Sermons on Three Crosses:

Crossing Over The New

Contributed by Pablo Catala on Jul 6, 2019

Newness of life

A television program preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, impossible as that sounds. Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make right and left turns. When that was mastered, they were taken to the slalom ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Wisdom And Power Of The Cross

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 25, 2020

Has the church today gone off message?

The Wisdom and Power of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:19-31 We see crosses portrayed on many coats-of-arms which serve as a badge of power. Royal families have crosses. But this was not always the case. In Jesus’ time, wearing a cross would have been utterly shocking. Crucifixion was so horrible that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:19-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Crossing The Threshold-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 21, 2018

2 of 4. Amos declared God’s strained relationship with His people. Thus a failed relationship with God evokes His wrath. What specifically does a failed relationship with God evoke(bring about/cause)? A failed relationship with God evokes...

CROSSING The THRESHOLD-II—Amos 1:1-2 Attention: A Threshold is a crossover or transition zone or optimal use zone. Where the upper limit or end of effectiveness is reached. Every house has many thresholds, the front door is placed in the transition zone from indoor to outdoor. Things are very ...read more

Scripture: Amos 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Crossing On Dry Ground Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 31, 2016

Whether crossing a river or conquering the land, it would all be done by God's might and direction. And by remembering these glory days, they would revere God all their days.

>6 major events: Consecration, Crossing, Memorial, Circumcision, Passover, Warrior There are significant days we will always remember--days when we took a bold new step, eager to see what God would do. Israel was about to take a giant step across the Jordan River to the Land of Promise. Before ...read more

Denomination: Congregational

The Tale Of Two Crosses Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 4, 2018

A church in Texas is planning to build the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere. But Jesus didn't build His church this way. He built His church on a different kind of cross. Do you know what cross that was?

OPEN: Down in Corpus Christi Texas, a church broke ground about 2 years to build a huge cross – 150 feet tall. But, they do everything big down in Texas and once they’d broken ground they decided they hadn't dreamed big enough. Now they plan to build that cross to be 230 feet tall and 95 feet wide ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Cross Is A Way Of Living

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on Mar 3, 2018

Jesus predicts His death and Peter doesn't want this to happen, but Jesus' reaction is quite nasty: 'Get behind me Satan'. This seems so out of character for Jesus - so what is going on here?

THE CROSS IS A WAY OF LIVING. MT. 16: 21-27; Mark 8: 31-38 Today’s gospel reading is quite a strange story in the life of Jesus – He is quite nasty, definitely out of character. But the important thing here is to read or hear this story in the context of Peter’s human nature. This is the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-27, Mark 8:31-38, Luke 9:22-27

Bearing Your Cross!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2018

What does it mean to "take up" or "bear" your cross? What does the Bible teach about "cross-bearing"?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Mark 8:34; 1 Corinthians 1:22-24 This morning I want us to look at a verse of Scripture, Mark 8:34. "Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34, 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Isaiah Saw The Cross Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 16, 2018

A Christmas Sermon that points to the cross. The cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it the main focus of God's message of salvation. But the cross is not a comforting symbol, so why would God use it as the symbol of our faith?

OPEN: I once read about an evening chapel service at Christian summer camp. The preacher was forcefully telling the 4th & 5th graders how Jesus had been betrayed, arrested, beaten and ultimately died on the cross. His message was so powerful, that a hushed silence fell across the young ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope In The Cross Of Christ Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Apr 12, 2018

If we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we have the certain hope, the assurance, God has forgiven us of all our sins because of what Jesus has done on the Cross.

We continue in our series on Hope Found Here and this month our focus is on Hope in the Cross. The dictionary defines hope as a feeling of expectation or a desire for certain things to happen. As Christians, we have a hope in God that is steadfast and certain, we have a blessed assurance that ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-18, Romans 5:6-8, Galatians 2:20-21, Romans 8:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus And His Cross Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Jan 19, 2021

Jesus carried the Cross for us first, now it'd our turn to carry Our Cross!

There are so many books, sermons, songs about the cross, where does one begin as we consider Jesus and the Cross? The cross has always been in the eternal plan of God from the beginning of time. All of God's works have been known to Him from eternity and the cross was the focal point of His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"All Because Of The Cross!”

Contributed by Grady H Moore on Feb 21, 2022

Here in verses 54-57, Paul describes the rapture and the resurrection of the believers in the Lord Jesus.

Here in verses 54-57, Paul describes the rapture and the resurrection of the believers in the Lord Jesus. *We notice 3 things about that great event. I. Because of the Cross, we have VICTORY. v57 Because of… the finished work of Jesus on that cross! II. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

Jesus Upon The Cross.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 29, 2021

Hope in the midst of suffering.

JESUS UPON THE CROSS. Psalm 22:1-15. The details of the sufferings in Psalm 22:1-21 match more exactly the anguish of Jesus upon the Cross than anything that we can find in any of the written records of David’s life - and because of this the church has always read this Psalm of David as a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Cross And The Forsaken Saviour

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 29, 2021

How can it be? How can the Saviour be forsaken by those He came to save? How can the Father forsake His own Son?

"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46. Have you ever experienced the agony of having someone whom you trusted fail you in your hours of need? Have you been forsaken ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:46, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Deuteronomy 31:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Crossing The Threshold-1

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 17, 2018

1 of 4. Amos declared God’s strained relationship with His people. Thus a failed relationship with God evokes His wrath. What specifically does a failed relationship with God evoke(bring about/cause)? A failed relationship with God evokes...

CROSSING The THRESHOLD-I—Amos 1:1-2 Attention: A Threshold is a crossover or transition zone or optimal use zone. Where the upper limit or end of effectiveness is reached. An automobile transmission—Each gear is limited in it’s response. Each of the gears has a threshold beyond which it will not ...read more

Scripture: Amos 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Peace, Through The Cross

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Jul 22, 2018

Christians are united in the peace of Christ so that the church may be effective; we must therefore live in the peace God intended and made possible.

It took 125 years, but the infamous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys finally ended; sixty descendants of the original clans gathered on Saturday, June 14, 2003, in Pikefield, Kentucky, to sign a document declaring an official end to more than a century of hatred and bloodshed. Most think the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Other