The Crossing Church

Learn how to share the Gospel with your family, friends and total strangers. Classes are taught by Leonard Albert

In John 9, Jesus heals a man born blind, revealing that God always goes first in salvation, seeking people before they seek Him. The story shows that faith often develops through a process—moving from curiosity to belief—rather than happening instantly. The blind man’s journey from seeing Jesus as a man, to a prophet, to Lord mirrors how God patiently works in people’s lives over time. Jesus invit...

In the conclusion of the Going Higher series, Pastor Chad teaches from Ephesians that believers are called to live from the “heavenly places,” where Christ reigns and where the church now participates in His authority. Through Jesus, heaven and earth are being reunited, and the church is the place where that reality is already breaking into the present world. Paul shows that believers are sealed b...

In this sermon, Pastor Chad explores the life of Jacob from Genesis 28, illustrating how God often encounters us in our messiest moments rather than our best. By comparing Jacob—a "schemer and a liar"—to the "manly" Esau, Pastor Chad emphasizes that God’s presence and blessings are gifts of grace rather than rewards for merit. He frames "Jacob’s Ladder" as a divine in...

Pastor Chad teaches that God is calling believers to “go higher” by denying the flesh, trusting God as their true reward, and lifting their vision beyond life’s limitations. Using Abraham’s story, he shows that choosing God over worldly excess creates space for God’s blessing, and that fasting helps retrain our desires and faith. God invites His people out of the “tent” of low expectations to look...

Pastor Terry Harris teaches that God is calling His people to “go higher” through prayer and fasting, emphasizing that spiritual power in the valley is released by devotion on the mountain. Using Matthew 17 and Exodus 17, he explains that prayer and fasting align believers with God’s will, release His authority, and bring victory over spiritual battles that cannot be won through human effort alone...

Pastor Chad shares a forward-looking, faith-filled message centered on what God is calling the church into for 2026, built around three themes: going higher , walking in God’s favor , and sharing the good news boldly . Drawing from Habakkuk, Luke, and Romans, he teaches that not every obstacle is meant to be removed—some mountains are meant to be climbed, because it’s on the ascent that God streng...

Pastor Chad’s sermon focuses on Simeon’s encounter with Jesus, highlighting a life marked by righteousness, patient waiting, and dependence on the Holy Spirit. Simeon models a healthy fear of the Lord, faithfulness while waiting on God’s promises, and sensitivity to the Spirit’s leading, which ultimately brings him face to face with Christ. His song reveals Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s rescue...

Pastor Chad teaches from Luke 2 that the Song of the Angels reveals how Christmas is the moment when heaven and earth collide. The angels’ proclamation of “Glory to God in the highest” and “peace on earth” announces not good advice, but good news —that God has acted in history through the birth of Jesus to change the world forever. Through Christ, God offers what humanity needed most: peace with H...

Pastor Chad centers the message on Zechariah’s song in Luke 1, showing that God is the One who was , is , and is to come . Zechariah looks back at God’s proven faithfulness—from Abraham to Israel’s deliverance—reminding believers that remembering God’s past work builds present faith. In the “now,” Pastor Chad urges Christians to live like Zechariah by continuing to show up faithfully, living blame...

This sermon opens the Advent season, a time when Christians celebrate Christ’s first coming and long for His return. Using Mary’s song in Luke 1:46–55 , Pastor Chad shows three truths revealed in the “first Christmas carol.” (1) God is good and merciful: Mary, a poor and unknown girl from Nazareth, is overwhelmed that God sees her, chooses her, and transforms her from the inside out. Her song spri...

Dr. Dan Tomberlin calls the church to reclaim its mission by boldly obeying Jesus’ command to “go and make disciples” in this final sermon in the “Let The Church Rise” series. Using Scripture, history, and cultural examples, the Dr. Tomberlin argues that believers today must see themselves as everyday missionaries in a changing, increasingly secular world, engaging people with courage rather than...

Pastor Chad teaches that the church is the Bride of Christ, loved deeply and sacrificially by Jesus, who redeems, cleanses, sanctifies, and prepares His people for the day He returns for them. Using Ephesians 5, Pastor highlights ten ways Christ lovingly cares for His church and calls believers to respond with sincere devotion, guarding their thoughts and affection from drifting toward the world....

This sermon from The Crossing Church continues the “Let the Church Rise” series, focusing on the truth that believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit , both individually and corporately. Drawing from Ephesians 2:19–22, Pastor Chad explains that just as the Old Testament temple was built for God’s glory, so now the Church is God’s dwelling place on earth. Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone , t...

Pastor Chad’s message—part of the Let the Church Rise series—focuses on the truth that believers are the body of Christ , united under Jesus as the head. Drawing from Ephesians 1 and 1 Corinthians 12, he teaches that the Church is not a human idea but God’s design, created for our benefit and filled with the life of Christ Himself. Our union with Christ means we share His life, His Spirit, and His...

In this sermon, Pastor Chad teaches that God has called the church not only to serve Him but to become His friends —those who know His heart, walk in obedience, and partner with Him in His plans for the earth. Drawing from John 15:12–17 , he explains that friendship with God begins with reverence and obedience , not casual familiarity, reminding believers that though Christ set us free, we are sti...

Pastor Chad’s new sermon series, “Let the Church Rise” from Matthew 16:13–19 emphasizes that the Church is not a man-made institution but the living, Spirit-filled body built by Christ Himself. He declared, “I will build My Church,” meaning it belongs to Him, and even the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. The Church is called out from the world to represent God’s kingdom on earth, carrying...

Pastor Adam Baird’s sermon from Luke 13:10–13 centers on the idea that while pain is an inevitable part of life, God gives purpose to our pain . He begins with a humorous story about doing a cold plunge to illustrate how people will willingly endure pain when they see a purpose behind it—but struggle deeply when their pain feels meaningless. Using the story of the woman crippled for eighteen years...

In this sermon, Pastor Terry Harris teaches that stewardship and tithing are not about money but about acknowledging God’s ownership and lordship over every part of our lives—our time, talents, treasure, and testimony. Using scriptures like Luke 6:38 and Matthew 6:19–21, he explains that what happens to the first determines what happens to the rest, emphasizing that giving God the first portion in...

Pastor Chad, preaching from 2 Corinthians 5, emphasizes the reality of the judgment seat of Christ , where every believer will give an account—not for salvation, which is secured by grace through faith, but for rewards or loss of rewards based on how they lived. He explains that God will evaluate obedience, motives, stewardship of time and resources, and how we treated others, reminding the church...

Revelation 20:10-15 ESV 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing...

Revelation 21:1-5 ESV  1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and...

Colossians 3:1-2 ESV  If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

John 5:1-9 NIV   1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When...

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 ESV   Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? Revelation 4:1-2 ESV   After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this....