Crossway Christian Church

Charles Spurgeon was known as the "Prince of Preachers", and rightly so. Today we get to look at the life and ministry of this brilliant Baptist pastor. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Slavery was absent from Christianity for centuries, and yet suddenly reappeared. Why did this happen, and what justification did slave-holders, claiming to be Christian, give for it? This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway Sunday School looking at the history of the Church

God has a spotless record in his fight with Egypt. A perfect 9-0! Yet, there is unfinished work to be done, one more great and mighty work to perform before Egypt will send his people away. Therefore, this is to be the act of their deliverance that they will always remember – indeed, God thinks this act so important that they were to always recall it forevermore. And so we do, thanks to Jesus, und...

Jonathan Edwards is thought by many to be the greatest philosopher and theologian of the New World. While there is much to applaud in the work and life of Edwards, there is also much for thought. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

We are always trying to make sure that the future is as secure as possible. Is this car I’m buying worth the money? How can I know I’m marrying the right person? What is the weather going to be like next week? Yet, the future remains a mystery to us. What of more important things – what of salvation? Indeed, we are given many assurances, but many of us still have doubts. What if we don’t believe r...

As we continue to look at the miracles done in Egypt, we take on the second of the three triads of miracles, the sending of the flies, the plague on the livestock, and the boils sent on humans. In the first set, God took on the power of the magicians and showed himself much more powerful. Here? He directly challenges Pharaoh’s power. It is clear that Pharaoh cannot match God’s power and might. No...

As Paul moves into the main body of his letter to the Philippians, he has every reason to be miserable. He is a prisoner of Rome, shackled to a soldier night and day, and facing the prospect of execution. Additionally, a portion of the church at Rome is apparently seeking to bring harm or misfortune to him in his imprisonment. Despite all this, Paul has a true and abiding joy. In our text this mor...

This morning, we look at one of the greatest evangelists in church history, and perhaps the very first modern Christian celebrity George Whitefield. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Charles Wesley was a monumental figure for both British and (what would become) American religious life in the middle-portion of the 18th Century. Today, we look at the founder of Methodism, and track some of his lasting impact. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Today we finally begin to read through and consider the plagues God has visited upon Egypt! These were mighty works, designed to display the power and glory of God above every power conceivable to man. Here, in the first section of these wonders, God turns the Nile to blood, sends frogs upon the land, and brings lice out of the dirt. But what do such things tell us about God? If these are to be a...

There were, generally, three responses to the increased rigor and dogmatism that seemed to define the Church after the Reformation. Today, we consider the first two of these responses, Rationalism and Spiritualism. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

We at Crossway often talk about the sovereignty of God, his power and purpose being displayed in even the smallest of events, and even over the actions of his free and responsible creatures. There are numerous reasons to affirm this doctrine, but the most important of these is that we think that it is biblical. But is it? The debate over such things has gone on for some time, but often comes back...

Jacob Arminius rejected some of the ideas current in his day, particularly regarding Predestination. But what did he, and especially the Remonstants really say? This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Talking about the Devil, or Satan, or Beelzebub, has become passé in many Christian contexts. For whatever reason, while they might hold onto the idea of an all-powerful and sovereign Lord over all, the idea of an angelic enemy that seeks the downfall of humanity is at best worn out, at worst humiliating. Yet, the Bible is relentless in seeing the Devil as our enemy, his attacks as real, and his p...

The Puritans, who were important and instrumental in shaping American Christianity, got their start just after the English Reformation. Today, we see the context in which they arose during the early portions of the 17th Century. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Families can be sources of the most brilliant moments of your life. Random moments at a dinner table, on some general Tuesday, may be remembered for a lifetime, and bring joy in the darkest of seasons. But those dark seasons may be brought on by that very same family. These are the people we are closest to; and for that very reason they play an outsized role in our lives. Today’s text is all about...

The Catholic Reformation was the counterpart to the Protestant movement in the 16th Century. Here, the Roman Catholic Church attempts to define its theology over and against what they considered the Protestant heresy. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

It has been said that we become what we worship. If that is true, and I believe it to be so, then we would do well to try to form and shape our understanding of God the best we can by what he reveals to us in Scripture. In the stead of vain speculation and wish-fulfillment, we can be sure of that which God has spoken about himself, and trust in it to be true, accurate, and good for us. Moses, no d...

Today, we look at Henry VIII and the mess he made of both his marriages and the church, and the good that God would make from it. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

Cultures generally have heroes. They are typically mythological, made up to embody the very virtues that the culture thinks are most important and vital. They help to shape the purpose and the nature of that culture. America has its own heroes, some more abstract, some more cinematic. But the Bible has its own set, different in nearly all its ways from those of America. Today, we are introduced to...

Last week, we talked about Calvin's life. This week, we take on his contention about baptism; specifically his claim that both circumcision and baptism are meant to symbolize the same reality. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

We have a bit of a mess on our hands. Our construction has just started, and while it is meant to make our lives easier around here, for the present time it will indeed bring dust, stress, and inconvenience to us. This is what happens when you build in this world. The same is true for God – he is not just giving redemption to his people, he is making them into a people, into a nation. This will ca...

As the great second-generation reformer, John Calvin did much to set the theological heart of Protestants for centuries to come. Today, we look at his life and think through some aspects of his theology. This is part of an ongoing series during Crossway's Sunday School reviewing church history.

The book of Exodus seems to many like a book of myth; filled with impossible stories meant to build up in the mind of the reader a reason for the existence of Israel. To some, it is a strictly historical book, depicting the long ago and far away rescue of a people that’s importance for us is obscure and somewhat removed from our everyday life. But neither of these is true! It is a book, not about...

On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a monumental and sought after ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the precedent of nearly 50 years set down in Roe v. Wade. Since that fateful day, there has been much heat generated, but very few sources of light. This morning, let us seek the light of the Word of God, and hear from it what it has to...