The Crossing Church Sermons

Closing out the vision series we take time to consider how the Story of God includes The Crossing Church. Why are we who we are? and Why do we do what we do? are the questions we seek to answer.

Making the Glory of God known through the Mission of God

In the Fall-Redemption narrative of God's story, we see how our sin brought a curse into creation and God determined from the very beginning to remedy our greatest problem with His salvation through Jesus Christ. The church is a collection of people who though sinful, are redeemed, and send to proclaim this good news to anyone and everyone.

Mankind often spends time and energy pontificating and pondering the the origins of the universe seeking an answer for how we got here. What we find in Genesis 1 not only answers this question, but address a more useful question: Why are we here? As we continue in the vision series let's consider where it all began... Creation.

As we begin our 2018 vision series we take time to consider right gospel belief and the actions of God's people according to his plan. Which leads us to consider what it means to seek the welfare of a city.

In everything the church does, love is essential, extraordinary, and eminent above all other virtues. Our gifting, service, and relationships must be driven by love if we we are to accomplish anything of lasting value to God’s kingdom. God is love and to operate without love is to operate without God.

Through the gospel, God has taken us as individuals and made us one body - the body of Christ, also known as the church. For this body to be healthy and thriving every individual member matters and is necessary to use their gifts in their particular roles in the life of a church. Our interconnectedness is so strong that when one member suffers, we suffer together and when one member rejoices, we r...

Our Triune God has chosen to give to His people a variety of spiritual gifts for the good of the body and to make God known in our context. We should immerse ourselves in Him and His people to discover and operate in these gifts for His glory.

We all walk through seasons of spiritual entropy or decline. Times in which we live like a functional atheist. How do we establish rhythms of repentance in our life centered in the gospel? At TCC we have found that the 4 G's developed by Tim Chester are a helpful tool to fight against sin and unbelief by reminding us of who God is and who we are because of that reality.

Continuing to see how we are united in our gathering, we consider how it is the cross of Christ that unites. Coming together to remember this in the Lord's Supper is the symbol and practice we pursue.

In this sermon we examine a passage that may be confusing if taken literally, but the Lord has purposed for us to understand the roles of men and women gathered as the body of Christ. This comes down to rightly understanding the relationship between authority and submission.

Through 1 Corinthians 8-10 Paul has been helping this church navigate the issue of if it was ok to eat food that had been offered to idols. From his pastoral Spirit-led counsel, we can learn how to evaluate all of our decisions so that by God’s grace our actions will lead to worship and glory of God alone, the edification of people in our life, and the spread of the gospel.

In 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 we learn from the example of the Israelites in the OT that arrogance and pride can cause blind spots as God’s people that can keep us from enjoying and understanding the spiritual blessings we have received, from seeing the destruction nature of sin, from seeing our own arrogance and pride, and from seeing God’s faithfulness to help us escape temptation to sin.

For the sake of the gospel we are willing to serve anyone and engage with all cultures to see the gospel save as many people as possible. For the sake of gospel reward we live with self-control in all of life.

1 Corinthians 9:1-18 From Paul’s life we see an example of not only a strong Biblical position about why ministers of the gospel can be supported by their local church but an even stronger picture of gospel priority that leads Paul, and us, to say no to our rights and freedoms (good things) in order to say yes to greater things (the free proclamation and spread of the gospel). How can we follow Pa...

In 1 Corinthians 8 we see Paul helping this church navigate situations when there isn’t theological agreement on non-essential doctrines. How do we not allow our knowledge and freedom to be demonstrated in arrogance? How do we love those with whom we disagree? How can the church be a place of unity and diversity and also harmony and love?

We take a look at a challenging passage of Scripture to consider how Christianity affects our status in society. We can be sure whether married or single all Christians are to be single-mindedly devoted to Christ.

Paul writes to address the specific issues the Corinthian Christians have questions about. Amazingly, the truth of God's Word is relevant to us. Can Christians get divorces?

In order to help us flee sexual immorality and glorify God in the body, God has given to most people the gift of married sex to be fully enjoyed by both spouses. God has also given to some the gift of celibate joyful service to Christ as singles.

Paul is dealing with the issue of sexual immorality in the church at Corinth. He uses patient yet firm instruction and encourages them to live consistent and sexually pure lives in a pagan culture. This same encouragement is applicable to the people of God in the world today.

We are born with a sinful nature that causes us to worship the creation rather than the Creator. Because of the gospel we are now free from sin and have a hope much greater than anything this world can offer.

In the church we handle non-criminal personal conflict in a way that demonstrates the presence and reality of Jesus Christ in us. We remember that we are family, that we have an eternal position of ruling with Christ, and that our love for each other outweighs our love of our rights or personal property.

Living as disciples who make disciples is the mission, but it's not something that happens on accident. This week we pause to consider what discipleship is in everyday life.

Ongoing sin the local church has no place but must be addressed through mourning, cleansing, and replacing sin with sincerity and truth. This allows the church to demonstrate it’s distinctiveness to the world and show the reality of Jesus.

Paul closes his rebuke on unity and gives a practical guide to living unified as the body Christ.