Pacific Crossroads Church Sermons

Alex Watlington

Matthew Trexler

Rankin Wilbourne The opening story is from Mark Sundeen’s The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today’s America. Peter De Vries is the author of The Blood of the Lamb. The retelling of De Vries’ story is from Richard John Neuhaus’s "Death on a Friday Afternoon." “Revelation” can be found in the Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, and the story about Americo is from a Cru publication, 'W...

Rankin Wilbourne The details on the distinctiveness of the early Christian movement can be found in Larry Hurtado’s Destroyer of the Gods.  The Michael Green quote and line about Hosea’s story ending were from Tim Keller, and the story about Karl Barth is from Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion.

Paul Kim

Rankin Wilbourne *The Wendell Berry quote is from his book 'Blessed are the Peacemakers.' The story about Vaclav Havel is from Rod Dreher’s book, 'The Benedictine Option.'

Rankin Wilbourne *The definition of hope was adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel 'The Brothers’ Karamazov.' The story of Sarah Smith is from C.S. Lewis’s book, 'The Great Divorce.'

Rankin Wilbourne *The statistics about the Post-Christian west and summary of its defining characteristics are from 'Everyday Church' by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. The story from Skye Jethani about the cellist of Sarajevo was from Jon Tyson’s book, 'Creative Minority,' which was also quoted in the sermon.

Rankin Wilbourne *The exercise on reading Romans is from Sinclair Ferguson’s book 'Devoted to God.' The story and summary of the film 'Stalker' were from Jamie Smith’s 'You Are What You Love.' Romans 12:1-3 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to...

Rankin Wilbourne *Three great books on Discovering God’s will used in creating this sermon are Sinclair Ferguson’s 'Discovering God’s Will,' Kevin DeYoung’s 'Just Do Something,' and Gerald Sittser’s 'The Will of God as a Way of Life.'

David Cobia

Rankin Wilbourne *The story about Lieutenant Onoda has been retold by many writers and speakers. This version relied upon Mark Manson’s retelling in his most recent book about a counter-intuitive approach to living a good life.

Rankin Wilbourne

Rankin Wilbourne *The story about Pete Best came from Mark Manson’s recent book about a counter-intuitive approach to living a good life.

Rankin Wilbourne *The story about Dave Mustaine came from Mark Manson’s recent book about a counter-intuitive approach to living a good life. Rankin shares how we can tell the difference between voices of the New Self and the corrupting voices of the Old Self.

Paul Kim Paul talks about putting off the old self and putting on the new self.

David Cobia David Cobia discusses the importance of slowing down in order to take in more of God, the Holy Spirit, community, and quality of life.

Josh Geiger Josh talks about Jesus becoming king and the ways we can respond to this good news.

José Nuñez Jose walks us through how God continues to be with us through the Holy Spirit.

Paul Kim Paul talks about the incarnation of Christ and how his costly descent in becoming man was a lavish gift of grace to us.

Scotty Smith Scotty talks about how advent is a time where we can reflect on our longings and renew our hope.

Paul Kim Paul challenges us to consider whether we view serving our master who is God as a joy or a cruelty.