Crossing Community Church

In our ongoing series of testimonies from members of our church family, Dylan Gaydula shared his story of how he came to faith in Christ this month. Listen as he clearly explains how important his time in the Bible was to the changes Christ brought to his life!

What does it mean for a church to enforce church discipline? This week, Pastor Tim talks about the why and how of church discipline but warns us that our sin is always lurking in the shadows to overtake us. 

God get's a lot of bad press when it comes to women. Many accuse him and the church as being sexist and demeaning to women. But going back to the worldview of "Creator and Creation" -- God is allowed to define his creation and the order he chooses that it should live by. This week, Pastor Tim wraps up the Summer Top Ten series by addressing the role of women in the church.  

The artist gets to define his art. He describes what it means and suggests how we should understand it. No one else has that authority. Now consider that God is also an artist. Genesis 1:1 states that He created the heavens and Earth. That means that he is the only one allowed to define his creation. In that same chapter of Genesis, it says God created man, male and female, He created them.  Therein is the controversy between our culture and God's authority. Who defines what a man and a woman is!

This week we have the pleasure of baptizing four of our people. As you listen in on the service, you'll hear one person sharing a few words of encouragement before the person being baptized shares their testimony. Enjoy the stories of transformation that each of these folks has gone through and continues to go through. 

Today we paused our current teaching series to spend time directing our hearts on the important truths that Psalm 139 holds for us. As you read the passage, you realize he knows -- he knows where we are, what we are thinking, what we are saying. He knew us before we were born and he knows the number of our days in this life. He knows and because he knows, we can trust him! 

We never know when we will find ourselves in the midst of a difficult season of life. There is really no way to prepare for the unexpected. But when it does happen, we can know where to go and how to respond. Nathan leads us into Psalm 136 today and helps us understand that the character of God, his enduring mercy, is safe place for us in any season of life!

This week Jarred Cain did a great job of teaching from Hebrews 11-12 and relating the passage to issues of conscience.  As Christians dealing with issues of Conscience sometimes leads us to asking bad questions. It is important to ask the right ones because our liberty As Christians is an issue of witness as we seek to share Christ to our families, our neighbors and our communities. It is important to run as a witness because our liberty is not for us it is for the Glory of God and for the building up of others.

John believed at one time that he simply had to do more good than bad to please God. But over time, he came to understand the death of Christ was the only way to cover his sins resulting in a driveway conversion that change the destiny of his whole family. In the coming months and years, his wife and both of his children trusted Christ! That's what Jesus does -- He changes lives!

Social Justice should be something all Christians are concerned about. God is! Throughout the Bible God commands his people to love justice and do right and he gives us instruction on how to do so! But any time mankind tries to improve on God's ways and commandments, it usually ends badly (think of the Tower of Babel!). Today, Pastor Tim compared social justice and God's justice and looked at where they differ and why that is a problem. 

This week, Nate Garrison continues our series on Summer Top Ten topics with the topic that came in second in with the most votes: End Times. Nate did a fine job presenting an overview of end times theology (also known as Eschatology) and our response to it. 

Predestination. Did God save me without my permission or did I accept Christ of my own volition? This topic is vast and it's been debated for hundreds of years. So this sermon doesn't begin to answer all the questions you might have. Instead Pastor Tim attempts to give a basic definition of predestination as well as a basic definition of the opposing position and closes with his personal position on the topic. 

The third highest votes of the topics our church was interested in hearing about was False Teachers. So what does the Bible say about false teachers? What are there so many warnings about this? The big deal, why it's so important, is that teachers and prophets are speaking on behalf of God. They are presenting truth, therefore the spiritual health and wellbeing of our church depends on the veracity of the teacher. He must teach the truth!

Today, Pastor Tim took a break from our Summer Top Ten list to encourage our church to seek God's strength and refuge. We can't ignore the season of church life we are in with so many struggling serious illness and challenging life circumstances. With all that going on, Pastor Tim took us to Psalm 46 to remind us and encourage us with this wonderful promise of God -- "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

What do the Scriptures teach us about God’s will — or wills? Listen as Pastor Steve looks at the Bible’s teaching about the will of God, and gives a simple answer for knowing God’s will for each of us.

Who or what determines what is human life and what isn't. What gives human life value? Both of these questions help us understand what the Bible has to say about Abortion. 

What does the Bible say about dealing with, loving, caring for those who are poor, widows, disabled or in some other way disadvantaged? A LOT!! Today Pastor Tim begins in the OT, goes through Psalms and Proverbs, into the Gospels, through the early church in Acts and touches on church history to demonstrate that loving the "least of these" is at the heart of who God is. 

As Jesus begins his closing comments on the Sermon on the Mount, he summarizes his sermon -- actually, he summarizes the teaching of the entire bible in this short verse when he says, "Treat Others as you want to be treated."

Jerry Schmoyer helps us understand that our really bad days are important and have a purpose. God uses them for our good and his glory!