Every Moment His - Holy Cross Kearney

PT preaches on the controversial words of Jesus - that we must eat his flesh and drink his blood or we have no life in us.  

Gary Thies from Mission Central relays stories of victory of suffering as the Church grows throughout the world and relays the critical importance of supporting global missions throughout the world.  Check out what Mission Central is up to at https://missioncentral.us/

In this episode John and Tim highlight the surprising stars of the Gospel of Mark: the outsiders.  While the disciples often fumble and fail, outsiders who are unlikely to be in the know both correctly identify Jesus as the Son of God and correctly respond to him in faith.  Part 3 of our series on the Gospel of Mark.  

Pastor John preaches on Jesus as the Bread of Life.  

 The disciples are painfully dense in the Gospel of Mark.  PJ and PT laugh about them a little bit and then talk about what the Gospel is doing as it presents these characters in a TRAGIC light to press us into the correct response to the person and work of Jesus.  Part 2 of our series on the Gospel of Mark. 

This summer and fall we're preaching through Mark's Gospel, and you may have noticed that many of the things Jesus does and says come off as strange. Why is this? What does this communicate about who Jesus is and what he came to do?

"He had compassion on them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd." Like the crowds that followed Jesus into the wilderness, we are often weary and fatigued. However, the love of Jesus Christ does not grow weary of us. In fact, the more we are in need, the more his compassion increases for us. He invites us to come to him, even if all we have to offer him is our need!

Israel was certainly a rebellious people, and yet in today’s Old Testament Reading, God sends Ezekiel to speak to them. They were being punished as exiles in Babylon, but now they would know that God had not forgotten them; a prophet was among them! The future was full of grace, for they would return to the Promised Land when Cyrus came to power. In the Gospel, our Lord was speaking graciously eve...

Do you forget to pray now and then? This is fallen human nature. God never forgets to listen. The Lord’s steadfast love never ceases. When Jesus walked this earth, this was evident as He raised Jairus’s daughter, who had died between the request and Jesus’ arrival at his home. And He cured a hemorrhaging woman whose only prayer was touching His robe. But God does more than restore us to physical l...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus commands the wind and the sea to become calm, which understandably stuns the disciples. “Who is this?” they wonder. The other Readings today reaffirm that we know that Jesus is one person of the Holy Trinity. The Creator puts creature Job in his place. We also ought to remember with whom we are dealing when we request or complain. Paul encourages his readers, then and now,...

Many of the parables of Jesus have to do with agriculture—from the parable of the sower to this short description of the Kingdom like a mustard seed. There are so many little details with application to our lives, but today the focus is on the seed and the mystery of how it grows. What brings the seed from planting to harvest is the providence of God and His goodness and power. This is both the ob...

“Whoever does the will of God, He is My brother and sister and mother,” said Jesus. What is the will of the God? That all people would come to the knowledge of the truth in Christ and be saved by His mercy. Faith is the will of God and family is the fruit of this faith—a people united in Christ’s death and resurrection by Baptism. A house divided cannot stand. We know this to be true in an earthly...

Before we begin a series in the Gospel of Mark this summer, we go back to the Old Testament prophet Isaiah, who experienced the life-changing holiness of God, as well as his healing grace. God's holiness and grace are at work in your lives as well, changing our complacency into purpose.

3] And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. [4] And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. (ESV)

As we end John’s first letter, the Apostle circles back to the theme of certainty - the certainty of his witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the certainty that we have life in Jesus. Join us as John takes us from being “pretty sure” to being “certain” about the life we have in Christ.

Love your family. That's one of the primary messages of 1st John. Do you love God? Then you will love His children. Are you born of God? Then you will love the other's who are born of God. How do we know if we're loving our brothers and sisters in the church? The haunting answer from John is this: When we obey God's commandments. The one who honestly considers this will despair. Love of God and lo...

In this episode, Pastor John and Pastor Tim discuss the research of sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Denton on the religious beliefs of American teenagers. Often called "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism," the pastors discuss how this counterfeit faith often puts down roots in congregations, creating confusion about who God is and what he has done for us in Jesus Christ.

On Thursday, May 13th, Holy Cross will be gathering with churches around our circuit to celebrate one of the most important dates on the church calendar. Join us for this episode as Pastor John and Pastor Tim discuss this very important event on Jesus' calendar!

In this episode, Pastor John and Pastor Tim talk about how the same factors that tore apart the early church at Ephesus (the community John wrote his letter to) also often harm our Christian community in the modern church.

In this episode, Pastor John and Pastor Tim welcome a special guest - our new DCE Jaymes Hayes. In our conversation, we get to know Jaymes, and talk about some topics in his wheelhouse - confirmation, senior youth, and small groups.

In the final sermon of the Lent series on The Lord's Supper, Pastor John discusses how we should prepare for the Sacrament. 

In this episode, Pastor John and Pastor Tim go deeper into the text of Ephesians 6:10-20, talking about the reality of spiritual conflict in our lives - often in ways we're not even aware of - and the armor God has given us to stand our ground.

In the fourth installment of the Lent sermon series, Pastor John talks about taking the Sacrament worthily. 

In this episode, Pastor John and Pastor Tim talk about the best Bible translations, the best study Bibles to use, some easy to access online resources for helping us understand what we're reading, and some strategies for being in the Scriptures daily. Enjoy!

What is the power of the sacrament? Pastor John explains in this Lent sermon.