up on the book The Little Prince. In it, the main character learns a lot about what is essential in life. One of the characters in the book shares a wonderful insight, when he states: “Here is my secret, It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” The prophet Micah shares God’s criteria for essential living. Join us as w...

God is such a gracious God. The gospel, the good news, is that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. God, knowing that we were forever lost, sent Jesus on a rescue mission. He died the death that we deserved to give us the life we could never have without Him. And we praise Jesus for it. But when we reject the grace of God, there are consequences. Severe consequences. And we will see that...