Crossway Christian Church

Wisdom is something that everyone desires. No one wants to be seen as naive, simple, or as a fool. And the world is full of ways to gain knowledge and wisdom. We push for education as a means of liberation for all people. We think that simply gaining age, knowing how to maneuver oneself through the world, is enough to gain wisdom. But what does Scripture actually say that wisdom is? What is its va...

Because of Haggai’s message from the Lord to the officials and the people, “The people feared the Lord.” (v12) Then, chapter 1 ends with “And they came and worked on the House of the Lord of Hosts, their God.” (v14) This week we will see the encouragement of those who are building the temple.

Like God's people after the exile, God has called you to consider your ways - to consider how it is you have lived before him - and he compels you to respond in grace-filled, spirit-fueled obedience.

Our salvation ought to be a dear thing to us. We ought to never tire of hearing of how Jesus has saved us from hell and our sins! It is the new song that we will sing with one another forever! Today, we have a wonderful, and helpful, picture of our salvation played out in the interaction between a sick man and Jesus. As Jesus heals him, we get a glimpse at our own problems, our own needs, as embod...

Sin is very deceitful. It is good to be reminded of this fact – we are easily led astray by our sin into thinking that we are alright with God, even as we linger in our sin. Do we really exhibit the kind of faith to which the Bible calls us? The kind of faith that upholds the greatest commandment “to love the Lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matt 22...

We gather today to commission the Brubakers for work in China. God has opened doors for them to strengthen relationships between Crossway and our mission partners in China, and to forge new relationships as well. So, today, we gather to bless them on their journey. But we are not just laying our hands on our friends and commissioning them for the work on the field. In a very important way, we are...

We have reviewed the necessary importance of mission, and implored all to be involved fully in missions, whether through praying, sending, going or giving. Yet, all this is lost if we don't understand the mission of Jesus in coming in the first place. We are sent out by Jesus as Jesus has been sent out by the Father, so what was Jesus' mission?

We hope that it is clear to all who come into this place of worship or interact with the people of Crossway that we are a missions minded people. That is, we understand that God has put us on mission with the gospel, to make it known to the farthest reaches of the world as well as next door. This is indeed our hope. But we are not there yet. Today, as the second half of the story of the woman at t...

In Acts 13, we see an example of the New Testament church putting the Great Commission into action. They have taken the command from our Lord seriously, and fulfill his directions by praying, sending, and going to the unreached with the gospel of Christ.

We do not stray far this morning from our text last week. The story of the woman at the well is told well by John. It is a poignant story of God’s love for those who are cast off by society, and Jesus’ love for those that many would consider unlovable. But the story does not end there. Woven into the fabric of the story is another story, one that plays out below the surface of the text and is a ra...

There are many famous passages in the Gospel of John. the raising of Lazarus, the miracle of wine in Cana; but perhaps the most famous story in the gospel is Jesus meeting with the woman at the well. This passage is rich and deserves more detailed look than one sermon can provide. Today, we will start our several week study in this important passage with a brief overview. In this passage, Jesus sh...

John the Baptist's disciples get in a conversation with a fellow Jew about a purification ritual - which turns their attention to Jesus' actions in baptizing. they seem to be quite shocked that he is doing precisely what John was (quite literally) known for doing. But John's answer is what we have come to expect from him: humble and Christ glorifying. Friends, Jesus is better, more important, and...

I was deadly afraid of aliens as a child. This fear led me to come up with elaborate plans to avoid their detection, and even to reasons why they can’t exist. So, why do some people believe in them? Why should we believe their reports of seeing them? In some ways, this is close to what we have in Christ: a man, fully human, but sent from a place outside of this world, who we are told to believe in...

If there is one thing that Christianity, in all its various stripes and manifestations, can agree on is the refrain from 1 John 4:8, 16 - "God is Love". He is the essence of what love is, his actions define love, and love is only knowable by us because God manifests himself to the world. But, the manner and means by which God loves the world, a world filled with sin, hatred, jealousy, and spite, i...

What is it that is wrong with humanity? It is likely that each of us has realized that something has gone wrong. Perhaps not with you, but at least with the person next to you! We have shootings and bombing, indiscriminate acts of terror and words of violence permeating our lives. How do we fix these things? Is it just education and sympathy? Do we need to find the fixes ourselves? What does Jesus...

We live in a time where belief is an easy thing. It's not that there are not challenges to our belief, but that our belief costs us very little. We are told by many that all we need is to confess once, to pray once, and that we are sealed forever in the grace of Christ. But is this true? Can there be a faith in Christ that doesn't save? John apparently thinks so. In our passage today, we are told...

Here we see David's account of being strong and how strength is achieved.

Our God is gracious and merciful, allowing sinful people to come to him through the work of his Son without accomplishing any merit on their own; yet he is also holy and righteous, desiring us to recognize that we cannot come to him on our own terms. We ought to feel that tension each time we walk into a worship service. We know that we may come to him free of charge, so to speak, but also must co...

John’s Gospel is meant to assure us that Jesus is the Messiah, and that we might believe in his name. Today, we have the first of seven signs recorded for us so that his purpose might be achieved. But what an odd, and if we can be honest, such a meager miracle to start with! Turning water into wine is certainly miraculous, but its purpose seems small compared to healing limbs, giving sight, and ra...

Last week, we examined the wonderful example of John the Baptist’s ministry. He, like us, was put on this earth to point people to Jesus. But this is not where we stop – this is not the fulness of what we are called to do. Jesus didn’t tell us to evangelize the world only, but to make disciples. What does that look like in our lives, and what are we striving to see in others’ lives? Today, we look...

As we learn, it is especially important to have examples. Watching others do things often makes them much easier to do ourselves. Evangelism is no different. So why not learn from one of the best when it comes to pointing people to Christ? John the Baptist was sent from God for this very purpose, and the witness of the Scripture is that he did it well. Today, we will attempt to learn from John’s e...

There are many things in this world that are precious and good. We think of the people in our lives: our spouses, our children, our friends. We think of the value of medicine to heal and technology to ease, of governments to promote freedom and books to impart knowledge. But Jesus is better, far better, than all these. Today, as we end John’s prologue to his wonderous Gospel, we hear of the wonder...

In this psalm, David speaks to us in a way that is very relatable. He is facing severe difficulty from his enemies, but trusts the Lord and praises his holy name throughout.

There are many people in the world who see doctrine simply as a divisive activity. They see that creeds and dogma as the very things that have sown discord amongst the people of God, and that for the sake of unity, we must discard it. Some, perhaps with greater humility and less extravagance, desire to avoid doctrine because it turns people off, and is difficult. Yet, doctrine is necessary and, ag...

There are many ways to view the world in which we live. Some try to be optimistic about our world, seeing the silver lining in the clouds. The Bible shares some of this optimism, but not the way that most do. John begins by showing us how dark the darkness actually is – that while God’s fingerprints, indeed even his very presence, is all around us, we continually neglect it. Yet, even so, that sam...