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  • The Righteous And The Wicked Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jul 11, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 838 views

    Psalm 37:1-40 teaches believers what to do when ungodly people seem to prosper.

    Introduction I want to tell you two stories. The first story is about a young girl named Leah Sharibu. In 2018, Leah was fourteen years old and living in a town called Dapchi in northern Nigeria. One day, Leah was kidnapped with more than 100 other girls by the terrorist group called Boko ...read more

  • Overcoming Temptation: Jesus’ Example In Resisting Satan Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Jul 16, 2025
     | 390 views

    Jesus didn’t just defeat temptation for Himself — He demonstrated how you can walk in victory. Armed with the Word. Filled with the Spirit. Anchored in your God-given identity. Temptation is inevitable — but defeat is not.

    Overcoming Temptation: Jesus’ Example in Resisting Satan June 8, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Matthew 4:1-11 We’ve spent the last several months pulling back the veil on the enemy’s tactics — exposing his schemes, his snares, and his shadow games. Let’s be real: Satan is ...read more

  • More Than Admiration

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jul 19, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 758 views

    True discipleship demands more than admiration of Jesus—it requires repentance, obedience, and a heart surrendered to His Word.

    More than Admiration Luke 11:27-32 Have you ever longed to see Jesus perform a miracle—to witness the blind receive sight, the mute speak, or demons cast out? Many in Jesus' day saw exactly that… and still walked away unconvinced. Why? Because what God seeks is not spectators—but surrendered ...read more

  • A Call To The Market Place Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 27, 2025
     | 417 views

    When we think of a call, we often think of a full-time vocation. This message looks at what it means to be called to the Marketplace.

    When you hear that someone has been called to something or has answered a call on their life, who do you think of? A preacher? A missionary? Maybe a doctor, a nurse or a teacher. There seem to be certain professions that we feel particular folks are called to. For many people, a call means that ...read more

  • Shrewd Financial Management Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 1, 2025
     | 286 views

    To be shrewd with God's money, be friendly, be faithful, and be focused.

    Once upon a time, there was a man who worked all his life and saved as much as he could. He loved money more than anything. Just before he died, he said to his wife, “When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with me.” ...read more

  • Treasuring The Master Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 7, 2025
     | 209 views

    Treasuring the Master means trusting him with everything, even when what you have seems small.

    Good morning. Please open your Bibles to Mark chapter 12. How do you eat an Oreo cookie? There are three classic approaches. One is to just bite right into it — top wafer, creamy middle, bottom wafer — all in one go. Raise your hand if you’re a biter. The other is the “twist and lick” ...read more

  • Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 13, 2025
     | 2,404 views

    Part 5 of a series on stewardship

    Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Good morning. Please open your Bibles to Matthew 6, beginning in verse 25. This week, a church member asked to meet with me for a few minutes. This person has had a lot on her plate lately, and it was causing her a lot of anxiety. And what she said to me was so tender ...read more

  • A Mighty Warrior

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Oct 18, 2025
     | 304 views

    But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.

    A MIGHTY WARRIOR 1. The Lord is with me like a mighty warrior 2. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth 3. The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle 4. The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. 5. The battle is ...read more

  • Wind, Fire, And Word

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 22, 2025
     | 203 views

    At Pentecost, God shattered every barrier—proving His Spirit speaks every language, loves every culture, and saves all who call.

    Introduction — The Music of Words Language. That simple word carries a universe inside it. Gustave Flaubert once wrote that language is “a cracked pot on which we beat out a tune for bears to dance, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” What a contradiction—clumsy and celestial ...read more

  • He Hears, He Sees And He Delivers

    Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on Oct 24, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 991 views

    A sermon to adults on the Deliverance of King Hezekiah

    Isaiah 38:1-8 10/26/25 a.m. Next Sunday is a BIG DAY for all of us!!! Do you know why? Because we get an extra hour. That’s right, next Sunday will have 25 hours in it. That’s exciting. If we can do this often enough, we’ll never get old, right? I heard this story and it may or ...read more

  • Love Like Jesus Loves

    Contributed by Gary Holt on Oct 25, 2025
     | 254 views

    Jesus calls His followers to:  demonstrate genuine love,  faithful obedience, and  fruitful lives as His friends.

    “Love like Jesus loves” John 15:12–17 A woman once decided to bake a cake for a special occasion: - She measured the flour, sugar, and oil perfectly. - She mixed in the milk and vanilla, - she poured the batter into the pan and slid it into the oven. But after 30 minutes, when she peeked ...read more

  • When God Whispers Hope

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
     | 150 views

    Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up. Believers overcome discouragement by facing reality with faith—trusting God’s goodness, and rediscovering hope in Christ.

    The Devil’s Favorite Tool There’s an old story told by preachers long before microphones and livestreams. It goes like this: One day the devil decided to have a garage sale. He laid out all his tools on a table—hatred, envy, jealousy, deceit, lust, pride, and lying. Each one was marked with a ...read more

  • Anchored In The Lord PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 132 views

    Trusting God’s care frees us from worry, as He values and provides for us even more faithfully than He does for the birds and fields.

    If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 2 a.m., rehearsing the what-ifs and worst-case scenarios, you’re not alone. The mind races, the heart paces, and the shadows in the room grow longer with every anxious thought. Worry has a way of tightening its grip—white-knuckled, breath-shortening, ...read more

  • The Joy Of The Lord PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 28, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 194 views

    True strength comes not from our own efforts, but from receiving and resting in the deep, sustaining joy that Jesus freely gives to us.

    Some weeks feel like a treadmill stuck on high speed. Emails multiply, news headlines weigh heavy, and the to-do list seems to lengthen while our energy shortens. Maybe your smile has been performing overtime while your heart has been running on empty. Friend, you’re not alone. And you’re not left ...read more

  • The Kingdom Is Like... PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 29, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 92 views

    God works powerfully through small, unnoticed beginnings; our efforts and prayers matter because His presence transforms the ordinary into something eternally significant.

    Friends, if we had coffee together this morning and you told me you felt small, overmatched, or unnoticed, I’d nod and say, “You’re in good company.” Jesus often started with small things—a seed in the palm of a hand, a pinch of yeast tucked into dough, a field under a wide sky. He meets us in ...read more